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Show OUTLINES PLAN FOR FARMERS TO GET TREES Proper planting arrangement and care are essential factors in cooperating with the state and federal government in the matter of securing tree planting stock for farm windbreaks and wood-lots, wood-lots, according to Paul M. Dunn, forester for the Utah State Agricultural Agri-cultural extension service at Logan. Lo-gan. Particular conditions must be complied with by the Utah farmer in order to get the trees at a low cost. Under the terms of the Clarke- McNary law, the trees may be supplied to farmers for planting in either windbreaks or woodlots on farm land. Also, the trees must be properly watered, cultivated culti-vated and protected from damage. dam-age. In some sections of Utah, the small trees will need to be irrigated for at least four years, Mr. Dunn said. Examinations of the trees growing about the state indicate that cultivation is as important im-portant a factor as irrigation, because be-cause cultivation keeps the soil mulched and eliminates the competition com-petition of weeds and grasses. A windbreak is a planting of trees on one or more sides of the farm buildings for the purpose pur-pose of furnishing protection from the winds and storms. This planting should be at least 75 feet from the nearest buildings and be composed of at least two rows of trees of suitable species, preferably those that grow quite branchy. The rows should be about ten feet apart and the trees from six to ten feet apart in the row, with the trees in the second row planted opposite to the openings in the first row. Recommended Re-commended species are Russian Olive, Silberian Pea tree, Siberian Siber-ian elm, any of the conifers such as blue spruce or Scotch pine, and possibly black locust and green ash. The last two should be used on the inside of the planting as they will grow taller with fewer side branches. 4 A woodlot planting is a group or grove of trees set out for the puTpose of furnishing wood products pro-ducts for fuel or other farm uses. us-es. This planting can be placed wherever there is farm land suit able or where there is space a v a i 1 a ble. The arrangement should be more or less .square with the trees planted about six feet apart in rows six feet distant, dis-tant, so that they will be somewhat some-what crowded in order to stimulate stimu-late taller growth with fewer side branches. The following species are recommended: Green ash. black locust, black walnut, hardy catalpa, honey locust, Russian olive and Siberian elm. Mr. Dunn, also recommends that the trees, though small, should be planted out in the windbreak or woodlot at first if possible, instead of in a small plot in the garden. This eliminates elimin-ates extra work in replanting, and the results will be much better. bet-ter. Tree planting conditions are quite different in the several sections sec-tions of Utah, and particular information in-formation may be obtained from the local agricultural extension agents or by writing to the extension ex-tension service at Logan. |