Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 24, 1910, Page 23

THE SUNDAY OMAHA Wonderful Change Wrought in Nebraska Growth by Tree Planters o seanmmon ' K . sk Pk and Yorewtrs BEE REES nave certainly produced & narvelous transformagon. [ me Nebraska in the fail ' . The whole land was as "finit rairte. The smemid Fv ’ ot » i touched the bi ‘ af the henvens ar away horizon, Your vision wearied at th t and lmite . M r ething that was not . growth w ng. | stand on an . ea and Fork, and see what alities. W ne he here was not O L 4 abo - pianted 0 @ and how They made a compiets " all It awa fifteen surs ago and ! dalpas w ted aare Are sevaral e v i n a " o e » SR . ” . . m - o I up tars. Let ) X0 £ et ativon antt 0T OWa: woed - ™ nber muker s n and’ see it grow im ke » t him: @ . o ave just begun to grow. Ash oy t i prices double W ng v nt s » $15, amid surr e hin 108 ind honey loeusts s Jp . atalpa r w 1 get 1 weat made p—y t mpletel mbowered w . LI o . ere of restlessness which (hem e " . 1 % I rememb how vind: " oo SE S - . »t hoid and for families « to rough the town and raged over = o : 3 . ‘ . ind: ghiiiven fare vif 1 is e i e prairies, Now in a hig d there - andles and - ) to to ence he 1 ag 10w 1 The Terror of the Yarseryman® - it t the t and e has a kingdom sis own if n tive vould ents to Nothing but everbrowns,” said an oiq hamy enough to srth of Nebras ght, reaching down to the cen- soc aud loved;, Hokiored: and: respacted; e nundreds ot moumnan. ey s o0 Catalpa Tree's Value for Prairie Planting is Demonstrated sold young or go on the brush pile. BY FRANK I. PHILLIPS ommon catalpa has a spindlo-shaped are acquainted and ar ¢ to guarane iave liad the. famous bull pine graw two paeq of the Fores Department of the seed. while that of hardy cataipa s nat the 1 has b 1 from feet in four vears and then was just Cnivers J{ Nebraska kled and n shape. C s whic W ac ot to make from one to two feet a URING the: last three is mon catalpa ha ) 40000 seed per hardy a & y ret [ are splendid Austrian pines the forestry department of the Pound. while atulpa has 0,00 ta Many planter 1 v s of ! ' 1 planted myself, that would make good Nebraska university has been 3.000 seed a e wit ardy ca send saw logs. We hava touched in all these in receipt of over 200 inquirfes It would seem from thds deseription may be v o ir The ears our possibilities, we have found with concerning the planting of it would be comparatively ea ) dis- Dods i@ be ool od fe tregs Seasing: lumber suppi hat n o hardy aialpa. st of heve nguish et ween 1086 wo yecie wind break: i e open POIES Wi GNE Rise ever *n barns nguirie 1ave ime from Nebraska, um S5 i 1a rkabl mp i ints will atford he protection in our me: who are anxious to establish forest before t f y i A ons. shelt away abead r - 1 wige considered most mportant ne ). hrids. n aet. lere s ev oS eld .t » f en 1 fence, so generally uned pi rie planters, and yet there is a ) trees of the har atal according » th r o le " Ve find evergreers well adapted to our dea! of misinformation concerning it » those of the common catalpa. )W and in cleaning the = atalpa moil and climate. The pinus ponderosa or One of the most frequent questions asked two s which have all the charac " at 81 to > o i I N R | ARV SRSMECITN (TR’ PL W BRATSCES 0N THI: RIGEY ! \ hulI“Tu‘u‘.! & Tlummwm product. Ones is where good stock can be obtained and teristics of har atalpa with s J col and cleaning OF THB ROAD. » established it will resist any amount of how it can be recognized. It has often (fon of the bark, which is flaky on a ym ) cents per s 3 Bt ary, weather. The Ausirian makes & fine been claimed that from 9 to % per cent of and ridged on the other. Yot am - pound. ( f small who tive and absolute, on' rich, deep, well- such. practice-is at least questionabla. If sprout growth in ixé spacing: was notrse growth. For the emstern and northern the stock sold has been common catalpa vinced that are hoth of the har 1 it home ma acti] ect it a ir oils, a n several plantations 't is followed. swner should vnm‘vvu all o in & groater spacing nnn.m:.'-. :K-; portions of the state the pack pine is giv- Instead of hardy catalpa. So far as my sort. Frequer I have noted this in re 1 pound n Nebra sud! Kansasl it Ham madh &SSO one speout: to; e stuilgs it the end first growth had been fully as “um‘:ll ;vx ing great satisfaction awn experience is concerned, I have found gard to the other distinguishing characte: It the seed is to at home, it profit that is equal to or greater than the Of the first year after cutting back. ‘:' l‘"";' ,'":“ »~‘ *"' {’“‘L‘X“’“ in 'l" » :‘"{o‘:‘l Trees have done wonders for the sand- few indications that Nebraska nurserymen istics, and when one remembers that the Should ba sown in arills tw > n average profit from farm. crops for the Diiing BUtvroon M _,,'m.“”':,f;:'l :‘: e ,,:_:'n"::nzn; - Rills, proving what can bs accomplished. of long. standing are selling poor stock. two species cross promiseuously and that inches apart If it is to be hand cultivated, same number of years. Judging from g oot lll i ine purpose of the h“w]ned i st ' Oncw established, even on bare sandhills, On the other hand, many of the agitators, the size om which the tres grows greatly twenty-four hir six Inches apart plantations made in Kansas and Missouri, plantation .\Iunl' of the successful com- w"m;.x\‘n('nz one part of the: Sprout: growtls ' they are now making two feet a vear and Who have claimed that they are the only affects pod and seed characters, it will be If a horse is be The seed should it gives promise of being. a very valuable poRISR SRR 0L R EASSERC U cultivadng ons part < e o ) tn thirty or forty years will make good suthorities on hardy catalpa, have Pro- apparent that there is a great deal of be sown one-half 1, dbap and: shouldl be tree: for: plknting: on odl! it o TR L bk AL T, ‘:“. e N i j v > saw logs, so that lands now werth only duced mall e ks which to e thelr diffloulty tn telllug Whother & definite ©X- aistribuisd thickly enoush s th water ls not stagnant and spacing 4x6 fest and' others 6x6 feet. A oy ausist in improving the second crop. 51 or §2 per acre can in time resch a valus claims. Many such men have gone into the ampie of seeds or pods belonEs M ONS geed will ov well-drained sandy age is normally good. One e e e . ort T p oted oom e ot T e e L T ety W o, e S B et e S B e o e e v e Jeve reeommended an orenal "Tua piamains may be harvemed in There are almost limitless possibilities the sole intention of charging exorbitant suthority has lald claim to being able 0 peavier soils may be used with consider- water to @ depth of one to three feet iy VB o A g | .w:!.," --‘H\r‘ e ‘-u: ‘n(”e:wr:;xugu‘ :::u‘ » . of wealth hers. We know a young Kin- Drices by claiming that their seedlings are distinguish the seedlings. The only fair gy oo The sofl 18 B cunail o0& montti: wittiout: it the - el i o s e T . od and if the syrout & ” E e kaider who raised 12,000 bull pine trees the oniy true hardy catalpa. basis is for the seed collector to know ail .. oo i mary U gD0dl * Dhe toases siouill Ba St o DlTwes e et Ty o, WO, © smend! o e s & from two peunds of seed. These he raised The difference between the hardy catalDa the characters of bark, flower, pod and Roiki. - Tie . T et Sane b (s il setasits i e T s s part way V0 10 four years less time than the first in the open as easily as he would raise And the common cataipa may be briefly geed, and then col y trom: such: trees oo 0" 3 sgiogells ey ey e e e Uil e e St tag p. Some plantation owners cut their peas ar onions. Experiments made by Stated as follows: Common catalpa Winter as are of high class A g i nally sre lsft. fn the Gramaril T e discontinued art, s 68 fost SoRsiing: BMENE ag- PTULY SPOWEH: after elghit yesrw; Tut: 1t ke several persons prove that with a littte Kills and forms a more crooked grow: There are two general methods by which "0 7% e 41 a4 i i = i e T ey twite a5, many fiow pusty per HOUSHL that & slightly lmges groweiy outlay & man can raise forty acres of 'han the lLardy catatpa and hence is he prairie planter may protect himseir ¢°dbed until iy il i by D e i ot e e would furnish & relatively greater profit pine trees which will soon give sheiter MOSC useless as/far north as Nebraski. and be fairly safe. One is to study the T°7 D@ & st home: as ea e QusR R SLTES MR e b sy i Sod. o i 1 vom hardy catalpa plantation to his stock. So with evergreens you have Common catalpa usually has a flaky bark, cataipa trees In b and learn to : I e 5 pithieonty Gk anadt t ¢ estabiishi 4 . VA ! but on the best Dlantations aholce specimens for our yard, fine flowers without purple color in the tube, select his own gh type hardy i . e TR o ot e s Sy op g T e N may Met DIOfts of % to ST per aore per ara groves and sheiter beits for vour farm Pods fiva to ten or more in cluster, the cataipa trees oniy method s to i Sufin, e s s s pmtenll anprmite: O T hira e e i wt uncommen, while greater profits ha yards and splendid wind breaks to keep P0dS usually varying from eight to ten buy s m reliable 15-est ymmercial suct . of » has i :\ T ol A up, fhat thm oup W0 Teptds: Biamtuttonm: of: #40) G out the flerce north winds. nes in length. A very pronounced dif- lished men who have taken pains ned . o ; i e B . . he Sl (i s, S shoomn: s S . vl )] / g 24 ence is also apparent in the seed, as the to select seeds from trees with which they ts greatest profit, both a- recen e tal work has shown that 1mp , ter Kantsas aud in: sesne off” tSiesie: " ks The Despised Cottomwood. : b, s - - heen three harvests m one planting. » In thousands of the despised 7R = Practically ail these plantations ha howa P mmmen i e nente Qpnaha Woman’s Officers and Delegates to G, F. W. C. Convention s o v to the owner $300 worth of lumber to the acrs besides an mmense amount of fuel, Vebraska has already lhad several ex- amples of successful planting, and it is to se huped that the future planting of the Here is a rental of $I per acre per year, with lumber at past prices. Remember lumber i going up all the while. Coi- Decies will proceed along rational lines tonwood is far better and stronger than wnd yield exceilent results. Much remains pine for boxes, bridse planks, sheathing o be known concerning the bility o and framing. So many successful exper sxtending the planting range, the value of . nents show they criminal waste of allow- he species on ov w lag a e «loa ng rich bottom Yands worth 00 per acre arious possible methods of mansgement v The principle valub of species 11 - o grow nothing but could just as well go to raising houses and barns is. when th m at the present posts, with the bad I The Norway Polar or sudden saw log tufe going into the fuel pile in the most rapid growing n our A. [ cogaawoss the maie type as It Suppose Disease is Banished u no cotton. It somewhat resembles nePaoiina and vet it is different. Tt > retains Its size as it !jounts upward. It g Shing are- ealiali cocy ires and is hardy in Manitoba, where the Carolina n‘ are sne N . annot live, ave raised hun 1 it Pa . e dreds the first to e fest . . it > - tall from spring 1 urtings It ‘( Appe ich nakes fine lumber v . mooth nish . v > e and is suitable for pup and excelsior ¢ bane s its ancidote ca Toes grow m ocuttings and I S, S W —_— 0 & ’ dise ts ant wmpold! as be grown by the milllon ‘ Lessan far the Future. But what is going to The splendid successes past ace if progress Be an encouragement r e pecitic s aind for o Every farmer should plan for A their tw) sui) P . trees” for profit. Native timber like the = 2 | - 7 N recisely that is what sc - time. A ravemous hunger for lumber is TREASURER and no long Loes plague siwy its jevouring our forests. Terrible fires sweep HEN the biennial convention of myriads. era may be uered; its e General ot ibs meets at Cin- nnati, May 11 to 1§, Nebraska ouving & fearful . through large # cleanliness In wing clowhing, eatng and drinking. Smallpox Women's 1a8 aiready served the club on its executive Making a Campaign Hit : presented by one of N. H. Nelsc rew recordir reta g . e lurgest deiegations It has be d . 9 B SR SN Sulberautants { " o this argest of all the big ““”‘ = ol ~ u e ““’ b n moderate - it without sue the rounds which mig . w * cry raised so persistently the last few ¥ > - r abi d serve the clut m with the sign of death ) f the running fc to. ne. the Nebraska federation is - - v o af cure. = - e e Alaats s i e :‘" . 4{:\" Heale: he new md ce president Now, supposing that the doctor powy vhom could nor understand Eng a3 ten more clubs affiliated with the B - e i FOT ST lapse, will net the racs so numero) ne while Hdn't know a word of Nor eneral Federation than ever before on e ne ponding secretary rease and so press upen the means f sub- 0 Wian. Anxious to please. he said 1o the It is true that Omaha Woman's club will S S srman of the membershid sigence that we shall all be at esch othier's ehairman send a smaller delegation thun previously. commitiee and A char member of the throgg? By abolishing war, pestilence and T gt i . e e A e S e LT o, famine, (udl s Sasoming o ast i m Norw with which an close MY peadily scesunted for. It reached the high ;m ” sl - ring ongestion which may ome day mvite o speech—something (hat will WD o marit during the expesition: years, whesm g -r % 3 11y TMDING that outsiders, themseives w e |h4:.l..~<|n membership afforded speci advantages s the o o b ta send U8 many mouths to feed, may not be able to ' The shetrman. compiied Pt R e s president as » the bien- glluy A¢ (e pressnt Tate: of Increase of ‘ eut cavefully henrsi speaker 10 advantuges had passed those who sought whot ""“““ ” s " be eartn’'s first family all the arable land ! pronunciation and showing him where (e them withdrew. Five years ago, becnuss 50 that jaumeron will hend \ts TODI®" will be used to its natural capacity for the 4 patorical period should come. The speaker pecessary restriciion of the ciub prevented g 2 r ard, “'r SC° production of food in 188 rs. Bu D went through asual K and then. (ne expansion they desired and the bromder 'r' - ' s . wide “' pose (the present growth is accelerated” >t o4 coming to the sentence furnished b i® work they had become fitted to do, a - . I with disitn - Then we may be at the end of o (her ehairman, roared out majority of the members of ihe do- " B FRENN DY S ” In five geperations, save as intensive farm- ing and the intensive cultivation of sves Vil dere alle sammen vaera so snille at partment withdrew (o organize the Jociety VO SPY SEERA: 0 NURRIK. SEPSENIE A gaa ned o have ldet forfriskning pas min of e Fine Arts, & cub the Omaha es. Site s at present esident of the (04 may preiong the period and eke out ' sekostning [ salonen nedenunder! woman's club iw proud to call its off- Omaha Young Women's Christian assocl- (ng yrgyte for existence. ' There was & yell of dellght. & vociferous spring. These heve been its chief losses m and identified with much other yn9 o thiy raises the debsting sdhuol . wund of appiause, & shriek of joy and then in membmrship. Naturaily the personnel public. work, M. Seviing: B2 MCwr s on If the race will be any the better stampede of H0 eager men for the d0or. of the membership has changed o some wcorgroilivd sther delegates » " e long run for the oure ar allew ' Gee! It m MU exclaimed the extent, but » lurge mejertty of the women DELEGATE H. Ne Mrs. L. J "“"“" of its s than it will be if nature soemker. W it mean In Englsh™ who have been active In its wook still ol T and Mies Jeee 5 usual course. Keeping Bumbere H “Why,” sail the chairman, “vou ssked retain their membership, aithough many of developed in Omaha and th attentio; b athy nings 1 sunger uew ected offic n the - et down (o the peint where men will not have them ail to go down staire and bhave & (hem are now devoling their energies to the beginnings made by the mother club. women in b huve come furward to of thes sunger member epresentaiion the Omahs elub W battle fur faod.—dan Francisco Clironicis afticers, @k at your expense!”—St. Paul DISphttl. mepe. specific lines of work that bave As these older women have Uumed elr lske their places und the majority of the Mes M D. Cameron? e sew presdent, Wil bave three of ils executiv o - —