Show I 1 L 0 N t SHADE TREES ON ROADSIDES nine tenths of highways in NOW new york entirely vold void of vegetation plan to improve by investigations just completed by the new yoi york k state college of forestry at syracuse it has been found that nine tenths of the roadsides in the rural districts of new york state are entirely void of shade trees when this Is considered along with tile the fact that last year new york state paid out I 1 of the state treasury about for the ahe construction and maintenance fit road beds it shows that the state stale Is not yet awake to the great need and the great possibilities in rural roadside improvement A preliminary survey lins lias just been made by 11 II IS francis in charge of 0 the landscape extension work of the college of ra forestry retry during the survey studies were made of lucli important features in arral and beaus beau jr is 0 4 ya re shaded road in new york ns as good and bad varieties of trees found along the highways ea diews and 8 0 obtained bt 11 ed from the highways tile the effects of the shade trees on crops in adjacent fields field the possibilities of the covering of barren embankments and the planting of some desirable sort of vegetation where overhead wires are in large numbers one of the principal features studied was the condition of the roadbed as affected by the presence or absence of shade trees few people in ili the state will be able to lo visit the wonderful national parks of the west but an increasing number of people will own automobiles and use the highways of the state many it if not nil all ot of these highways may call easily v become state parkways park ways of beautiful trees and shrubs trees grow like weeds under the climatic conditions existent in new york and with alth varied scenery of intense interest the highways of the state will eventually become us its beautiful as those of any other state in the union greens fruit grower rower |