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Show jFarm News-Notes By LEW MAR PRICE J J County Agent j Free Growing A windbreak of growing trees woultl be a valuable asset to every Beaver County farr.i, according to Paul M. Dunn, extension forester for the Utah State Agricultural College, who has been looking over tree conditions con-ditions in the county this last week in company with Lew Mar Price, county agricultural agent. The living conditions in the farm home would be greatly improved with a planting of forest trees to J give shelter from the winds and storms, besides aiding in crop growth by the reduction of the evaporation of water from the soil. Mr. Ihmn stated. It has been shown that the evaporation of soil water from land protected by windbreaks, has been reduced as much as 65 per cent. Several of the farmers in the vicinity vic-inity of Milford have started planting plant-ing trees for protection purposes. W. H. Hendrickson, LeRoy C. Luken, and others have potential windbreaks started. Where the trees are small, they have been grown out in the garden plot, and will later be set out in a regular planting. According to Mr. Dunn, the best results will be obtained from planting two or three rows of trees about ten feet apart and the trees eight feet apart in the row. This will give much better protection pro-tection than just one row. Tho, it is suggested that one row of dense growing trees along the fence row or the ditch bank will be much better than no trees at all. There are several kinds of trees that will grow better in most Beaver County conditions; and it is suggested suggest-ed that the Siberian elm, Russian Olive be used where possible. These two trees are growing in several places in the vicinity of Milford and also in Beaver, and there will stand wet or dry conditions, and also the alkali soil if necessary. Where water j is more plentiful, the willow can be , used to good advantage. The locusts would be good trees for the Milford territory. Small forest trees may be obtained from the Forestry department of the Agricultural college at Logan, by I farmers, for windbreak, shelterbelt, j and woodlot planting at cost, as a re-1 suit of the cooperation of the State of Utah with the Federal government. govern-ment. These trees are available for Spring planting, each year, at a cost of 52.50 and less per hundred trees. The size of the trees vary from eight to twelve inches for the evergreens, and from 18 to 24 in. for the hardwoods, hard-woods, and should be ordered soon after the first of January 1933 for the next year's planting. The young trees will make better growth, according to Mr. Dunn, if they are cultivated, and the weeds and grass are kept down. The tree breathes through the surface soil by means of the roots, and that area about the base should be free from sod or weeds. If possible, the area, where trees are to be planted should be plowed the year previous, so that the soil can be in a better condition to support the new crop. Tree growing is a crop and should be a valuable one for all farmers, especially es-pecially where the wind is severe, Mr. Dunn states, and a farm with a well planted windbreak or woodlot should be more desirable and more valuable. Further information regarding tree planting can be obtained from the oll'ice of Lew Mar Price, county agricultural agri-cultural agent, at Beaver. n |