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Show Farmers Increase Woodlot Plantings By 147,000 Trees More than 147,999 trees have been planted by Utah and Nevada farmers for windbreaks, wood-lots, wood-lots, erosion control, and shade, J. 'Whitney Floyd, extension forester for-ester at the Utah State Agricultural Agricul-tural college, reports. This is an increase of 16.000 trees over last year's planting. Assuming that the trees were planted eight feet apart, 415 miles of windbreak have been planted by the Utah farmers. This is long enough to reach from the north end to the south end of the state and east to Kanab. These trees must be protected from rodents, grcai.'.g by sheep cr ca:tie. firo and trespass if they ere to live. Mr. Floyd states. Care must also be taken to see that the soil does r.ot settle away from the stem and allow air to reach the roots causing ihem to dry out and kill the tree. The young trees should be watered about once each week after planting, either by irrigation irriga-tion or . by hand, to supply a sufficient quanity of moisture that will penetrate to the lowest low-est feeding roots. This should be done for two or three years after planting. As the trees must be protected from grazing and trampling of livestock, fencing of tb area may be necessary, Air. 3Uoyd reports, but this protection is imperative. im-perative. Harmful rodents may be controlled either by fencing or by the application of poison. The planted area should be cultivated regularly to reducfc j the competition of grass and weeds Thig may be done with a horse and email cultivator or by hand. J Small evergreens will need pro-1 teciion from the wind and the 1 sun for the first year or two. Such protection can be provided by the placing of thin boards j on the south and west sides of each tree, Air. Floyd concludes, j EAT AT THE MAIN CAFE. j SillTHFIElJ), UTAH ' |
