Show I Utah Farmers Plant Forest Trees i During During- This Month Ii Approximately small forI forest for for- I est trees have been ship cd from fromi i the forest nursery at the Utah State Agricultural college at Logan Logan Logan Lo Lo- gan for planting this spring on oni i Utah farms according to Paul M M. Dunn forester for the Utah ExI ExtensIon Extension Extension Ex Ex- I tension service This is an InI Increase increase In- In I crease of more than 16 thousand I i I I I I trees or 65 percent over shipments during 1932 These tree seedlings and transplants transplants transplants trans trans- plants will be planted on different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent farms in 25 counties of the state for windbreak and woodlot woodlo t tt purposes and were distributed a acost at t cost as a result of federal and state cooperation Tree shipments for this year were suspended on April 22 when most of the varieties varieties vari vari- I eUes were completely sold out Mr Dunn r reported ported I The Siberian elms was most In inI demand with shipped Other I kinds and the number shipped are arc Black Locust blue spruce II Russian olive black walnut 2775 honey locust 2480 I Siberian pea 1700 I pine 1600 Scotch pine gold gold- golden en willow 1500 1480 green ash 1460 Austrian pine 1080 and balsam poplar Salt Lake county leads the thc state with some more than trees trees' being planted on 40 farms Other counties in which more than 1000 j trees are are being set out out th i this spring pi i iare II are Utah Weber 2975 Millard 2750 Iron 2212 Sanpete I 2091 Box Elder 1756 Beaver 1750 Rich 1233 and Cache 1010 Acco According ding to Professor T. T G. G Taylor who is In charge of the forest nursery plans are being I I 1 j made to expand the area of the tho nursery in order to increase tho the I output by at least 50 percent for forI I next year The plantings about the state will be examined each I I year to check the growth of the small trees In order to better determine determine determine de de- de- de termine their requirements under Utah con conditions Several demonstration plantings of trees for woodlot purposes were set out this year by the college in order to determine the growth on ona a larger scale Further information information information tion regarding the tree distribution distribution tion project may be obtained from the Ule local extension agents or by writing to the college at Logan |