The Monett times., 1922-03-17
REE-PLANTING WEEK
= APRIL 2-8
oyernor Hyde Says Depletion and
Neglect i'm Planting Fruit Trees
Makes Alarming Situation.

re jefferson City, March 1.-THE
laeek beginning on Sunday, April 2,
in922, and ending on Saturday, April
wah, has been designated as "Tree-
wIlanting Week" by the Missouri State
horticultural Society. Governor
Jarthur NJ. Hyde has issued state
isArbor or Tree-planting Week. Off
trArbor orTree-planting Week" Off
btial "Arbour Day" in all schools and
smong all citizens of Missouri.
ar Missouri was at one time the first
J.tpple state in the Union on number of
esrees, and leader in apple produc-
plion. Promotion of the constructive
wort became practically suspended,
OGnd too few farmers and orchardists
adopted correct modern methods and
pcare Of fruit trees TO meet changed
Sponditions Of new pests and new di-
diseases.
Il Missouri dropped to eighth in rank
ans to bearing apple trees, and to
cfourth in 1919 production, and lost "a
per cent of bearing apple trees from
Cl91O to 1920, as well as falling off Sc
aper cent in tree-plantng as shown by
tthere being only "A per cent as many
tyoung trees as ten years ago. In
tcboth bearing and young trees the loss
twas 62 per cent. OF all bearing fruit
ctrees (apples, peaches, pears, plums
sand cherries) the loss was 81 per cent
Seaving only 80 per cent of ten years
pago.
# The following is the text Of Cover
nor Hyde's Arbor Day procamation:
f "Fully aware of the irreparable
injury sustained by present and
Future generations through the de-
nstruction of the forests of our State;
sand desirous that, as speedily as pos
sssible, the evils attendant upon this
.u,wholesale woodland violation may be
corrected; the General Assembly Of
missouri has wisely prescribed a plan
for encouraging the planting of shade !
and forest trees, shrubs and vines.
M "Trees are a vital factor in the !
slife of nations and the life Of men.
,They are one of the greatest resources
sof our wealth, but they are more than
ltnat. Without them most of our
Drivers would run dry. Without them
.many of our fertile fields would be-
.come arid wastes. Without them
.much of the beauty and the charm Of .
slife would disappear. 1t is hard to
sthink of real home without trees.
He who plants a tree today, under
Whose shade men and women may rest
,and children play hundred years
from now, is a benefactor of mankind.
"The depletion and neglect in the
planting Of fruit trees in Missouri, as
AShown by the 18th Census Of the
United States, reveal fact that is
calarming, Taking into consideration
Ithat the last decade has shown a loss
\ Of 81 per cent of the bearing fruit
ttrees, ] urge the strict observance Of .
{ Arbor Day, in the hope that every
school boy and girl, who can, will
\ plant fruit trees, shrubs and vines
''Now, therefore, |, Arthur M. Hyde
Y Governor of the State of Missouri, in
4 willing obedience to the law relating
thereto, do hereby designate Friday
April 7th, as Arbor Day.
4 "In testimony whereof, have here
unto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the Great Seal Of the State of
Missouri. Done at the Capitol, in the
City of jefferson, this 4th day of
March, 1922. Arthur NJ. Hyde, Cover
nor; Charles U. Becker, Secretary of
State" !