

QUARTERLY BULLETIN 



133 



Comparative stands of rye planted October 10th and November 21et, 1918 and April 9th, 1919. 

 Plats No. 1 and No. 5 were planted October 10th. Plat No. 2 was planted November 21et. Plats 3 

 and 4, which were planted April 9th, never headed out. 



TREE PLANTING ALONG HIGHWAYS. 



FORESTRY SECTION. 



Many of the roads in the state can be greatly beautified by the plant- 

 ing of trees and the value of adjoining property increased thereby. 

 While the state will doubtless ultimately see that our highways are 

 properly planted, it is often to the advantage of landowners to plant 

 trees immediately so as to secure early results. An Act passed by the 

 last session of the Legislature, Act No. 36 of the Public Acts of 1919, 

 authorizes the State Highway Commissioner and the State Board of 

 Agriculture to select and plant ornamental and nut-bearing trees along 

 highways upon which state reward has been paid or earned, the trees 

 for planting to be supplied by the Agricultural College or the Public 

 Domain Commission. The Act provides that in no case shall such 

 trees be planted except with the consent of the owner of the adjoining 

 property, and that the Highway Commissioner shall establish rules aid 

 regulations for the uniform planting of trees under the Act. The Act 

 also provides that any owner of land bordering upon a highway upon 

 which State reward has not been paid may plant approved ornamental 

 or nut-bearing trees along the line of the highway and shall receive 

 annually a credit of five cents upon his highway repair tax for a period 



