Show FORESTER ISSUES ON CARING FOR YOUNG TR TREES F ES utah farmers who planted forest trees this year for woodlots wood lots windbreaks ana other purposes pur pops should start cultivating irrigating and pre paring protection for the young trees says J whitney floyd extension forester at the utah state agricultural college this work should be done carefully and immediately hs he says because this is the most critical growing time of the entire year trees should be cultivated vry carefully to keep down weeds and to conserve moisture for the trees I 1 otherwise would be used by the weeds good clean cultivation is is an important factor in the success of farm rees and woodlots wood lots and adds materially to their thriftiness along with cultivation to conserve moisture professor floyd stresses proper irrigation N now OW 19 is the trees most rapid growing season and they need plenty of wati wat to produce leaves and stems hv hr I 1 points out that trees like other agricultural 1 ri crops will respond to ir I 1 whenever the soil becomes dry he recommends that ditches be constructed one to one and on ons half feet from the tree thus allowing the water to seep through to the roots without and endangering the roots all young evergreens ever greens should be partially protected from the sun sul during the heat of the day means best results will be obtained if some kind of temporary structure can be placed on the south and west of the young trees to apply shade shade can be provided by placing shingles burlap screens or ether aher trees around the young trees 1 fences should be built to protect the growing trees from livestock because animals will eat eack th off most species there thereal 42 N ger of the stock tramping the growth into the ground YON ing it off livestock and ad brea been of daniago 6 one the chief I 1 lo 10 forestry trees in the of I 1 masv p sor eor floyd reported cL |