Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-12-20
TREE GROWING ON THE FARM
1t Enhances the Value of the Property
Besides Making it More Beautiful.

The importance of more trees on
the farm is well Understood by the
great majority of land owners over
the prairie States The lack of shade
in pasture heldS, and In tact the gen
eral barrenness as to shade on most
farms, is getting to be more of a ques-
ton for the thoughtful consideration
of the farmer as each years expert
ence and observation presents Its ap-
peals to reason and good judgment.
The value of the trees already grown
on the prairie farm is matter of con-
siderable consequence as to fuel or
timber. There are some farms in all
old communities where he original
homesteader was thoughtful enough
to plant tree lines or small groves
of cottonwoods. These have been
on the arm.
The present-day farmer is more in
terested in getting a crop out OF the
soil than in growing trees for the next
generation. The tree improvement
on the farm NAV be made of almost
immediate value or enhancement of
value in the sale of the farm A few
nice, thrifty shade trees extending
around the farm borders distinctly at
tract the attention of the traveller
through the country. 1t is a mark
of neatness and thrift that at once
appeals favorably to the eye. This
kind of improvement is not expensive,
yet it is a good neighborhood adver-
tisement.
AS the supply of timber in the coun-
try fades from view, there is an appre-
citation of what it means There is
not the disposition TO plant groves
as formerly. The old tree claim law,
though abused and taken advantage
of. has many nice ten-acre groves o
its credit throughout the western
States that are a mark OF honor to
the memory of this law that, even
though abused in occasional instances,
served a good purpose.
Tree planting on the farm should be
well planned and always for some
definite purpose of farm improvement
1t is good business investment TO
plant groves for the growing of post
timber This is one of the investments
that may be made in view OF reaping
the reward in this world and while
the planter is still on earth to enjoy
the lTull OI HIS ldDOTS. Sllldll groves
may be planted in the least desirable
places for other kinds OF crops. There
is no better means of employing the
waste spots than in growing trees.
Every farm should have hog lot,
and every hog lot should be well pro-
vided W tn shade. as there is nothing
that will afford the hog more relief
in warm, sunshiny weather than the
shade of a closely planted grove
There is no place that retains the
GOODNESS in the damp ground like the
closely planted grove. There is a
great difference in trees used for
farm shade and decorative purposes.
When planting trees TO be distributed
ibout the farm for effect plant those
of naturally symmetrical form. A
shapely tree, with a thick, heavy foil
age is always an attraction.
Whoever hear dof a man or woman
that carelessly passed a sugar or hard
wood maple tree or buckeye tree
standing alone where it had the ad-
vantage of exhibiting its shapely figure
and finely dressed form, with its dense
green foliage, that did not admire it,
and take occasion for expressing this
admiration 1t is just as well to select
the beautiful when one is planting for
effect. for the value the tree is cap
able of exerting on the admiration of
the landscape viewer.-Twentieth
Gentry Farmer.