Show GROWING TREES FOR POSTS moot endurable are black and honey locust and hardy catalpa r set close together almast every irrigated farm haa come small piece 0 land which can not readily be for growing field crops but which might be suitable tor growing enough fence posts to supply the farm in the future says a colorado bulletin the most endurable umbers naturally among trees adapted to this region are the black and honey locust and the hardy cat alpa the hardy catalpa however la grown at its northernmost limit in most parts of this state north of den ver and Is liable to suffer from winter injury at least during the first few years the most rapid growing trees tor fence posts are the willows aud the carolina popular of the two the wll low Is considered somewhat more dur able the carolina popular however Is capable of making such rapid growth that it will produce under favorable conditions three or tour posts in five years after planting its straight single stem moreover is especially favorable for this purpose the timber however Is so lacking in durability that it is hardly worth while to set it for posts without alv ing bome preservative treatment two coats of gas tar creosote can readily be applied wafa a brush after seasoning the posts for six or eight weeks and thus make them of conald erable greater durability an inez pensive tank arrangement or even a barrel may be used for dipping the butt ends of the posts by which means their durability may be greatly increased all trees for posts should be set rather close together about four by six feet in rows frequent alon during the growing season will to some extent take the place of arri gatlon some pruning may be feces sary during the first few years in order to secure single stems without forks or bad branches |