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Show iSfi FORESTRY TREE L 7 DISTRIBUTION ENDS as l lth ;he cm More than 54,000 small forest trees ;he in have boon distributed! for farm w slm- plsnttng In Utah from the forest mats nursery thfcl year, according to Paul ealhb M. Dunn, foreBter for the agricul-nu" agricul-nu" tural extension service at Logan. Shipments for the 1935 season ter- mirvated Saturday, said Mr. Dunn, J because of the advanced growth, with the total exceeding the year 1st tree distribution by 57 per cent. The small hardwood and coniferous coni-ferous treefl of 14 species were plainfd cn306 farms in 26 counties of th stite, the report Ehorws. This Is an increase of 48 per cent In the number of plantings. Siberian elm in the tree that was In demand with mora than 19,000 planted. Russian olive, blue spruce, pondtarosa pine, . honey locust, green ash, black lo- cust, black walnut, golden willow, V catalpha, Austrian pine, Scotch pine f and oriental arborvitae follow in the order named. j Salt Lake county leads all other ! counties In the state with 19,491 trees being planted In that section this year, reporos Mr. Dunn. Box Elder county Is second, Utah third, j Millard fourth and Cache fifth; and more than 3,000 trees were planted MS in each of the above countdea This brings the total number of Co- Jtnall trees distributed from the d fof- rvrsery at Lcgan to mare than 204,-J' 204,-J' 000 during the past six years, 1930-s1, 1930-s1, IMS. The trees have been planted I on farm land for windbreak and -"j uoodlot purpoeea, saya Mr. Dunn, as a part of tha farm forestry pro- jTt under the direction of the Ex- . tension Service. The nursery is maintained by the Utah State Agricultural Agri-cultural college aa a result of cooperation co-operation with the federal government govern-ment under the Clwrke-McNary law. The school of forestry haa the nursery in charge. RrquestB for trees are still coming In, Mr. Dunn sajs, but the orders will b returned because of the advance ad-vance of the spring weather. The 5 trees will bo available next year i and plans are being made to ln- J crease the capacity of the nursery. |