s estimated at $4 per acre and the cost of the trees and planting
at $7 per acre. The species figured on here is white pine, one of
the best trees to plant from a commercial standpoint. With other
trees, the returns will vary accordingly.

[Illustration: FIG. 142.--A Farm Woodlot.]

The usual idea that it costs a great deal to plant several thousand
young trees is erroneous. An ordinary woodlot may be stocked with a
well-selected number of young trees at a cost less than the price
generally paid for a dozen good specimen trees for the front lawn.
It is not necessary to underplant the woodlot with big trees. The
existing big trees are there to give character to the forest and the
new planting should be done principally as a future investment and
as a means of perpetuating the life of the woodlot. Young trees are
even more desirable for such planting than the older and more
expensive ones. The young trees will adapt themselves to the local
soil and climatic conditions more easily than the older ones. Their
demand for food and moisture is more easily satisfied, and because
of their small cost, one can even afford to lose a large percentage
of them after planting.

The young plants should be two-year-old seedlings or three-year-old
"transplants."

Two-year-old seedlings are trees that have been grown from the seed
in seed beds until they reach that age. They run from two to fifteen
inches in height, depending upon the species.

Three-year-old "transplants" have been grown from the seed in seed
beds and at the end of the first or second year have been taken up
and transplanted into rows, where they grow a year or two longer.
They are usually a little taller than the two-year-old seedlings,
are much stockier and have a better root system. For this reason,
three-year-old transplants are a little more desirable as stock for
planting. They will withstand drought better than seedlings.

The best results from woodland planting are obtained with
native-grown material. Such stock is stronger, hardier and better
acclimated. Foreign-grown stock is usually a little cheaper, owing
to the fact that it has been grown abroad, under cheap labor
conditions.

The trees may be purchased from reputable dealers, of whom there are
many in this country. These dealers specialize in growing young