Show yO FORESTER RESTER OUTLINES PLANTING P PIANS LANS FOR FARM TREES farmers wl 1 i are arc planning on oil setting out bill small all trees next nest spring lor for windbreaks and W woodlots wood lots should planting site and prepare select the tall advises paul the ground tills this forester for the at dunn extension college at 1 utah tah state agricultural preparation of the logan good Fl planting site Is an essential to tree mr air other crop growth as with any dunn said for most utah farm conditions spring planting ot of forest trees Is recommended specially especially with small seedlings and transplants there Is more danger ot of winter freezing in most instances with tall fall planting ot of the small trees the first essential Is tile the selection of the planting site the young better results it if trees will give planted in ili tho the windbreak or woodlot area and not in a small nursery plot with the intention of moving them later it the trees are desired to make a windbreak the area should be about 75 to feet from the buildings or orchard or feeding pens on the windward side ind and in the torn form ot of a long narrow strip from 1 10 to 20 teet feet wide or sufficient tor for two to four our rows of trees tho the woodlot area can be a square or odd shaped piece of 0 ground the planting site should be plow ed and harrowed this his month thus giving the cover of 0 weeds or grass that Is turned under a chance to rot before spring the winter moisture will be held in the upturned sod which will become sufficiently settled for planting by march or april it if the area is not plowed until spring the dirt will be loose and settle away from the youns young trees and the advantage of the mulch will also be lost the previously plowed area will also be much easter easier kept tree free from weeds approximately small forest seedlings and transplants will be available at a nominal cost coot for planting next spring on farm land irom from the forestry department nursery ot of the utah state agricultural college mr dunn said further information way may be obtained from the local county agricultural agents or by writing to the extension service at logan |