Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1874 — Plant Trees. [ARTICLE]

Plant Trees.

Mr. Reuben Shelmandine, of Jefferson, N. Y., is evidently a philanthropist, and he proves his love for mankind in general by issuing a proclamation to farmers. The writer says he has ha# an experience of twenty years on a farm, and “ not on a sidewalk,” and that his remarks are practical. Transplant, he says, finest or standard fruit trees, some in the fall and some in the spring, until vou have from ten to fifty trees growing. No tree should stand nearer a building than twenty feet, and the trees should be about twenty feet apart throughout the entire grove or orchard. Establish forest trees along the road and front yard, and fruit or forest trees on either side of the house. Sugar maple, commonly named hard maple, is preferable of forest trees, and thrifty, hardy apples or pears, or both of the standard (not dwarf) kinds. Ornamental trees should be trimmed during the first few years, leaving the main shoot to. form the trunk bf the tree, in order to have the branching lower limbs of the final tree from six to seven feet from the ground. The land in such an orchard grove can -be cultivated for all ordinary crops, including a; garden, by plowing shallow and caretully near the trees. It is suggested,that the first ten trees be planted on the south side of the house, if, none be there already. If a wind-break is wanted on the west, northwest, or southwest, plant as near together as possible, and have a part of the trees evergreens, to complete the thicket. The forest and fruit trees, arranged twenty feet apart, as above tiescribed, will be estimated by the owner or other persons at the expiration of five years from the time of planting to be worth at least five dollars each, and at the expiration of ten years at ten dollars each, with an increasing value thereafter.—Scientific American.

A dog commanded to lie on a wagon at Taunton, Mass., during the absence of his master, the other day, staid alone at his post from Friday morning till Mon day evening without food or water.