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THE "ILLINOIS WAY" OF BEAUTIFYING THE FARM 



57. A Shameful Way to Treat Old Trees 



This grand old tree has died of neglect. A few years ago it might have been saved by 

 $10 worth of tree surgery. See page 14, "Every Tree Worth One Dollar a Square Inch. 



58. The "Illinois Way" of Honoring Old Trees 



A magnificent tree preserved by Dr. Schenck. A little tree surgery now may save a 

 tree in farmstead or field which will add $100 to $500 to the cash value of your farm. 



59. Elms Worth $1,000 a Pair 



"I bought and built here six years ago because of the two street trees in front, paying 

 $650 more Tor this lot than for any of the treeless lots a block away which I bought for invest- 

 ment. Last week I sold one of these treeless lots for $1,500. If that lot were in the block 

 where I live I could easily sell it for $3,000. Hence, I conclude that every pair of big elms 

 on Oregon Street adds about $1,500 to the value of each lot or let us say conservatively 

 $1,000. Fifty-five years ago, when planted, a pair of these elms was worth $i. If that 

 dollar had been put into a savings bank it would have earned $4.43 in half a century at 

 3 per cent compound interest. Put into the bank of earth.it actually earned at the rate of 

 20% a year, simple interest, or 1,000% in 50 years." (Signed) James W. Garner, Urbana, 

 III., June 30, 1913. Plant permanent trees now so that you and your heirs will reap 

 some of this great profit! 



60. The Great Hale Oak, "Worth a Million or More*' 



" "Most every day of my life I take my hat off to this tree. 1 his is my way of tree worship. 

 When my ancestors bought this farm in 1642, this tree was ollicially called 'the great oak." 

 It may be one thousand years old; experts say it is over eight hundred. It is 95 feet high. 

 has a spread of 121 feet, and is 19 feet 6 inches in circumference. I would not sell it for a 

 million dollars, or any money no matter how great a sum. It stands on private property 

 in front of my office, close up to the edge of Glastonbury's main highway. When in the 

 Legislature I drafted and helped pass a law that will preserve roadside trees all over our 



state. If this oak ever needs surgery it will get it, but at present it is perfectly sound and 



H_ _ _" ___. ._ off, gentlemen! Long life to the old Hale oak!" (Signed) 



. Hale, Fruit-grower, South Glastonbury, Conn. See page 14, paragraph entitled 

 "Every Tree Worth One Dollar a Square Inch. ' 



healthy in body and limb. Hats ofl 

 John H. Ha' " 



61. The Kind of Flower-garden That Does Not Fit Illinois 



The Colonial garden is good to-drcam about, but box is not hardy, and few large double 

 roses are everywhere satisfactory. Labor is too scarce to make the separate flower-garden 

 a success on the ordinary prairie farm. For appropriate kinds, see page 17. 



62. How the Farmer's Wife Can Get Flowers for Nothing 

 Send the children to the roadside, fields, and woods for wild flowers, and have them on 

 the table every week throughout the season. For a list see page 17, near bottom. Use 

 simple, inexpensive vases not fancy forms and colors. 



