Show Organizations Co- Co Cooperate Cooperate Co Cooperate operate in Colorado Tree Planting Planting- Next Monda Monday bein being Arbor Day the day for planting trees we print froma from a Government report what Colorado did a year ear a ago o and the kind of trees planted for timber and other purposes which is as follows Last spring spring- trees were sent fent out by the State forester of Colorado which were planted on farms says the Forest Service Unit Unit- United United United ed States Department of Agriculture Ag Under the provisions of the Clarke Clarke- McNary Clarke McNary law an agreement ag was made by which the trees were sold at cost costA A number of these farm s were made by organizations org The Camp Fire Girls of Greeley Colo I set yellow out several thousand western yel- yel yel low Jow pine and other trees on farms I adjacent to highways hig the Izaak WalI Wal- Wal I ton League made some plantings planting on onI farms bordering upon lakes the Dc I Molay boys planted several thousand trees and the Kiwanis club of Fort Collins made a planting planting- on a farm I some 3 miles west of the town where they hope some day to have a picnic rove grove Species that t at were ordered in large larg-e p I numbers were western yellow pine honey locust American elm and blue spruce For land dry-land planting in east east- eastern eastern eastern Colorado State Forester Morrill ern western yellow pine and the combination of Russian olive with western yellow pine for wind wind- windbreaks windbreaks wind breaks breaks Honey Hc ney locust and hackberry can be substituted for the western yellow pine but are arc not so successful successful success- success successful ful in resisting n drou drought ht In irrigated irrig regions ions Mr r Morrill sug- sug suggests ests that the growing rapid rapid- rapid growing rowin cottonwood b be used in connection with the Rus Rus- Russian Russian Rus- Rus Russian sian olive for windbreaks Other I I species offered were laurel leaf willow wil- wil willow lor low white willow Caro Caro- Carolina Caro- Caro Carolina Carolina lina popular and white ash A few of Gilead balm of popular were provid provid- provided provided provided ed for planting planting- at elevations of more morer r than feet and some Chinese elm were offered for experimental planting |