Show ARBOR D DAY AY FIRST OBSERVED SEVENTY Y ONE YEARS AGO one april day in no nebraska braska seventy one years ago wr were awarded to the county y agricultural in rural society claty 1 and I to the e individual 11 vidual planting the greatest nuin number her of trees treca that marked the e first 11 1 1 observance bs e th of arbor hot D day I 1 y which ach we was observed throughout athe the nation last monday its ils founder was julius sterling M morton r pioneer nebra nebraskan and one of agriculture april 22 will mark the alth anniversary of his birth arlbon day is observed b ed daa auh out aut the nation and in many 1 lands a crow cross the sees seas although the dates chiaet md ind methods of its observance vary lary it is universally an expression of our appreciation and regard for tries trees today more than ever we have need to appreciate our trees treas trees treas rom from americas forests are am goegg to war al along ng with our fighting men furini the vast quantities of wood needed for ships and planes for cantonments canton ments factories and docks for ba and crating of war materials for railroad ties and telephone poles polea to keep wartime transportation and communication and for hundreds of other uses essential to our war wair job wood lead from americas america s forests is essential to the wartime artune food program an inadequate supply of timber for farm buildings equipment and storage tg e facilities might serious ly h hamper amper our meeting food prodoc tum lion goals go Is and when the war is won trees will be needed to help rebuild a war trl torn world and to move forward in lelita the e w way y of I 1 peace in this country we have been too much inclined to plant a it tree ee and waste a forest if we are to maintain a strong t rig and free america we must look beyond the tree in the front yard to the trees on the hills we must ses see the t trees tes es of our forests as a basic resource indispensable to the life ife of the t he e nation sooner or later we shall have to plant trees on millions of acres of once productive forest land which we have allowed to become denuded if A these lands are not to be r carried as dead weight in the net national al accie economy more important still we must take steps to make sure that thai wastefully waste full cutting practices in our retraining remaining for forests rests do not add more millions of acres of wasted land forests forest can be managed so that they will continue productive without re planting through the practice of scientific forestry it is possible to have our forests yield successive crops of timber tu without exhaustion hs on to keep P a our forests forest p don auau ductile TU aU ny it 11 is my hope that abe araw h servantes ser er vances this year lit 1 4 will iii be by a rim new nation a t tion ion to see that our wido wd in e d i ests Is or are safeguarded asa and nd belau misuse se that real sa s1 v is as achieved in as the a alt S states tit message delivered by CLA CLAUDE UD E R secretary 0 ef o |