Show FORESTER IVES GIVES fi PLANTING PLANS FOR FARM TREES farmers who are planning on set ing out small trees next spring tor for windbreaks and woodlots wood lots should select the planting site and prepare the ground this fall advises paul al autin extension forester tor for the utah state agricultural college at logan good preparation or of the planting site ts Is an all essential to tree growth as with any other crop mr air dunn said for most utah farm conditions spring planting of forest trees lg Is recommended especially with small seedlings and transplants there is more danger ot of winter freezing in fit most instances with tall fall planting of the small trees the first essential Is tile the selection ot of the planting site the young trees will give better results if planted in the windbreak or woodlot area direct and not in a small nursery plot with the intention of oe moving them later it the trees are desired to ninke make a windbreak the area should d be about 70 to feet from the buildings or orchard or feeding pens on tile the windward side and in the form forin of a long narrow strip from 10 to 20 feet wide or sufficient tor for two to tour four rows ot of trees the woodlot area can be a square or odd shaped piece of ground the planting site should be plowed or harrowed this month thus giving the cover of weeds or grass that Is turned under a chance to rot before spring the winter moisture will be held in the upturned sod which will become sufficiently settled tor for planting by march or april it the area Is not plowed until spring the dirt will be loose and settle away from the tha young trees and the advantage ot of the mulch will also be lost the previously plowed area will also be much easier to keep tree free from weeds |