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Show Utah Farmers Plant 41 000 Forest Trees ' During The Month kjTcuS couegfat fat planting this P Ctah farms, according to Pa ul M. Dunn forester for the Utah ex Snon service. This is an increase 1 morehan 16 thousand trees or 65 r cent over shipments during 19These tree seedlings and transplants trans-plants will be Planted on 222 different dif-ferent farms in 25 counties of the state for windbreak and woodlot purposes, and were distributed at cost as a result of federal and state cooperation. Tree shipments for this year were suspended on April 22, when most of the varieties vari-eties were completely sold out, Mr. Dunn reported. The Siberian elm was most in demand with 13,600 shipped. Othei kinds and the number shipped are- Black locust, 4000; blue spruce, 3600; Russian olive, 3500; blacic walnut, 2775; honey locust, - 2480; Siberian pea, 1700; Ponderosa pine, 1600- Scotch pine, 1500; golden willow, 1500; arborvitae, 1480; green ash, 1460; Austrian pine, 1080' and balsam poplar, 400. Salt Lake county leads the state with more than 9550 trees being planted on 40 farms. Other counties coun-ties in which more than 1000 trees are 'being set out this spring, are: Utah, 6350; Weber, 2975; Millard, 2750' Iron, 2212; Sanpete, 2091; Box Elder, 1756; Beaver, 1750; Rich, 1233; and Cache, 1010. ' According to Professor T. G. Taylor who is in charge of the forest for-est nursery, plans are being made to expand the area of the nursery in order to increase the output by at least 50 per cent for next year. The plantings about the state will be examined each year to check the growth of the small trees in order to better determine tneir requirements re-quirements under Utah conditions. Several demonstration plantings of trees for woodlots purposes were set out this year by the college in order to determine the growth on a larger scale. Further information informa-tion regarding the tree distribution distribu-tion project may be obtained from the local extension agents or by r.Tl'.ing to the college at Logan. |