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Show TREES AVAILABLE FOR WINDBREAK SPRING PLANTING The forest tree nursery operated by the School of Forestry at Utah State Agricultural College will have available next spring approximately ap-proximately 250 thousand trees suitable for farm shelterbelt and windbreak planting, Raymond R. Moore, extension forester, announced an-nounced today. Order blanks for delivery of planting stock in March and early April are now being distributed, he said. Those who have purchased stock in the palst three years will be mailed an order blank. Farmers and other landowners who plan to establish windbreak plantings for protection of farm buildings, homes, orchards, irrigated fields, or livestock will be mailed an order blank upon request. Requests should be sent to the Extension Service, Utah State Agricultural College, or the local county agricultural agent. Prices will be the same as last spring, from $1.50 to $3.00 per hundred trees. There are four species of evergreens ever-greens and eight species of de-cidous de-cidous or hardwood trees available, Mr. Moore said. During March and April of last year, 113 thousand trees ' were shipped from the School of Forestry Nursey to farmers and landowners in Utah and Nevada. Approximately 85,000 were shipped ship-ped and planted in Utah. The nursery is maintained by state and federal funds the latter through the Clark-McNary law to provide low cost planting stock suitable for the intermountain area. |