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Show 22,487 Trees Distributed On Farms for 1932 Lcgan A total of 22,487 forest tree seedlings of 15 seedlings of if, species were distributed for 1932 i planting on Utah farms by the forestry department nursery at the Utah State Agricultural col- 1 lege at Logan, according to Paul M. Dunn, extension forester. This-is This-is an increase of nearly 7000 trees ever either the 1931 or 1930 shipments. ship-ments. Of this number 17,817 were deciduous seedlings and 4670 were evergreens. The distribution was made to 1!3 cooperators in 21 counties of the state, which is an increase from 83 plantings in 20 counties during 1931, and from 62 plantings plant-ings in 16 counties during 1930. Salt Lake county led the state with 6,956 young trees being plant ed on 20 farms. Box Elder county coun-ty was second with 4,815 trees planted on 11 farms, and Weber county, third with 1,725 trees. Cache county was second in th; number of plantings with 12. Other Oth-er counties in which trees were planted during this season are Beaver, Carbon, Davis, Duchesne, Emery, Iron, Juab, Millard, Morgan, Mor-gan, Rich, San Juan Sanpete, Sevier, Toole, Uintah, Utah, and Washington. Siberian elm led the list in numbers planted with 5218 trees of that species being set out in 20 counties. Russian olive came second with 2573 being planted in 15 counties, black locust, third with 2555 in '.t: counties; and Colorado Col-orado blue spruce was fourth with 2,002 plancsd in 12 sections of the state. The forest tree seedlings we,-t distributed at cost from the college col-lege nursery as a result of 'ne cooperation of the state of Ut.-ih and the federal government under un-der the Clarke-McNary Act, for wcodlot, windbreak and shelter-belt shelter-belt plantings on farm land. Professor Pro-fessor T. G. Taylor is in charge of the nursery, which has been operating since 1930. |