The Ordway new era., 1919-08-22
TreesPlandng
For General Use
small Trees On Unirrigsted Lands
Should BE Put Out says
Specialist

Tree planting. not only in Colo
RADIO but in every state in the union.
Is coming to be seen as a dire ne
cessity. The timber is becoming very
scarce and the forest supply must
ne increased The agricultural col
lsges in the various states are max
ing a campaign to create more OF an
interest in plr nting trees for various
uses. and in this connection B- y.
I.ongyear, of the Colorado Agricui-
tural College says:
The planting of trees for shade
and windbreak purposes on unirri-
gated land i'll this state, is apt TO De
most successful in the end. II nursery
s.ock of small size is used. The com
mon idea is that the planting OF
good sized tree gives that much gam
in time and growth over a small one.
In some cases this may be true III
part, especially where some water Tor
irrigation Is available, and with fav-
orable soil conditions. In the main.
however, the smaller trees are easier
to establish and In few years may
oyertake the larger ones and give
mare permanent results. The plant
ing of large trees is nearly always
followed by stunting effect while
the small trees may start into vfgor-
Gus growth during the first season,
Then. too, the initial cost OF small
trees Is very much lower than that
of the larger sizes end the planting
il correspondingly inexpensive. inc
following are sizes In broadleaf trees
suited to dry land planting: Black
locust. 2-3 IT; Honey locust. l2-iS
in: Elm. 1918 in: blackberry. 1918
in: Russian olive. S-12 in; blackberry
1918 in; Green ash. 1918 in.
In all cases clean cultivation shoulo
he maintained around such trees dur
ing the summer season or until the
middle of August.
w. j. Morrill,, of the Agricultural
College, says:
Forestry has made marked pro-
gress during the past 20 years, on
national and to u less degree on state
forests. But as nation we are ran.
ing down miserably; four-ffths OF
me standing timber is privately own
I'd and private owners, with few
exceptions. have not met the prob
Iems of a future timber supply. They
have mined their timber lands instead
Of having farmed them. In general.
the private owners look upon their
timber lands as property held for
Mncculation and not as an Investment.
Private owners do not try to obtain
replacement of felled trees with
young trees for future crop. Many
even do not attempt to protect their
forests from fire. Such reproduction
rs comes in is usually accidental and
inferior in quality and stocking. 1t
is estimated upon good authority that
the annual growth on cut over lands
does not equal 80 percent of what Is
annually cut. The prediction that
lumber will be priced higher and
higher as time goes by is well based.
What the final solution for an ade-
auate lumber supply will be is diff
cult to forecast. VIII 1t be regula-
tion of private timber holdings by
the state? Or will 1t eventually call
for state or federal ownership OF all
timber lands outside of farm wood
lots? Or will the price of timber
advance so high that private owners
will be inclined to practice forestry
on their own tnitiative? Any private
timber owner who wishes to intro
duce forestry methods in Colorado
should call upon the State Forester
for advice.