Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1922-08-23
Raise FOREST ORES
N SAND HILLS
Big Reforestation Campaign Is
Under Way in Western Sec-
ton OF Nebraska.
FIND RIGHT KIND OF Tree
Completed Work Calls for Planting OF
3,0o0yooo,ooo Pine TreeS-Lan5
No Good for Farms 90 IL Was
ma6s into National Forest.

Lincoln, Neb.-In western Nebraska,
along the Dismal river, one OF tie most
stupendous public works ever under
taken in this country is getting under
WAY. It Is the reforeslatiua of the
sand hills and the completed wo.E
calls for the planting of 3.091,UlD,4'J5
pine trees in Il section OF the COUNTY,
where no trees have been known TO
grow. In the next six weeks more
than Z million anu half Western
yellow pine and jack pine sprouts wli
be planted in the resery alton, which Is
known rs the Nebraska National
forest.
Fer tiirry-iiye Years Efforts to grow
trees have been mao IN iaese hills 5y
the owners of the cattle ra.4cheS wAlcjI
dot that section &GI i0r twenty years
4 scientific camla.~a 10 make t-@t
country into = great R2Gvll--. 1Cres.
has been taade, but aW uL.li t44!s gcar
has the ides gotten down to =. re4i
working basis At Ihe present TINE
fifty men and th,- yst-,-lss.r! horses ard
tractors are doing Eu:A4n& bur plant
Ing young Trees. For the a@Ht SIX
weeks they vii! de,usv fUli time IL L.
Then the H"rk mus; Nai1 u8Gl IeNt
year.
One Thousand acres this year will be
planted wiis i.'~uHst g'ung t-,e-. V4r
Nebraska Aa;i.aai tpr,-- consists Il
a05 600 acr-s, Nllsh VEGA. withdrawn
from the plii.lir duaoa.u "a l.4g %e-
hrasbans tsU<hiEg'} T.aarh th~ j;.-"t
was called "for'sl~ hy~ aaSa In all
the a5,Un acres thrr,. NaS gpt
single tree ~ any dies r.lHipD,
Trees ~oulo no; cre@.
The saadhils If western N.Ar.ah4
are Just wiia, iAeir IL la~ .mrl3,.~ Tbey
are partially covered wiki = surt u1
grass. especially IN i:ts- s!.saIE valleys.
The country canbol De IartaeA So The
very rougssrsg portion W&s segrf sate3
and made into 'tsresl.@
Hut lrees waal3 n0t Esow when
plMnteSh s'T lssusMnsls ANA tlsonss1asis pg
young pine. spr,sts ana other similar
trees were brought from Wisconsin
| and Minnesota and were plsniets Ga
the hills. They promptly died ni!feg'
ent species were obtained from ;Ae
| mountains. buI they also died Trees
were brought from still other sections
Of the country and were planted. bat
they all went the same way. TGe1
those In charge of The pro5@r, de-
termined to grow tree that NoGla
thrive under sandhil conditions SO
they established the "Hessey@ nursery
--named after nr. Charles t. BoSSeT,
| the famous bo'arlst.
For eighteen years the experts have
worked a, producing a tree which
| would measure up to their necC- ,,teS
| and they have developed has2g class
| OF nursery stock which they hare
| proved VII grow and thrive IN the
very sandics, portion ot The 2,1asls.
Trees frnm the Hess"y nurN r. Tow
| ace being ,ransilantcd oul cG.o the
| hills and are making good"
Preparing the Sell.
To eliminate the coyppetl5on fer
moisture by the native vegetation Il
deep furrow Is piowca. aaJ .a tAe
| tuttoni uf this furrow a SiEc.Rl}y de-
| signed poW makes suitable ;ycpch,
| In which the young trees age ser alij
the sand is isanspea ioWn tightly
| about the trsv roofs, The surface q!
the sand tcooDes very dry. hGi the
moisture is retained lcep duNu Whcre
| tile roots of the .oGns 'ruVS ara
tampcd doan. THE number 81 trees
| which died is very Smatl compared
| with the total number planted OFT.
| The early rlaatlass 81 the des e!eQ<d
stock have sour!sheti. many 0. the
trees now being thirty feet o. more In
| height. The original heavy stand II
grass on the ground has sisea way 10
| a thick fioor ef tiecaylnc l,-De needles.
| which. II is e1pt-ctt-d. wsIl Riaicriallg
change and improve the character ~
the soil. As blsa as VI, per ceat, ot the
| trees planted in so;ae Years haCS lived
The average is between 20 per ceag.
and 10 per srat,
1 The rancl.ers in the sand ii!is have
I taken up the i'lea of reGDpesi&tl"fs, sil3
| there Is scarcv.y cattle ranch wltasa
ff,y miles ef the national toscSt that
has not planted n windhrSak or y wo-s3
lot. Zach year siase Iai2. when etFSa
/ ilasS became available, the goycsuipCaE
has given tre~ TO the gsInCheiS as giaa1'lF
Of the acciisSted ts,xs rs tisry @posj
axr.c a. plant and care tar, As rc-
sui, the wls,sl'A character of -" dos
pissed "ssaA hills" il t,-asiea'lS Wnls-v~
A "a.
time that the nerfis'e StntiS "h'ea
her~tatorv have swept the dtllS Vista
out Interference Will Se muCh ,cst'A
per-d
When the proicct i eyNsp'rfs''i ;he
Nebraska >aI;nna. fnscsa wiil ls' ere
af the vrry harvest hrsiics ri sriifacssi
scrrsisIiaa In the wssrld