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Show State Tree Circular Ready For Public The 1949 tree price list and circular cir-cular is now ready for distribution distribu-tion throughout the state, according ac-cording to an announcement received re-ceived from Raymond R. Moore, Utah State Agricultural College Ext. forester. This circular lists the kind and respective prices of small forest trees that may be obtained from the College nursery nurse-ry this spring. Eleven species of trees are listed in the circular: three softwoods soft-woods Pondercsa Pine, Eastern Red Cedar, and Rocky Mountain Juniper; and eight hardwoods Green Ash, Siberian Elm, Black Locust, Thornless Honey Locust, Russian Olive, Black Walnut,1 Golden Willow, and Lombardy Poplar. The stock varies in size from four to eight inches for the softwoods soft-woods woods and from eight to over 36 inches for the hardwoods. hard-woods. This year four sizes of Siberian Elm will be offered: 12 to 24 j inches, 12 to 36 inches, 24 to 36 inches, and 36 inches and over. Softwoods will cost $2 for a lot of 100, while most hardwoods are quoted at $1.50 to $2, an exception ex-ception being that the two larger sized elms are listed at $3 and $5 respectively. These small trees are raised at the nursery maintained by the College in cooperation with the federal government, under the Clarke-McNary law, for supplying supply-ing planting stock to Utah and Nevada fanners for windbreak and woodlot purposes at a low cost. Further information may be obtained from the county agricultural agri-cultural agent or by writing to the Extension Service or the School of Forestry at Logan and asking for U. S. A. C. Circular No. 18, entitled "Price List of Forest Trees for Farm Planting in Utah. |