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Show Prepare Now For Shelter Tree Planting Iron County Farmers who are planning to set out small farm forest for-est trees this coming spring for windbreak, shelter-belt, or wood-lot wood-lot purposes, should prepare their ground this fall. ' This advice is given by Raymond R. Moore, Extension Forester, at Utah State Agricultural College, according ac-cording to Lamont E. Tueller, coun-( coun-( ty Agent ! More than 100,000 forest trees will be available for planting throughout the state next spring with prices averaging $2.50 per 100, according to word from County-Agent County-Agent Tueller has received from i Forester Moore. Proper preparation of the planting plant-ing site Is as essential with trees as with any other crop, Mr. Moore said. Areas to be planted to trees next spring should be selected son and plowed and harrowed this fall If possible. This will give the cover crop of weeds or grass, that Is turned turn-ed under time to rot before spring. In addition, winter moisture wll! be retained In the loose ground which will become sufficiently settled set-tled for1 planting by March or April. More than 1.100.000 forest trees have been distributed from the nursery nur-sery at Utah State Agricultural college col-lege during the past several years. County Agent Tueller revealed. The nursery Is maintained by the Utah State Agricultural College In cooperation coop-eration with the federal government for the purpose of furnishing trees to farmers at a low cost. Soft wood trees available under the program are: Eastern red cedar, ce-dar, Rocky Mountain Juniper, Pon-derosa Pon-derosa pine, and Blue Spruce. Hardwoods Hard-woods available are: Green Ash, Siberian Si-berian Elm, Black locust, Russian Clive, Black Walnut, Golden willow wil-low and Lombardy poplar. Complete information on how to obtain the treest as well as recommended recom-mended varieties for Iron County, cm be obtained from County Agent Tueller'i office. I |