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Show TREES FOR FARM WOODLOT NOW READY TO PLANT Trees for farm woodlot and windbreak planting are available to farmers of Utah," through the Extension Forester at the Utah Agricultural college a t Logan, Utah, according to Blaine Beten-son, Beten-son, supervisor of the Dixie National Na-tional forest. These trees are made available under the provisions of the Clark McNary law, and are sold to farmers for farm woodlot and windbreak planting purposes at a fraction of production. However, How-ever, under the terms of the Agricultural Conservation Act of 1937, farmers of Utah are subject to quite a substantial payment for planting trees on crop lands as woodlots or windbreaks. These are the terms of payment: 1. A payment of $10.00 per acre will be made when trees are planted on crop land for woodlot purposes, provided that at least 400 trees ;are planted per acre. 2. A payment of 6 per rod will be made when planted on crop land for windbreak purposes, pur-poses, when planted in rows at right angles to the direction of the prevailing winds, provided trees are spaced not more than 8 feet apart in rows of 6 to 10 feet apart. 3. A payment of $4.00 per acre will be made for maintaining trees planted since January 1, 193 4 by cultivation of interspaces and replacement of any dead trees to not less than 200 living trees per acre at the time performance per-formance is determined. This is a splendid opportunity for farms to establish woodlots and windbreaks, on small tracts of land which lare now more or less unprofitable. Farmers who are interested in securing trees from the forestry nursery at the Utah Agricultural college should contact the County Agricultural agent or the nearest near-est Forest Supervisor's office, Mr. Betenson said. |