Practical experience is the best guide in such matters.
Some farmers and land owners are now interested in setting out hardwood forests for commercial purposes.

If they do not wish to purchase their seedlings from a reliable nursery-man, they can grow them from carefully selected seed planted in well-prepared seedbeds.

The popular practice is to sow the seed in drills about 2 to 3 feet apart so that horses may be used for cultivation.

The seeds are sown to a depth of 2 to 3 times their thickness.

They are placed close enough in the drill so that from 12 to 15 seedlings to the linear foot result.