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Show Fcrestsr Reports 60 Per Cent of Trees Live Examin'a.ticns made cf tree planting's plant-ing's in Utah show that many uf the 00 c inigs and transplants set out this spring are growing successfully, reports Paul M. Dr.nn, extension foe' sier at the Utah State Agricultural Agricul-tural colleg-e. Ins ection wa-, recently re-cently made of trees pleated for winlbreaks in Utah, Emery. Grand. San. Juan, Uintah and Duchesne counti s. The increased amount of moisture in most sections assured the trees of a good start, Mr. Dunn f.a,ys; but the planting will nerd wo, lering at. 1 nst four or five timies more this year. Investigatiions show that the first ye'ar after planting is the most difficult for small trees. Tha present condition of the trees biors out the recommendations cf ihiei oellege fore: tors that hardwood species are better adapted for the average faim planting in this state than are the cbergreens, because (hey are hardier and fasfr growing. Tha kinds that ana g'ving the best rtsult-i are the S'berian elm, Russian diva, ga" en arh, black locust, and lidTy locust. The w'e'eds and grassrs have taken advantage of the growing conditions and ana especially abundant thi y tar. They must ba kept down by cultivation if the trees are to have Ihe- b":t opportunities for growth. An examination of several areas indicate in-dicate that cultivation is as important impor-tant for growing tr es a- is watering. water-ing. If the roots must compete with ether vegetation' for the moisture p,n.d food supply, then treiei growth is retarded. A n port covering the trees distributed' distri-buted' from (be college at Logan during dur-ing the period 1930-1934, shews that approximately 0U per cent of the 131,000 tree-, are living. Tha chief caus's cf loss are lack cf water and care, Mr. Dunn reports. Further information relative to farm problems, may be obtain-l from the local agricultural extension agent or by writing to the Extension Service Ser-vice at Logan. |