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Show Trees Now Available For Farm Planting Possibility of procuring trees at a nominal cost and for use in planting about farms and homes, should be taken advantage of at the earliest possible time, if fanners and beauty lovers would enhance the value of their property. A local movement has been started and many are planning to take advantage of the opportunity of planting shade trees about their premises. The project of tree distribution, distri-bution, which was started last season, sea-son, as a result of federal cooperation coopera-tion under the terms of the Clark-McNary Clark-McNary law, is to be continued this year, and the offer is appealing to many of the progressive farmers. The department of forestry of the Utah Agricultural college, acting as the distributing agency for the state for the trees, is solicitous that farmers farm-ers or those contemplating buying trees, get orders in early so tha.t they may be filfed without delay. The trees cost on an average of $2.42 per hundred, with shipping charges prepaid. pre-paid. Last year some 16,000 trees were distributed in 16 counties, and only for one instance noted, all trees are growing vigorously. The one exception ex-ception was where stock was permitted per-mitted to graze on the area planted. Certain rules govern the plan of distribution of the trees. The size of the trees to be distributed is limited to three feet in heighth, and no applicant ap-plicant will be permitted to receive less than 25 trees of one kind. All of the trees secured from the college at these prices must be planted on farms in Utah, and for one of the purposes specified by the Clark-Mc-Nary law woodlot, windbreak or shelterbelt establishment. It is also asked that all planting be protected from fire, grazing, tresspass and other harmful agencies, insofar as is possible. Proper cultivation and care, for the first two years, at least, is also required. Among species of trees available in the conifers, species are western willow wil-low pine, Douglas fir and Scotch pine. In the deciduous species white ash. Balm of Gilead, Siberian elm, honey locust, golden willow, Russian olive and black locust are obtainable. |