Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-05-29

washington. May 29.-FolloWing
;s q statement from Senator j. w.
Rallev. of North Carolina, issued to-
day:
am handing you copy of letter
from DR.. r. w. Graeber, Extension
rorester. State College Station, Raj
,,oh North Carolina, which contains
imnortant information as to the
nlanting of trees by farmers, and
credits allowed by the Agricultural
Adjustment program on that account.
# seems to me that this is a very
unusual opportunity for the farmers
and many of them are not taking
,dvantage if it. | suggest that they
take the matter up with DR.. Graeber
with a view to taking advantage of
the unusual proposition. We can Gull
tiyate forests just as we can culti-
,ate cotton and tobacco, and cultivat-
eI forests are much better than wild
forests A prudent man might lay off
q sufficient number of acres to be
nlanted i ncertain trees with assur-
ance that in due time the tree crop
would provide abundantly for the
education of his children.
The letter is as follows
''N:ay 22nd, 1899
Hon. Josiah w. Bailey,
United States Senate,
Washington, d. c.
Dear Senator Bailey:
am sending you information in
regard to the provisions made for
furnishing trees to landowners in
North Carolina.
The North Carolina Department of
Conservation and Development in
cooperation with the Federal govern
ment is operating two forest tree
nurseries for the purpose of growing
free seedlings to be distributed to
farmers and other landowners
throughout the State for reforesta-
ton. the reclaiming of eroding land,
and establishing Windbrealls. (NO
trees grown in these nurseries can
he sold for ornamental purposes.) The
usual price of these seedlings is So
ner thousand at the nursery or $2.25
ner thousand delivered by parcel
most or express. Certain species of
trees such as white pine red and
Norway spruce ETC., which require
Two or more years in the nursery,
are a little higher, usually around
So per thousand, at the nursery, of
1925 delivered.
The Forestry Extension office at
State College cooperates with State
Division of Forestry in the distribu-
ton of these tree seedlings, taking
applications from farmers through
our county agents, and then giving
demonstrations in the planting of
these trees The planting season be-
gins November Is and runs through
March Is in most parts of this State,
and up to April in the mountain
section
Usually 1000 trees are planted per
acre, this requiring spacing of 6x7
feet
If YOU are interested in the plant
ing of forest trees in the State of
North Carolina, we will be glad to
cooperate with you and we will send
YOU a price list and other information
in regard to making application for
trees early this fall.
The State of Virginia is doing the
same thing in regard to the growing
of trees and distributing them to the
people of that State. In each case it
is through and with the cooperation
IL
You also asked me to write you in
regard to the cooperation of the Fed
eral government in regard to the
AAA Soil Conservation program. In
this connection I will say that both
North Carolina and Virginia, which
are included in the East Central Re-
zion of the application of the agricul-
tural adjustment program, giving
farmers credit on what is known as
their soil building goal for the follow
ing forestry practices:
/. For planting forest trees on
crop land they are allowing 5 credits
per acre.
2 For making timber stand JIM
provement cuttings in now existing
woodland credits per acre is al
lowed. pr
In the administration of the agri-
cultural adjustment program, certain
payments are set up to be earned by
the farmer who cooperates in this
program. However, before he can
secure these payments, it is necessary
Tor him to carry out a certain num-
per OF units of soil building practices.
II ne fails to carry out these soil
building practices his payment is