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Show BEST TREES FOR DRY LAND ! Soil Should Be In Good State ef Culti- i vstlon by Having Produced 8v- I eral Preceding Crops. i fBf B. O. IlNOTEAFl, Colorado Agri- I cultural Coltafa.) , The following species of trees have been found to be beat adapted to our climatic conditions for unlrrlgated ( land: llroad Leaf Species Green ash, white ash, black locust, honey locust, box elder, Russian olive, American elm. For evergreens, the native western i red cedar and the yellow pine. The latter suedes should be nursery-srown nursery-srown stock. The red cedar, however, can sometimes be obtained from the foothills. Ind for these trees should be In I good state of cultivation, If possible by having produced several preceding rrops. The smaller sizes of nursery j T itock, thr-e to four feet In height, are ' . better than larger trees. If planted 1 a hen the soil Is moist It will not be (erfusary to use water. For a windbreak wind-break or shelter belt, plant In rows alth the trees eight feet apart In the row and In rows ten feet apart, allowing allow-ing the trees In one row to alternate ( slth those In the next Give thorough j cultivation throughout the growing f lesson as for a crop of corn. Protect , ihe trees from prairie fires and live itock. |