Show 0 kb or w berea 5 a vey i 0 d re ason afi W we aulca make i e ire it e es BY THE UNITED STATES FORESTRY bureal day has now become as A r Goc at ad all over the united states with patriotic and esthetic nit as well as economic ideas it la Is at once ameant of doing practical good to tho the community and in incentive to civic betterment the planting of trees by school children la is in every case by cere care gonles intended both to impress upon hose present the beauty of trees and heir effect in improving tho the appear inee of school grounds streets parks parka md ind homes As a patriotic patri otlo festival it partakes of ho he nature of fourth ot of july celebia tons ions or the observance of washing ins ans birthday andin and in the south where ie Q season Is propitious it iff in some fates ates observed on february 22 the originator oi of arbor day certain had all these aspects of the day in ind but it was chiefly as aa a means inducing the people to operate cooperate co an attempt to supply the state ot af abraska with the trees necessary tor for ode ade farm protection and fuel and aber tor for neighborhood uso that the an of off setting aside a cart certain armday day ot of ie ic year for tree planting n g was adopted arbor day has baa been celebrated in abraska with enthusiasm from its ary ory beginning in january 1872 to the resent day before 1872 however planting had en haphazard and only those farms s who were willing to 6 take a good al of trouble to find out ways and eans of improving their farms by windbreaks ind breaks and groves did any plant ig the adoption 0 of the arbor day ilan ian meant the organization of the tha vork pork in the state As a result neary a billion trees have been planted in he state stafe since the plan was first adopt id fd it Is estimated that more than acres have been planted in rees in nebraska nebraska needed trees kansas and Tennessee followed the oad cad of nebraska in 1875 and the next rear ear minnesota fell into line in kanas the same conditions as in nebraska nade the plan of immediate economic mp ortance in minnesota the white ine forests were being destroyed sith rth alarming rapidity and no provi ilon was being made for replacing hem after 1876 1875 there was tor for some rears a check la in the spread of the arbor day idea and it was not until 1882 1882 that two more states began to A celebrate lele leb rate brate the day north dakota and ohio two new elements were introduced nto into the arbor day plan when ohio t took ook it up the way was made a a school estival estl val and the practice of planting fier aortal lal trees and groves was inaugurated gu ura ted these new developments were largely responsible for tho extension of arbor day over the rest of the he united states tree planting be a festival combining pleasure ati utility lity and instruction and one of the greatest benefits of the observance of arbor day has been its effect in impressing upon the minds of the young people eople the value of trees and the necessity of conserving all the tha nat 1 ural resources of the country As a school festival the observance ot of arbor day has spread not only throughout the whole united states biffar beyond its borders in 1887 the education department ot of ontario set bet aside the first friday in may as a tree and flower planting day in the plan was adopted officially in spain brain it reached hawaii in 1905 and is no now in vogue in all the dependencies of the united states nd in great britain australia the english west indies south africa now new zealand france norway Russia and japan they know the value the time of the observance of arbor day varies greatly in different states and countries i being determined somewhat by climatic conditions A cle clean an and beautiful town 19 a source of pride to its citizens and a constant incentive to them to goon go on and do better the celebration of arbor day by the i planting of trees is the assumption of W all ah the year round responsibility tile the planting and faro of tree swill inculcate in school children patience cej and foresight and will fan presa upon them the desirability ot oi making the best beat use of 0 the resources of nature both economically ind and in the eliast the planting of trees on arbor day has ustia usually lly been in school grounds or packs recently it has begun gunto to be used as a means of stirring up interest in roadside planting first in cities and then in rural communities the city of newark N J Is doing model work inthis in this line there Is a special shado shade tree commission c which issues a map of the city on which are shown the streets that are in their care and the variety of trees planted on each a leaflet giving directions for the planting and care of trees along the streets and a general arbor day pamphlet in hiie one year nearly trees were planted on 46 streets many other cities are now nov organizing the work of tree planting on the streets and in every tease case arbor day Is used as a means of arousing public interest in 1913 the united states bureau of education issued a bulletin eil entitled titled good roads arbor day in which were set forth the advantages of planting trees along the highways not only should wo we build good roads road a ive we should also aloo maake m ako them attractive an and d comfortable to travel over in many european countries this is done by planting the roadside with rows of trees this tree planting by the roadside has not yet become common in this country as lt it should hould observing arbor day some objection has been made to trees along the roadside on the ground that they hinder drying out alter wot weather this holds good it if the road Is poorly built but trees are actually an aid in keeping a well built road dry it they are not planted too close the roots by constantly taking fg in water assist in drainage and the tops by breaking the force of driving rains prevent washes in the roadway aba most important use of trees by the 1 g 1 4 A 6 0 0 3 i i shady street in washington D C I 1 roadside however Is the prevention prevent tio tonj of dust dust is the cementing ma terail in macadam roads roada and if it 11 la loosened and blown away the breaking up of the road Is hastened what the trees do for the roads the them also do for the forested hillsides hill sides wherever there are no forests on the hills and mountains the rain and melt ed ad snow rushes off in a torrent digi alg ging out great gullies and carrying 9 away t fertile soil where there Is a forest the trees treed protect the soil from the beating of the rain the roots lead the water deen into the ground tobe to be stored up there thle and gradually fed out by springs a all thi the year round the leaf litter absorbs and holds the water like a sponge the trunks and roots prevent yie jhb rapid runoff of at the water and bind the soil together the rho forest Is of tremendous benefit in preventing both floods an and a drought it Is in reality a natural kat gatherer herer and storer of bf water it Is imperative therefore that the watersheds of navigable streams and those upon which towns cities irrigation projects and water power plan plants depend tor for their supply should be forested the greatest value of arb arbor or day lies la in its effect upon our attitude toward tao trees that are already growing fod ton manifestly there are thousands of trees of natural origin to every one planted by man the average citizen en Is only now beginning to care tor for these trees having never before considered that they needed any care farmers have been in the habit of turning their cattle in to graze on their woodlands where they break oft off and destroy the I 1 young growth trample and injure the roots of the larger trees and pack thel the ground hard thus not only destroying the future forest but shortening the life of the trees that are already growing the arbor dy day student who has been taught to plant an for trees will in after years no more think of turning cattle into hta his woodlot than into his cornfield |