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Show TREE PLANTING INCREASES IN UTAH LOGAN A total of 22,487 forest tree seedlings of 15 seedlings of 15 species were distributed for 1932 planting on Utah farms by the forestry for-estry department nursery at the Utah State Agricultural college at Logan, according to Paul M. Dunn, extension forester. This is increase of nearly 7000 trees over either the 1931 or 1930 shipments. Of this number 17,817 were deciduous seedlings seed-lings and 4670 were evergreens. The distribution was made to 113 cooperators in 21 counties of the state, which is an increase from 83 plantings in 20 counties during 1931, and from 62 plantings in 16 counties during 1930. Salt Lake county led the state with 6,956 young trees being planted on 20 farms. Box Elder county was second se-cond with 4,845 trees planted on 11 farms, and Weber county, third with 1,725 trees. Cache county was second se-cond in the number of plantings with 12. Other counties in which trees were planted during this season are Beaver, Carbon, Davis, Duchesne, Emery, Iron, Juab, Millard, Morgan, Rich, San Juan, San Pete, Sevier, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, and Washington. Washing-ton. ; Siberian elm led the list in numbers planted with 5218 trees of that species spec-ies being set out in 20 counties. Russian Rus-sian olive came second with 2573 being be-ing planted in 15 counties; black locust, lo-cust, third with 2555 in 16 counties; and Colorado blue spruce was fourth with 2,002 planted in 12 sections of the state. The forest tree seedlings were distributed dis-tributed at cost from the college nursery nur-sery as a result of the cooperation of the state of Utah and the federal government under the Clarke-Mc-Nary Act, for woodlot, windbreak and shelterbuilt plantings on farm land. Professor T. G. Taylor is in charge of the nursery, which has been operating since 1930. n |