The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-09-19

'oo' IL III unreildDle tree surgeon
who has been called in to save the
tree only partially removes the dis.
eased part of the wood, uses no an
tiseptic coatings in the cavity, and
fills 1t up with cement, the tree is
no more cured than is a person whose
decayed tooth has not been properly
hlled by dentist. The only diffei.
ence is that after the tree cavity has
been covered, If the work has not
been properly done, the tree has no
way of making its trouble known en-
cept by further decay.
Within the last decade there has
been great increase in demand for
surgeons to repair decaying shade
trees, but the possibilities of practic.
ing fraud in this profession, like the
instance just cited, have tempted so
many unreliable people to dabble IN
the science that tree surgery has
fallen somewhat into disrepute. The
department realizes that commercial
tree surgery should occupy a high
place in the estimation of the public
and has recently issued a pamphlet
entitled Practical Tree Surgery"
wherein suggestions are made for i'm.
provement along these lines.
AS in all professions, there are re-
liable and unreliable men and firms
competing for contracts in tree sur
gerry. In recent years SO many occa-
sions have arisen when property own
ers felt the necessity of calling in
commercial tree surgeons to attend
to their trees that there are now nu.
merous firms, both honest and jishon-
est, engaged in the work. Usually
tree surgery is practiced in connec;
ton with some nearly related line,
but often 1t is taken up as business
of itself. When a blight such as
the chestnut bark disease infects the
trees of district, the community or
individuals in it will often spend con-
siderable money to control ravages
which may rob the whole district OF
its trees. An affection like the chem
list bark disease is contagious. 1t re-
quires scientific knowledge of the
disease to know whether an affected
tree should be destroyd at once or
is worth treating. 1t requires sci.
entific training to understand he
manner of growth of the fungi caus
ing the disease and what treatment
is best.
Many individuals who have had
faith in tree surgery lave lost II
through following the advice of unre'
liable tree surgeons who claimed to
be able to diagnose case, but whose
main interest was to collect good
| sum of money for their work.
Misuse of Pruning Hooks and
Climbing Devices
Besides the careless filing of de-
| cayed cavities in trees, there are
| other practices of certain SO called
tree surgeons that do the trees
more harm than good. Many OF
these surgeons" as well as the peo
pie who employ them do not realize
the danger arising from fresh injuries
TO tree. The tree owner should
realize that prompt attendance tc
fresh injuries will largely do away
with the need Of tree surgery 10 OF
20 years hence. The tree surgeon:
must realize that If they make fress
injuries in the living bark, wher
treating decayed portions, they arc
laying the tree open to more dangers
Of infection that will result in further
decay.
Just as u person is subject to iniec
ton through cuts and scratches, tree'
are rendered subject to infection b!
having their living bark torn, Not
withstanding this, many tree surge
ons use pruning hooks and climbing
spurs and cut fresh gashes in tn