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Show Weather Conditions Stopped Shipment of Forest Trees Unusually warm weather has stopped the shipment of farm forest trees from the Utah State Agricultural college nursery, according ac-cording to Russell Keetch, county agent. Word received from J. Whitney Floyd, extension forester, reveals that plans were to continue to receive orders and ship trees for about two more weeks, but warm weather is bringing leaves out on the trees, and consequently-shipping consequently-shipping has been stopped, Mr. Keetch said. No more orders for trees can be filled until next spring. During the past few years the state of Utah, cooperating with the United States Department of Agriculture through the Utah extension ex-tension service and the school of forestry of the state agricultural colege, has furnished more than 1.100,000 trees to farmers for wood lot, wind break, and shelter belt planting. Soft wood trees available under un-der the program are: Eastern red cedar, Rocky Mountain juniper, juni-per, Ponderosa pine, and Blue Spruce. Hardwoods available are: Green Ash, Siberian Elm, Black locust. Honey locust, Russian Rus-sian Olive. Black walnut. Golden willow and Lombardy popular. |