Plant The Chestnut And Pine

The rapid consumption of chestnut timber in this country has made the demand greater than tho supply, and causes us to inquire whether it is not best to commence planting the chestnut. It grows very rapidly and ueeds no replanting. Much of the worn-out land which is now worth only a dollar or two por acre can be made to bo worth, in 12 to '20 years, $50 to $100 an acre, without any expense f urther than to plant thp chestnuts. The best land for the chestnut is a warm, dry soil, and if it is stony it is no objection. Plant the mits in the fall before they become too dry. Plant them fivo or six foet apart cach way and cover thvee or fuor inches deep with leaf mold. Put two or three in a hill so as to bo sure of one. But they all may grow till hirge enough for josts. Or, perhaps, bettor still, plan' thum i-.boiït ibrvfïrst Wfcfftï ach way at first, and whuu tlicy gïovr lurg'e enough, cut out every altornate one for posts, ;i:ul when larger still, tako out every altérnate one again, and so on. A similar metbod may be pursued with the white pine, with the advantugo fluit the latter will flouri-.Ii where the chestnut woild not. It matters little how tho pino is transplanted, so that only tho rootlets be not permitted to become dry. We are preaentêd with an ezample of forest rotation in the old, worn-out hills and valU'ys of NeW Ingland, whero thu pine is springing up luxuriantly. Bosidos we get from the chestnut vcry valuabio nuts, and from the pine a balsainic atmosphoro which is pleasant and healthful to all persons.