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Show Farm Forest Trees Ready For Shipment First 1942 shipment of farm forestry for-estry trees from the Clarke-Mc-Nary nursery at Utah State Agricultural Ag-ricultural college left Logan Monday, Mon-day, under the supervision of Dean IPaul M. Dunn, of the school of forestry. Dan Freed of Kamas, Utah, received re-ceived this first order of the year, his order totaling over 600 trees of various species, largely including includ-ing Siberian elm and green ash. This shipment marks the beginning begin-ning of an extensive program of distribution, which nail -be carried, on for the next five or six weeks. During this time, approximately 130,000 trees will be sniped to Utah farmers. Acording to Dean Dunn, these trees are made available to state farmers at about one-half of pro- . duction costs for windbreak, shel-terbelt, shel-terbelt, woodlot and erosion control con-trol plantings. He adds that the early spring of the year is the ideal time to plant trees in Utah, as soil moisture conditions and timum during the early spring season, sea-son, giving trees planted then the best chance for good growth and survival. Utah, cooperating with the United Uni-ted States department of agriculture agricult-ure through the Utah Extension service and the college school of forestry, furnished young trees for state farm planting at nominal prices, under special conditions to which purchasers must agree, in- ; eluding provisions for planting I K , wuv-wuivii iiwui jiaiuiai other agencies which injure young plants, cultivation and irrigation, supplying of reports on condition i of trees upon request, and holding : open all plantations to insertion ; of representatives of the department depart-ment of agriculture and of the col- lege in Logan. ; Dean Dunn states that the s growth and cultivation of trees is t highly essential to the national : and world war effort, especially s in relation to cultivation of fuel h woods and building material-woods, material-woods, j Among the species of softwoods available by the forestry program i at the college are Eastern Red Cedar, Ponderosa Pine and Blue Spruce. Hardwoods which may be ; obtained include Green Ash, Si- berian Elm, Black Locust, Honey Locust, Russian Olive, Siberian Pet tree, Black Walnut and Gol- : den Willow, acording to Dunn. |