14 FORESTRY ix COLORADO 



[imntity of free nursery stock suitable for planting on unirrigated 

 land. This matter has been strongly urged before the State Board 

 of Forestry through the Arapahoe local number of the Farmers' 

 I nion and through the State Forestry Association. In order to 

 supply at least in part this demand as well as to encourage settlers 

 on the eastern plains of Colorado in the planting of trees, 25,000 

 ^cedHng trees adapted to this purpose have been purchased from a 

 middle western nursery for spring delivery. These trees are one- 

 year-old seedlings and have been secured for a lower price than they 

 could be grown in our own nursery under present conditions. The 

 officers of the I nion Pacific Railway Company have agreed to 

 transport this nursery stock free of freight charges to the stations 

 where it is to be distributed. While it will be impossible to supply 

 all of the demands that may be made of this nature throughout the 

 state, it seems especially desirable that some portion of the appro- 

 priation for our work be set aside each year for encouragement of 

 tree plan: ing in the eastern plains region. The only way in which 

 this can be successfully handled, however, will be under the supcr- 

 visi* n of a field man who can give his whole time to the distribution 

 of tlrs stock during the planting season. X<> small effort will bt 

 required to see that it is placed in the best hands for effective use. 

 In "hi- connection it seems unwise at the present time to undertake 

 the establishing of a State Forest nursery on a large scale which 

 can supply the state with nursery stock, as is done in some of the 

 neighboring states. Good stock can be purchased from the larger 

 nurseries farther east at as low or lower prices than they can be 

 grown in a Slate Forest nursery, unless it is conducted on an 

 enuallv large scale. 



CO-OPERATTYE TIMBER PLANTING AT AKRON 



In the spring of JO/KJ, nine species of broad-leaf trees were 

 planted upon the Government substation farm at Akron, Colorado, 

 in c ^-operation with the Agricultural Experiment Station of the 

 college. Thi< includes the following species: black locust, honey 

 1'icu-t, black" cherry, cottonwood, ash, elm, osage orange. Russian 

 mull erry. Rn-sian olive. These trees were furnished in small sixes 

 by the Korcsl Service and planted in a wide belt extending around 

 two ^idcs oi the ^ubstation farm. In 10,11 the following conifers 

 were added to thi^ plantation: European larch. Scotch pine, Aus- 

 trian pine. lack" pine, western yellow pine, Douglas fir. P>lack Hills 

 -nnice. This work ha< now been placed under :he direction of the 

 State Forester and will be used in making a study of best methods 

 ot timber culture under conditions like those in that region. The 



