Show TREE PLANTING CHECKUP CHECK UP NOW UNDER WAY IN UTAH A statewide state wide survey of the farm tree planting program is being inaugurated by the utah state ag li ii cultural college reports J whitney floyd extension forester this year marks the year of the distribution of small forest trees from the college and tho the plan is to determine the present survival of the trees that were planted more than 2000 concerning trees have been prepared and mailed to the farmer cooperators in the 29 counties of utah by the state extension office off ice in 1934 a check was made after 5 years y cars of tree planting and a survival of 60 percent was shown that study covered trees on farms the tree planting project is sponsored by the utah extension service in cooperation with the U S department of agriculture for the purpose of encouraging the farm people to plant windbreaks and woodlots wood lots the trees are grown in the forest nursery at the college at logan and distributed each spring the cost to the cooperator is is approximately one half t the h e growing bundling and shipping expenses the in interest ferest in the project has increased each year since it was bt Air arted ted says professor floyd rc reports show that trees were planted in 1930 and more than in 1939 this past season more than trees were set out in 31 demonstration plantings in 15 counties under the su pervis ion of the county agricultural agents the main rinds of trees planted are siberian elm russian olive green ash blue spruce eastern red cedar black walnut golden willow and black locust |