Thursday, December 2, 1909.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
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Now io tKe Time to Plant Pcan Treeo.
FRUIT, TRUCK m VEGETABLES
Get Good Trees, Set Them Out Carefully, and Take Care of Them
How Large Areas of Waste Lands Could Be Made Profitable.
Messrs. Editors: November and f
December is the best time co trans
plant pecan trees, if not too dry. If
dry, water the young rees freely
when put out.
Be sure and get good trees of reli
able budded, or grafted stock, some
of the numerous, large paper-shelled
varieties. The Stewart, Russell, May
Russell, Van Deman and many others
are good. It is best to put out sev
eral kinds, as one may do better on
your soil than another. While the
native pecan trees grow as far north
as Missouri, central Illinois and Indi
ana, I am not sure they yet produce
the improved kinds that will thrive
well as far north as middle Tennes
see. .
It-is time and money wasted to
plant any but the best kinds and
good thrifty stock, too. Have holes
dug ready before unpacking trees,
meantime keep them in a cool shady
place or cellar, or "heel" them in the
shade. Do not let them get dry.
On clay or sandy soils, dig holes
two feet in diameter, three feet deep,
or deeper, if need be. On rich, allu
vial, moist bottoms, a crow-bar, or
post-hole digger will usually do as
well, as pecan trees have few, if any,
side roots. If well rooted, make
holes large enough to spread roots in
natural shape.
Do not use fresh manure of any
kind next the tree. Half a bushel of
well rotted manure may be well used
about the tree after setting, or any
kind of green manure, if not put
next the tree.
Trim off smooth with a sharp knife
all ends of broken or mangled roots
and branches. If much top (usually
very little, if any) trim it out close
ly. Set the trees in the earth a little
lower than they were in nursery.
If set in orchard shape, plant them
35 to 50 feet apart each way; If a
single row, about 40 feet apart is a
good rule. The natural habitat of
pecans is near streams, oh low lands,
and they thrive best there, though
grown often on sandy or dry lands.
It is said they will grow wherever
hickory thrives. A large post, or 2x8
plank set in the hole a few inches
from the tree on the southwest side,
extending six feet above the ground,
will shade the tree first two or three
seasons, and prevent drying out In
hot sun.
Do not fail, under any circumstan
ces, to mulch the trees heavily In the
spring. Put a foot of old straw,
corn stalks, or weeds, over a space
at least four feet wide, and two or
three feet from the tree out U all
directions. If a dry season, water
freely until well rooted. It pays.
Good trees cost, one year old, 50
to 75 cents; two years to three years
old, 75 cents to $1.50. I wouid ad
vise medium-sized trees. Large ones
are hard to make live, and you have
to wait too long for small ones to
bear. There is a great difference in
trees, so be careful whom you buy
from. Trees budded from bearing
trees should bear some in three to
five years, and good crops in seven
to fifteen years. I saw a seedling
tree in Mississippi twenty-eight years
old which bore $120.00 worth of
nuts, and the owner expected to cut
$100.00 worth of scions from it the
same season. Still, not one seedling
in a hundred is worth a cent.
I notice many people, in setting
pecans, choose their finest lands, and
leave the banks of streams often to
weeds and brush. The pecan will
thrive best along the streams, and
millions of acres are now lying
waste along the water courses which
could be planted in these fine food
furnishing trees. If the waters over
flow the trees a few days at a time,
it will do no harm if trees are pro
tected from driftwood, etc., by strong
posts on the up-stream side of the
trees. I would set them on south
and west sides of stream, as a rule,
so the shade will be cast in the
stream instead of on meadows or
pastures about the trees.
Plant plenty of pecans, then care
for them. They will pay well and
care for you. in old age. If you are
not willing to set and care for them
thoroughly and right, do not put
money in any kind of fruit or nut
trees. It is only wasted.
A. M. WORDEN.
Coffee Co., Tenn.
Pruning Maxims.
1. Start the tree right.
2. Do not cut out large limbs.
3. Keep your tools sharp.
4. Never prunein frosty weather
5. Never leave stubs in cutting ofl
limbs.
6. Prune annually, but never heav
ily. 7. Wounds heal most rapidly In
the spring.
8. Heavy pruning conduces to
wood growth.
9. Never use a hatchet for remov
ing suckers.
10. Avoid injuring the cambium
in any way.
11. A severe heading-back will re
new the tops of old peach trees.
12. In transplanting cut back top
and root.
13. Do not start all main limbs at
the same height.
14. Keep the tree free of suckers.
15. Summer pruning induces fruit
fulness. L6. Paint over the larger wounds.
17. Trees are delicate structures
and require careful handling.
18. Never slit the bark, bore holes,
or drive nails into trees.
19. Never allow stock to prune
your trees.
20. The orchard is not a profitable
source of firewood. Exchange.
The Damage Done by Forest Fires.
Since the forests form such a valu
able part of our everyday life, there
will be a loss which can not be met
by any other material if they are all
destroyed. Yet, in the United States
the people are destroying the forests
three times as fast as they grow.
Much of this destruction is caused by
waste in manufacture, but the great
er waste is in tht forests themselves.
People carelessly allow fires to burn
through the woods, and in many
parts of the country permit sheep and
cattle to destroy young growth by
grazing. Leaving out of account the
great forest fires that each year burn
millions of dollars worth of property
and kill many people, much could be
done to stop the little fires alto
gether. Most persons think that the
small fire which runs over the ground
in the woods does no harm, because
they can see little or no effect on the
standing trees; but each of these fifes
kills the young trees that should be
growing up to make the new forest
when the old ripe forest is cut.
Bristow Adams.
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