Show TREES GROW BEST ON SLOPES SLOPES' Roughest Areas on Farm Present Most Favorable Localities for Successful Successful Successful Suc Suc- Growth By Dy W. W J. J MORRILL Colorado Agricultural Agricultural tural College Fort Collins Colo Trees fres especially cone bearing trees seem to prefer newly eroded soil soli Steep slopes are exposed to comparatively comparatively tI el rapid erosion and here trees do the time best Level ground Indicates old soil soli ol old in t the sense that It was wn derived from rock as a rule longer ago than soil soli found on steep slopes Old soil probably contains an excess of soluble salts too much match for fOt be best t tree growth In the mountains one sees the steep slopes clothed with trees while the occasional fiat spot is likely to be bare of trees The roughest areas on the farm present the most favorable fa localities for successful tree growing |