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Show Utilities Irurs Trees. The tree growth on the streets of the average American town or city Is ragged and unkempt In appearance, while that of the suburb or small village vil-lage often Is not much better unless the planting has been done under municipal mu-nicipal control, and the plantings on a street have been confined t'o a single kind of tree. The telegraph, the telephone, tele-phone, the electric light and the trolley car have added their share toward the mutilation or destruction of the good trees that were Is existence at the ".Ime of their coming. Faulty methods of pruning have Caused disfigurement and ruin. "Success "Suc-cess follows the careful planting of good trees which are given adequate protection and timely attention," says Farmers' Bulletin 1209, "Planting and Care of Street Trees," Just issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. Ag-riculture. "Every tree should be trained to its proper form while young, so that severe pruning will not be necessary nec-essary later. "To the mutilation of severe pruning has been added the destruction of many trees in centers of business because be-cause they excluded a llt light, or made the store less prominent, or were somewhat In the way of using the sidewalk side-walk Tor uicicfcur.dise." |