The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-17
TREE TRIMMING
IS EXPLAINED IN
M00R|NC LETTER
A. and N. Man olves chIekasha Peo.
pie Some Expert Advice on
Care Shade Trees; Fathcred
by Chamber Commerce.
PART OF CAMPAIGN IN
CITY ON IMPROVEMENT
Fits With Chambers Drive to Beau.
tlfy ParkInas. Lawns, Mark
Streets and Place Nuns
ters on Residences.

In connection with It's campaign
for civic improvements In chIcka.
sha, looking toward the marking OF
street, numbering OF houses. care OF
parking and lawns and TIE trimming
OF shade trees, the Chamber OF Com
merce wrote to d. c. Moorlng. hor.
uculturist OF the A. and N. college
ior instructions as 10 the proper
trimming OF trees.
In reply, Mr.. Mooring has written
the following letter In which com
rlete instructions as to the proper
pruning OF shade trees Ia given:
THE Importance of proper care
OF shade trees In Oklahoma cannot
ha over-estImated. II Is long. diff.
ficult task to grow shade trees to
the size where Uaey are OF real
service from shade standpoint. In
the first place many shade trees die
when transplanted by the average
person and again borers are more
ept TO XIII the trees while young
or they are more apt to be run
over and broken or destroyed
Therefore by proper care when our
shade trees have begun to give real
service, 1t is a shame to ruin them
by improper pruning tbutchering.
dehorning, or heading DOWN.
Natural Beauty.
Shade trees should retain their
natural beauty Where they are
crowded as they frequently are, this
natural beauty is destroyed. This
does not imply, however, that shade
trees should not he pruned. Trees
in the forest prune themselves nat.
urally as observed by dead branches
in the trees and on tie ground
"A street tree should have one
nain central stem with side branch
es distributed around 1t but subor-
dinata to It, A tree with such
form will withstand winds without
injury. Avoid crotch. that is two
limbs the same size arising at the
same point, because in the course
of time the tree is apt to split at
this point.
''If the tree is young Wien set
watch it yearly and If after the
close of a growing season there is
a tendancy for more than one shoot
to develop into leaders, remove all
but one.
Remove all lower branches that
may interfere with the passers-by
on the sidewalk Care along the
line will be necessary for num-
ber of years as the lower branches
grow they will tend to droop to a
greater or less extent at the ends
and interfere. These dropping ends
may be removed il necessary, but
in most cases tie branches will
finally have to be removed where
they originate, however, avoid re-
moving side branches as long as
il is not necessary as this checks
the growth to some extent.
Pruning Large Trees.
at is very common sight in the
spring to see the tops cut off oil !
nice large shade trees. This is a
serious mistake with the possible |
exception of very weak trees. This J
error is made frequently on account {
Of tie desire to do something to !
the tree, hoping to improve them Y
because some neighbor is having
his trees cut back. Again someone
no processes to know how to prune
comes along and gets the job
"Where the top of trees are TO
thick or crowded, cutting back
makes the evil worse as it causes
the production of an excessive num-
her of small slender branches The
limbs should be tlinned out by re-
them entirely. Usually about
one third OF the limbs can be cut
out entirely to advantage. Remove
all crossed limbs, diseased or dead
limbs. In removing limb cut close
to the place Of origin and do not
leave a stub. This stub will decay
and finally reach the limb from
which it branches or the main
trunk.
Frequently where trees are too
thick the tendency is to cut back
the top, which is mistake. IN
such instances thin out the trees,
giving each tree sufficient room to
develop naturally, rather than run
ming up tall and spindling. Where
probably every other tree is re-
moved and the, tops properly
thinned the trees left will spread
out naturally and make stronger
growths.
Heading Down Trees.
Heading down may properly, but
mildly. express the kind of butcher
ing sometimes improperly called
pruning). giving large trees in the
spring. Such treatment is very in
furious and unnatural as already