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Show Tree Distribution From AC Nursery Benefits Farmers Orders for trees from the Clark McNary nursery this year are considerably above those of last year, reports J. Whitney Floyd, Extension Forester at the Utah State Agricultural College. One hundred and twenty-five Utah farmers have already taken advantage advan-tage of the farm forestery program . forty more than on the same date last year. The total number of trees ordered, order-ed, more than 31,000 to date, exceeds ex-ceeds 1940 by over 5,000. Russian olive is the most popular species, with Siberian elm, eastern red; cedar, blue spruce, and black locust following in that order. In addition to those' the Clarke-M-c-Nary nursery offers ponderosa( pine, green ash, honey locust,! golden willow, black walnut, and Siberian pea tree. j According to Mr. Floyd thej majority of these trees are used' far windbreaks. Other uses may be for shelterbelts, woodlots, and erosion control plantings. Orders to date indicate a trend toward the use of a greater number of trees for erosion control plantings along stream banks, canals and gullies. Due to the early spring season, shipping started March 1, this year or about two weeks earlier than usual. The nursery at the State College Col-lege was created under the Clark-McNary Clark-McNary law passed in 1924 providing provi-ding federal funds for the cooperative coopera-tive production by the state and national government of plantings stock to be distributed to the farmers of the state at cost. Orders may be placed with the School forestery, Utah State Ag-have Ag-have to plant within acerage al-ricultural al-ricultural college, and information as to the program may be obtained obtain-ed from the county agricultural agent. |