Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-03
WAUSE0N'5 TREES
Tree Destruction In Wauseon-ShalI
Wauseon Become the City of Dead
Trees or Shall Scientific Methods be
Adopted for Care of Trees? BY a
Tree Lover and Specialist.

1t is noticeable that the shade trees
are beng slowly but surely destroyed
throughout Wauseon by a so-cailed
topping process, which in every case
where 1t has been done, will cause the
limbs to die and eventually, the en-
tire tree, at least it makes an INSIGHT
ly object out Of what was once a beau
t1ful tree. To one standing on the
ground, the damaging. effect of this
improper method of tree trimming. is
not noticeable, the first eighteen
months, but should he investigate the
tops about six months after the work
has been done, he would notice that the
stubs are beginning to check, the bark
to- loosen and peel. In the course of
a year or eighteen months, the stub
begins to decay and the bark has peel
ed off for distance of from one foot
to the length Of the stub, and is then
noticeable from the street below. This
does not end here, however, but the
| tree starts to decay at the conjunc-
ton of the limb with the trunk. From
the ground, this is not noticeable, as
the bark being heavy, does not loosen
quickly, which fact only tends to
quicken the decaying process, as it be-
comes the harbor of insects, which in
time produce grubs that in some cases
completely honeycomb the entire
trunk of the tree. This so weakens
the tree that large limbs drop off and
the tree is not safe to walk under.
For proof of this, you are request
ed to find several Lake Shore track
trees that have been topped" for two
years or over and notice how the bark
is peeling off, look at the tree south
Of Court House and others. These
trees are only a few of the trees in
Wauseon that are doomed to lose their
entire top, in fact, there are many
others in a still worse condition, the
/ location OF winch the writer can not
recall, but to any one interested, and
to lovers of trees in particular, it is
only necessary for you to walk about
Wauseon looking for trees that have
been topped eighteen months or over
and notice how the bark is peeling of
of the stubs He need not look over
fifteen minutes OF walk over a mile tC
see hundreds of barkless stubs, most
of which have shed at least one foot
Of bark, by investigating the stuI
where the bark has peeled off, they
will find that there IS more bark which
is dead, but owing to its thickness still
remains in place, but not attached tC
the stub, also. cbser-a how in many
cases numerous bran hes have grown
out of the stub near where it has beer
cut off, nearly all of them grow
straight up and cause the tree to lool
! like a. brush heap instead of a grace
full symmetrical tree like nature in
tended it to be. The people of Wau
seon, one of the most beautiful lttlt
cities in the state, or any other state
should take immediate steps to pre-
vent this tree butcherY, or Wauseon
in time will be noted for its shadeles
trees. Do not allow any one to tel
you that it is not the fault of the top
ping but that some disease has gottel
a hold of the tree, causing the bar
to peel off. Tell him the disease is
two legged one, destroying trees wit
the aid of a saw, and that where h
has gotten in his work, is about tn
only place where the trees seem to b
dying. Refer this article to the Ez
pertinent Station at Wooster, Ohio, O
Washington, D. c., in care of tn
Il bureau OF fldnI Industry, or TO an
II good institute of tree surgery, if ther
: IS any dispute as to whether the IL
1t formation it contains is correct. Bu
h SEEING is believing, with any perso
L of normal mind, therefore; why nc
Il notice the result, possibly in front {
II your own home, and be convinced.
ID This article is written in the intel
'a est c< Wauseon, by one who is love
IN of trees and all out door life, should
r come to the notice Of any one Evin
er elsewhere it is hoped that it may /
the means of preventing this so-calle
- topping of shade trees. The write
knows that trees sometimes need trim
d ming as well as other treatment, b1
the person doing it should thorough
understand his work.