Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-20
F|)R Trees And BIRDS
Iowa Schools Will Observe Bird
and Arbor Day on
April 26.
Tree Planting Encouraged by
Iowa Educators.-The
Kinds to Plant.
in Tree Farming
Prove Improbable as In-
dividual Enterprise.
pecial to Times Republican.


Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. April 90.-Next Friday,
A,,,;, oe ;s A,har ,., ,,d pird d,y IN
the schoois OF iowa ~ is not d Gay se1
apart by legal enactment for this pur-
pose. but custom has decreed that sicf,
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schools OF the state. Inc supsrlh'en-
dent Of public instruction has fixed the
day and If IL, sprobable tlat the governor
,.i,, ,ss ,,roo,., =, .io,, =, !, ,,,,,,,.s-
inent to better call attention to the date.
date.
Nv combining Rird day with arbor
teres,t among th,s childre. of tra r,,h,;-.|
schao,s Bird lovers ara numerous ~
pecially anon, Tho children VINO ATTEND
the rural sshoois tins birds are disap-
nearing from Ioya TN. decraasa in
nun,l,er of manv of tbe snecias t,,at
we're once common ia notieeabie since
the coming Of the o,,arre, SIMS. sn.,-
rows T,hf. srna1I SIMS, birds bava been
driven ON b,,t tbsra are yat birds h.
great vari,.tv 10 he fou,,5 "a ,h.. ,voee,e.I
fialds along a,e,.y Iowa ,,yesn, a,bar
and Bird dav so tha rsnnrfs ahovc il
nratty oane.,.li, s,hs.sr,...1 4, ~. .,,,,5,
mo, snhools, r,ba ,o,p,,t,..t nyj,+.,, h.
,h,. ee,,,cationa, ,.,,.,r ros.,, a., ,... ~,
ali ,nacial DAYS, in ne scbs,ols oont,i,s
lsabundance III mater,ai for GOOD nro-
.yrs ms an Ink, dav IN ssor.3e na,,, ,,- ie.i
state sspeciall, tba oldar co,,,4ias
syhera ,ha schoel grounds .,re aIraaa,.
4 ahurdartlv s,,,,r,lisd ,y;.b ,reas no
planting Is done Nv the or,,,,.,.s, ~, tns..
own land and il f7is ira. ,,,st5,,, 4, o,,.b
or NJ the rural sehnol hoi,re in tho az
ternoon and listen ia ,,nps and rec;t,.
tions
tn Arhor d,, ,as. 10. haa -,
yanned and encourage nv Iowa ed,,-
Gators hortioultur;sts an,, nhil,nttror,-
l.ists for many ye,rs tsfyo,,s have hoe,
| made 10 secure latrisIation ,,,ovs,lins ~.
.hs .aacr;,,- rf bor4icnlt,,,. 80, sa,ss,
\ ry In the schools of the state This has
lbeen much discussed II, the sn,eet;,,,,sf H.
1.-THE State horticultural sooie.y some
1 Years ago the society secured .be NH
| Iication of LITTLE book IN .sNat3,re
liStudies'' for use In the Iowa scbools 10
ilating chiefly to frees ana nIants Thi,
Twas published at the STATE insti;1,tion
for the feeble minded al t;ienwood on
| the presses, of that iustjtutin, The all
ton was Gar ton srnaliato ,naat the do.
.nand. An effprt has heen n,ada ~ s,a-
cure in the school books srs,,ar.ilv uss.,
| in the state sone. irfar.u:stiane .,l,,,,e ,ba
| same line. and - 4 gres, s,ye,,, ,bis t,as
| succeeded. More re,,entlv ,fsrs ha.,
been a revival Of Interest," hi horti,.,,lt,,r..
and forestry as related 10 parking II. tfs.
! tcities. In al number of cities .ha na,L
| movement ia making sirbs.antfal ,,,,ay.
r.ss Plans have teen made fo,, na,sz
ling the grounds Of fts. nsN insane nos
lpital at Cherokee ard for tree nlan-in-
lthat will b. ar, object lesson Il, = l,a, ~, -
of the state.
The first organized effort 10 aro,sa
Interest in forestry and free ,,1an,;,,, l.,
iowa was thru I he hortie,,l-ural ,a,.;s.,,.
which was carly oreaniz.l and .,hn,,t
the SAM. tine the pafrar,s, az H,sf,a,,r,
Try organized oranges All ovsr he s,,ara
and helped the movement along Il, a,,e
itime nearly everv co,,ntv in Ior, ~
a grange The gransers were alI-noy.
erful in business and nnlities Tbs ~.
tire. ritualtof the Patrons of JJ,,shs,t,,,
is founded on nature study Tree nIar,t-
ling was taught and .nco,,rneea I.syvi,,
surprise MANY 10 learn ina, .bera .,a
still thirteen oranges in Iowa and that.
the order has been steadily maintait,ad
in many places and regularly hnlss
Estate meetings Among the co,ntias
where there are oranges are .Jones
Mills Iowa Pottawattamie C,herolaa
Jasper and Taylor Bu, the tree plart.
ing days of the grange are past in Iowa.
Iowa HAS a great variety of nstiva
trees. Net all are suitable for trans-
planting The nut bearing trees are
| hard to- transplant. III is almost i,,nos-
| sihie to get results from riantinr tha
oaks. hickories and similar trees Ru,
| the walnut is easily grown and is nonu-
/ lar l'ne nrst OF ti,e trees 10 command
the attention of Iowa planters we're tre
lcottonwood and willow. They grew ran.
Idly and anywhere. Then the soft mani.
became popular for the same rsas,,,,
and later the box elder became tba
lprime favorite with farmers. Now iii
these are unpopular. The borers kill
1.-The box elders. and / ,,a ..ottonyos,,, :,
willows spring up everywhere and are q
nuisance. The greatest objection 10 the
black walnut is that Ii is a gross fsef;..,
and requires very rich ground. The