Show Arbor Day Started In Nebraska and andI F Followed ved By Other States of the Union I p I Arbor do clay th the annual tr tree e planting da day has become a legal holiday In ain al almost ci- ci n most o t ev P Pr every r ry state slate and territory In the theL I L United Slates The date depends on th the tho climate of or the different sections o of the country and Is absolutely fixed b by bylaw law In the Northern states It is generally generally gen Jen held In April or 01 early corly In May l while In th the Southern stats states Arbor day lay dayIs Is ob observed in F February West Vest It Virginia Vir Vir- Virglnia ginia holds Arbor lay day twice t a year In tho spring and anti the fall The Ihl observance nh f arose oro from rom the th alarm of or fn sighted far ll public men overlie over ovel tho Ow lie rapid and anal reckless deforestation Inmany in iii inmany many parts of ot the Union In the I United States It was first h begun un in the early arl part o of the nineteenth century th the J government at this time line buying up mon many timber Im lands and ond a quarter of ofa ofa a n. century 11 later tc-r tc authorized U till the dent to take ma measures for or their thc pl pros pres About the tho sarno sarn ml time th the Massachusetts ett Society for Promoting Agriculture offered prizes for forest pta planting n t I ng 1 The fir first t man to propose a regular Arbor r ol day a was J J. J Sterling Morton late Inte commissioner of agriculture then of oC Nebraska In 1872 he ho Induced In his hl almost treeless t state tal to sot set ct a n. da lay day a aside for fot Arbor day Great t enthusiasm wa was aroused and over a n million trees wore were planted that your year car Tho h other states of or the lie Union soon sOlin took look up tIT the th movement nl awl arid dm Ing the tho next live c years almost almo t tall all the tho states tats hail had set sot aside a a. day lay for fur tree tre planting Of lot late years it lm IH has been generally lally taken up ur in iii the tho public schools chooh to Impress Im Irti- pros press the children with t the Ito importance ulc of or forestry for and tIme the natural beauty of or our civilization civilisation |