The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1906-02-01
IN INTERESTS OF FORESTRY
How the Government Gives Valuable
Practical Assistance to Tree
Planters.


The department of agriculture
through the bureau of forestry gives
practical assistance to landowners In
establishing commercial forest planta
tons. shelterbelts, windbreaks. and
snowbreaks and in retaining shifting
sands and other waste lands by forest
planting In connection with this work.
Information will be given. when posi-
BILE. to interested communities through
the means OF public meetings.
The purpose of the bureau in its co
operation in forest planting. the plan
of which has been followed continuously
since July 8. 1899. Is to establish In suit.
able localities examples OF forest planta
lions of the highest possible usefulness.
and value to their owners. to afford oh
ject lessons of correct methods OF for
est planting. and to encourage the arti
fetal extension of forest growth in re
gions where the public welfare demands
a greater forest area.
This offer does not include the prep.
aration Of plans for landscape garden.
ing or decorative tree planting of anv
kind, since such work is entirely out.
side the province of the bureau.
The assistance rendered is usually
embodied in planting plan. After al
application for assistance in forest
planting has Teen approved. an agent Of
the bureau is usually sent TO make a
preliminary examination of the appli-
cant's land in order to determine the ad
visibility of forest planting upon II. In
localities where the needed acquaint
ance with local conditions is possessed
by the bureau, the preliminary examira
ton will not be necessary. For smel
areas where neither prolonged stud
nor the services of assistants are re
quired, the agent making the examina
ton will, when planting is advisable
prepare a planting plan and submit IL
to the owner before leaving the ground
or advice will be sent from Washington.
For larger areas. requiring prolonged
study or the services OF assistants. o.,
both, the results of the preliminary ex.
animation will be embodied In tie re-
port to the owner. II, as result Of the
preliminary examination. the prepare.
ton OF a detailed planting plan is rec.
commended. and the owner so desires
the bureau of forestry will. as soon as
practicable, undertake TO prepare such
a plan.
A planting plan contains full and com.
prehensive instructions for the neces
sary forest planting upon the area ex-
amined, based upon a thorough study
Of its needs and possibilities. II emu
merates the proper species to plant upon
each particular planting Site gives In.
structions for the preparation OF the
ground and for the spacing and setting
OF the young trees, shows by diagtams
the arrangement of the different spe
cies when more than one is advised. ant
conveys Information relative to procur
ing or producing the seed and ycunf
trees. A planting plan for a large
tract or for an area possessing great va
riations in topography and attitude &
the area studied In addition I,
the Instructions for establishing tn,
forest plantation. the planting plal
outlines the cultural and pro
tective measures necessary to insure thl
maturing of profitable forest crop
copy Of the complete planting plan, with
all essential measurements, maps an,
other data is sent II the owner. Tn
bureau does not in any case furnish In
Dor. seeds. or nursery stock peeGed fol
the execution of planting plan.
Persons desiring the assistance of tn
bureau OF forestry as outlined shoul'
make application to the forester Of tn
department of agriculture. by lettei
specifying the exact location, state
county, township, range and section Of
which the planting is contemplated. tn
acreage TO be planted, and the time the,
desire TO begin planting. Application
received during the fall and winter ar
not likely to receive attention before tn
following spring on account of the d''
fculty of carrying on field work in tn
winter.