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Show Tree Planting By-Community By-Community Effort Greatly Enhances Looks and Comfort of Roads. (Prepared by ihc I'lilted States Department of Agriculture.) Suitable tree planting along public highways, which greatly enhances their appearance and comfort, is most satisfactorily done by the community as a whole rather than by individuals, says the United States Department of Agriculture. Interest in country highways high-ways in the United States Jias increased in-creased rapidly during the last few years. The greater interest In rural roads is due largely to the growing automobile trailic, a large part of which is pleasure driving in which the most beautiful routes are Daturally sought. While a few states have good laws providing for such planting, the remainder re-mainder have either indifferent ones or none at all, according to Farmers' bulletin 14S1-F, "Planting the Roadside," Road-side," just issued. The traveling public has as much interest in the appearance of the road as a whole as the adjoining property holder. Furthermore, it is usually difficult to get each property holder to approve and act on a given plan. For these reasons, says the department, depart-ment, it is best to place the planting and subsequent care of roadside trees in the hands of a public body representing repre-senting some such division as the state, county, town, township or parish, par-ish, riither than smaller units. Peciuise of the intimate relationship relation-ship between road construction and maintenance and the upkeep of the roadside, the closest co-operation between be-tween the highway department ami those having the trees in charge is needed. Suggestions relative to planning for the trees, planting and spacing them, kinds to plant, pruning, arrangement of shrubs and perennials, and other phases of the work are given. A copy of the new publication may be obtained free, as long as the supply sup-ply lasts, upon application to the United Unit-ed States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. I |