| Show TREES fREES FOR FARM WOOD LOT For Irrigated Sections List Is Quite Long One One White White Willow is Most Useful By B. B 0 O LONGYEAR COLORADO AGRICULTURAL AGRICULTURAL AG AG- COLLEGE The kinds of trees to recommend depend upon the location the soil and the water supply For the irrigated sections with altitude and climate similar to that of or Denver the list of trees that can be grown Is quite a large larg one But for fuel and posts those species only are arc desirable which make malte a rapid growth and are durable The white willow Is one of or the most useful for starting a wood lot as it grows quickly stands drought well ell and makes a good light fuel This tree may well form the outer two or three rows along the north and west sides of oC the lot and will furnish shelter for the less hardy sorts Next Next i may come the ash either white or orI I green the black and honey locusts locusts locusts lo lo- and hardy catalpa The last three species are arc very desirable for posts as the timber is durable Following Following Fol Fol- Fol lowing these the white elm basswood hackberry and English oak should succeed the last being of slow growth but possessing strong hard wood In case the white willow cannot be obtained the outermost rows may be beof i 1 of Russian olive with a few rows of cottonwood also called leaf lance-leaf cottonwood All these trees may be set In rows G by 8 feet apart except the Russian olive which should be four feet apart in the tho row row- Use young stock one or two years old and cultivate and irrigate until August 1 1 Prune during the first three years only enough to prevent crotches |
