The nonpartisan leader. [volume], March 29, 1920, Image 13

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time ago. I think I can dee in its
character something of a reason why
the League succeeds while so many of
our city governments which are lib
eral in tendency fail. Our liberal
movements here fall into the hands
of radicals, who by the violence of
their utterances repel, the voters
whose support they need. Your edi
torial commending the American Le
gion while condemning the wrong
headed policy of some of its units was
an example of fair-mindedness which
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No articles which have been printed in
the Leader in recent months have attracted
more attention than those dealing with
tree planting. From the many letters re
ceived on the subject we select the two
following, one from one of the most suc
cessful formers in the Red River valley.
North Dakota, and the other a farmer in
the dry farming region. We regret that
in a previous letter from Mr. Loran on the
subject of tree planting his name was
misspelled by the printer.
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Now I wish to urge upon the at
tention of many Dakota fatmers some
thing to which many will say: "Oh,
we know all about that already."
Well, we may all know about it, but
there area good many of us who don't
do it. The sum of the wisdom I am
proposing is merely this: Plant trees,
plant some every year. It is all very
well to put out some trees at the start,
but it is not very well to then let 10
years go by without putting out more.
A tree in the right place gives the
greatest returns on the cost of any
thing done on any farm in Dakota.
But I have been farming long enough
on the prairies to know how difficult it
is in the rush of spring work to get
around to tree-planting at that time.
And'that is the reason for my writing
at all on the subject. If necessai-y,
stop the seeder for two or three hours
and plant trees. You will never miss
the time, and will soon have trees to
bless you—you and your wife, your
man servant, your maid servant, your
ox, your ass and everything that is
yours.
PLANT BOTH FAST AND
SLOW GROWING KINDS
"Plant Trees" Is Their Advice
Successful Farmers of North Dakota and Montana Give
Their Experiences
DITOR Nonpartisan Lead
er: I am delighted to see
that the Nonpartisan
Leader is giving some
space to plain farming
matters. Of course it'
can not be expected, and no one wants
it, that you should cover the whole
range of farming practice, as regular
farm journals are supposed to do. But
there are separate topics of impor
tance that many of your readers will
be glad to see from time to time.
Some will say that it takes trees so
long to grow on the prairies. But they
are all the more loved for that very
reason, and besides they are, like chil
dren, a pleasure while growing. Plant
trees. Get the habit—there's none
better. At Cloverlea farm I began
planting trees the second spring, over
30 years ago, and we are still.at it,
with more satisfaction than we find
with any other work taking like
amount of time.
What kind of trees In the grounds
about the house plant every kind that
will grow there, and some that are in
doubt. Plant no straight rows about
the grounds save .on road lines, and
even there, plant clumps of trees
along to break the straight line ap
pearance. Have some box elders
scattered about with plenty of space.
The box elder is, I think, the most
comforting tree we have. And neglect
not to have a few cottonwoods. Never
mind the cotton. The cottonwood is a
fine thing if given enough space and
pruned heavily (literally topped) to
make it spread and give a pleasing
variety in appearance.
For general purposes the common
white willow is, I think, the best tree
we have in North Dakota. It shows
the first bit of green in the spring and
holds its leaves till the last in the fall.
Moreover, when cut it gives one good
crop of wefod after another.
Fifteen years ago we cut 500 poles
from the willow grove for the roof of
a straw shed (the big posts from the
cottonwoods) and now those same wil
lows will give us 500 other posts.
"What a long time to wait," someone
will say. Never mind, it didn't cost
anything waiting and we now have the
wood.
Ten years ago we planted a grove
of 2,000 or 3,000 willow trees in a low
place that never gave us a grain crop.
And now we have before us, right on
the farm, all the growing fenceposts
that the entire farm will ever need.
The farm has 22 miles of fences—and
never another fencepost to buy! De
spise not the willow fencepost. In our
experience it will last about 10 years
in the Red River valley.
Por^ encouragement I must mention
one more thing in my experience. We
used always to bring in each spring
for the summer supply of firewood a
carload of oak or two carloads of jack
pine. During the past 16 years we
have not bought a stick of firewood,
and we burn it without stint, includ
ing a pleasant open fire every cool
evening and a roaring one in the fire
place, piled high with logs, as the
colder weather comes on.
"He who plants' a tree plants a
hope," and any man with hope in his
heart will do better work than with
out it. DATUS C. SMITH.
Cloverlea Farm, Traill county, N. D.
LORAN'S ADVICE
Editor Nonpartisan Leader: In a
recent issue you printed my letter
about planting trees out here on dry
farming land in Montana and as I am
getting too many letters asking me
how to plant them and what kind to
plant I wish you would print this let
ter which will answer all questions.
When I plant trees I prepare my
ground one year before planting.
Plow the ground in the spring quite
deep, say eight to ten inches, and keep
it clean all summer by disking or drag
ging it. Be sure and let nothing grow
on it that summer and if possible drag
it after every rain until fall, say Oc
tober 1. Then give it a good plowing.
I plow mine with a disk plow about 14
to 18 inches deep, then leave it rough
over winter to catch snow. Then in
spring make your ground as fine as
possible by disking it and dragging,
then you are ready for planting.
I find it best to plant them four feet
one way and eight feet the other way,
and as to the kind of trees I must say
that most
all
slow-growing trees
Will
stand the drouth better than the fast
growing trees, so would say white ash,
box elder and Siberian pea tree (Cara
gana). Then if you like the fast
growing, short-lived trees take Nor
way poplar or California poplar. Rus
sian olives do well, so do Buffalo berry
trees.
But a man must remember the word
"cultivate" and do it often. Keep them
clean, hoe them if necessary as long
as they are small and don't let stock
on them. So many ask me where to
get the trees. I got some from seed
houses, but the most and best trees
from lie Northern Great Plains field
station, Mandan, N. D.
Baker, Mont. C. B. LORAN.
HOW TO MAKE COW DRINK
Editor Nonpartisan- Leader: For a
week my cow would not drink water.
I changed her food and did every
thing I could to coax her to drink, but
without success. Finally I went to an
aged farmer nearby and he told me to
rub salt on her back and sides, this
would cause her to lick herself, and
at the same time she got the salt
which would make her thirsty. The
plan worked, and I have had no trou
ble since. F. G. B.
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