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Show UTAH F.-VKMERS PLANT -41,000 FOREST TREES DURING MONTH Approximately 41,000 small forest for-est trees have been shipped from the forest nursery at the, Utah State Agricultural college at Logan, Lo-gan, for planting this spring on Utah farms, according to Paul' M. Dunn, forester for the Utah extension exten-sion service. This is an increase of more than 16 thousand trees or 65 per cent over shipments during 1932. , These tree seedlings and transplants trans-plants will be planted on 222 different dif-ferent farms in 25 counties of the state for windbreak and woodlot area, as they tend to trample the ground about the trees, hindering hinder-ing the growth, a.s well as browsing brows-ing from the leaves. Trees procured from reliable sources need not be trimmed or pruned, unless a branch is broken or Injured, as they are always trimmed before shipping. WHien transplanting trees about thu place, it is advisable to trim back the side and top branches to decrease de-crease the top area, which aids the development of the roots. Miore than 22,000 small trees purposes, and were distributed at cost as a result of federal and state cooperation. Tree shipments for this year were suspended April 22, when most of the varieties were completely sold out, Mr. Dunn reported. The Siberian elm was most in demand with 13,600 shipped. Other Oth-er kinds and the number shipped are: Black locust, 4000; blue spruce, 3600; Russian olive, 3500; black walnut, 2775; honey locust, 2480; Siberian pea, 1700; Ponderosa pine, 1C00; Scotch pine, 1500; golden willow, 1500; arborvitae, 1480; green ash, 1460: Austrian pine, 10S0; and balsam poplar, 400. Salt Lake county leads the state with more than 9550 trees being planted on 40 farms. Other counties, coun-ties, in which more than 100 trees are being set out this spring, are: Utah. 6350; Weber, 2975; Millard, 2750; Iron, 2212; Sanpete, 2091; Box Elder, 1756; Beaver, 1750; Rich, 1233; and Cache, 1010. According to Professor T. G. Taylor who is in charge of the forest nursery, plans are being made to expand the area of the nursery in order to increase the output by at least 50 per cent for next year. The plantings about the state will be examined each year to check the growth of the small trees in order to better determine de-termine their requirements under Utah conditions. Several demonstration plantings of trees for woodlots purposes were set out this year by the college col-lege in order to determine the growth on a larger scale. Further Furth-er information regarding the tree distribution project may be obtained ob-tained from the local extension agents or by writing to the college at Logan. |