Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-31
LET'S PLANT A TREE
Clearly ,hs duly Of Every Sensible
Citizsn.
A HINT FOR THE oRcuiROIsrs
Alarming Results Ia France Where
PORES, Devastation Has Gsnc
On urcltckrd.

and tho water supply Of Ula1. while
1t b. probable that tbu mos. important
use Of our forests r. connected with
the conservation Ut our waiter supply,
10 Is W no mean. thpir only uso. /
have called recently on most OF the
leading retail uuIt dealers in thio city
aud made caseiul Inquiries OF Thorn, 10
regard To thr tuiiH tftur. j iiuud thai
uign apples retail for from filty cents
10 one DOLLAR unu nay cents a bu.hol
less tnlu me CnuOtni1 nod Ofrrln
npp.cs And set 7ihyM crcllhoH thcy
JTOgOuHo q Ns btoh app.cf tuptror W
nor ~ tC CliyorHiu apes and yHB
qua % Che Ortglr apple. The only
t,fsJu gwen iIr l.uu apples tcnrluE %
lest price than Imported npllcb was tue
fact that our apples ate Injected viii
worms, while the imported apples aic
com H1rativrly tree nom them.
10 IL imuuHslble 60 determine with
any great cxac tncfB tho percentage Of
Utah avplus which utc wufuy. Ap
pIus tom different localities differ
widely in tNis respect. From ny own
observation, d. well ns from the state
muuts OF dcalrtf, / think that tIo iu.
fuuicd npnlts vary from % tl % per
cent. Ia ono box Of $50 nyyltHi / found
only o which wCrc tree FROM vuimr,
bus this was aid 10 bels niunJ5ua " bad
bot. / can luI a. Bu isiics which
give, cyau approximately, the apple
crop " Uiah, but % DO certain that a
loss OF from q ~ cents 90 cue dollar
nud nny cents ION every Oughol Of
Utah apples b. % very heavy taA On the
Utah lruit grower
Perhaps al this rolut some one WHO
fully agrees with mo IN tle above
stated conclusion, askb what tho con.
uUc.ion Ia between FOrcttry aud apple
culture. The connection ~ o little
rouulAu0ut but yet PERFECTLY cioaL
Birds are tho natural vuumits Of iu.
] srcls. AZ least this b. tfuu OF almIs.
/ al our Of our aoug hlrIs, ami thrrc
hirIl hui thuir only hUnyn Ia HE
/ tftUH. Hence here there are iuW Uf
30 trees Fnug birds afo few or entirely
! nbscnt Utnn has sad lack Oh luso {.
eating bitIH, uII this lack can never
I lufully uYpilcd until Tive forest area d.
| greatly Increased. Ills Iratnuly true
that some OF our iujufl. a. Insects are
! ulght nNtrf AMI hence wpul escape
I destruction tom most cong uirlF, hut
| there are Tow nyhtiiylug insect.
eating birds which wouiI PROBABLY
thrive here, did we have forests uud
] they were once imported.
4 nave NO duuilU 90 lUprC5cut forests
aH universal paunce1, but feel qIllC
sure that the experience % other Huc-
tons OF cur C0lutry iusiliics tue belief
that Insect rlvagUB are greatly checked
/ by the prrseucc OF birds. Insects null
uply no rapidly that unless they are
held In come rlstraiut, there IL grave
danger that they viii menace the
| interests OF the farmer Ra well ~ these
| o. The fTuit grower. At tue risk Of re-
/ uuaung some thoughts advanced Ia u
former article, 1 am goiug 10 COBdenfo
/ some recent statcmrn.s made by the
eminent French gCOgraphrr Llltte
| RtCiu6. Although his remarks refer
20 France, almost every word Is AZ.
| pllcnble ~ Utah. Few Countries are
being devastated more rapidly than tue
French Alps. The mountains ot this
region are Ia general C0mp0aei Of very
hard rOuh which alternate with 0lnur
bsdH which readily give way 10 the
action OF water. Tho marla anu the
other ffiab!B matter are gradually
washed away, anu thoir fall prcgipi.
tntca that Of tho compact layers ~ the
! NANAlAAAH MNNAA NAAA.ANlN ANlA ANN ANf VI
| rliuU fiuwly INTO the valleys. IL b.,
however, the impt0videugo OF the Ia.
| hnuitants, and not 30 much the geo.
, logic ] constitution Of the soil, which
| 10 tho principal cause % the gUvastat'
| ing action Of tho streams. la the
mountains Of Dauphin hnd Provence,
tno slope, M ut ui which are now bare,
were once covered with trees anu
various plants which Kept back the
surface water, which resulted from the
rain or the melting Of the bnow, By
absorbing great part Of II, ami thus
retaining thb coating Of vegetable earth
over this beds OF crumbllnE rock.
During tho course VI contur.
loo the trees have been cut
down by greedy apeoulatlrp, and
by uuwlse farmers VINO wish 10 add
some little strips OF land 10 tho folds
IN the valleys and 10 the pastures on
the submits, not knowing that when
they destroy mountain forests they
also destroy the lane on which they
stood. Thv rain Or snow being now
no longer kept back upon tue blOprl by
the trees and under shrubs, dlsyeuui
rapidly Into tho valley, driving ho.Ott
II all VI tho debris tom away from llt
siies OF tho mountain. Tue tooth U
the goat auI the sheep helps 10 lay
bare tbs roofs Of the huIh1cbJus plant.
and brushWaud; until lt By Ut tht
whole OF tho thin coating OF tarIh ia
removed, the bare rock n Cxluscd, ana
deep rAviucs arc followed uut in The
Glide, aud arc trgversrd in the raiuy
season ~ In tho spring by iuuUu,
torrents which once did not CNi-t.
Tho water which once slowly pnUe
tTattd the earth, conveying iCTtiliZiug
salts 10 the roots Of the trees, nov
serves no other purpose lhan that II
devastation. IL some localities thur,
is not "a single green lush over "a gpac,
Of several leagues ia eNtout. IN,
stream in the valley Is generally
nothing but acnuty rlll " wLt,l
winding among the heaps uf st0nst
which hayo been carried down bl
the torrent Itself Ia the duysu OF its fury
Tho devastating action d thc stream
IN the French Alps Ia interesting ron
q historical standpoint Tor 4
explains why 70 many " rio district
Of syria, Greece, Asia Minor A rlci
and spain hays been f0rtakun by thei
Inhabitants. The men have dis8p
reared along with the truuss tho AKA IA