SHELTER-BELT DEMONSTEATIOlSrS OX THE GREAT PLAINS. 



19 



The season of 1918 was one of deficient rainfall over practically 

 the entire area. The willows were most affected by the successive dry 

 conditions of 1917 and 1918. Those planted in 1916 and 1917 showed 

 extensive winter injury. 



Table 4.- 



-N umber of trees of eacJi species or kind of stock shipped to co- 

 operators in each State in 1918 and 1919. 





Species or kmd of stock. 





Season and State. 



Willow 

 (rooted) - 



Box 



elder. 



Green Cara- 



ash. gana. 



Chinese 

 ehn. 



Scotch 

 pine. 



Western 

 yellow 

 pine. 



Jack 

 pine. 



Total. 



.Season of 1918: 



Montana 



22,242 

 7,142 

 5,952 

 1,880 



14,843 

 4,993 

 3,984 

 1,139 



24,424 

 8,456 

 7,707 



20,617 

 9,607 

 2.397 



2,390 

 490 

 200 

 120 









84 516 



North Dakota . . 









30' 688 



South Dakota. . 









20 240 



Wyoming 



1,947 1:772 









6,858 



" ^ 











Total 



37, 216 



24,959 



42,534 34,393 



3,200 









142 302 













Season of 1919: 



Montana 



North Dakota . . 

 South Dakota. . 

 Wyoming 



40,041 



30,645 



7,629 



1,948 



2,228 



9,650 



223 



102 



27,371 ' 4,355 

 18,490 ! 1,596 

 5,322 ! 226 

 1,004 ; 55 



211 

 15 

 26 



2,075 

 750 



1,375 

 250 



1,775 

 500 

 550 

 250 



1,850 

 500 



1,300 

 250 



79,906 

 62, 146 

 16,651 

 3,859 









Total 



80,263 



12,203 



52,187 6.232 



252 



4,450 



3,075 



3,900 



162 562 











A shipment of Chinese elm was received from the Office of Foreign 

 Seed and Plant Introduction of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture for trial in this section. These trees were sent to 20 

 selected farmers and made good growth in all cases. 



Details of the distribution of 162,562 trees shipped to cooperators 

 in 1919 are also given in Table 4. 



Table 5. — Numher of trees of each species or kind of stock shipped to coopera- 

 tors in each State in 1920. 





Species or kind of stock. 





State. 



North- 

 west 

 poplar. 



Box 



elder. 



Green 



ash. 



Buffalo 

 berry. 



Tartar- 

 ian 

 maple. 



Scotch 

 pine. 



Wes- 

 tern 

 yellow 

 pine. 



Jack 

 pine. 



Blue 

 spruce. 



Total. 



M ontana 



2,506 



28,262 

 13,766 

 9,685 

 3,863 



17,259 

 9,223 

 4,669 

 1,561 



608 



1,371 



9,405 

 472 



3,635 

 399 



4,821 



1,645 



549 



249 



1,946 



3,690 



706 



1,313 



1,285 



468 



52 



67,463 



North Dakota . 



29,264 



South Dakota 



Wyoming 



600 



135 



40 



20,071 

 7,385 













Total 



3,106 



55,576 



32,712 



743 



1,411 



13,911 7,264 



7,655 



1,805 



124,183 



The drought continued in 1919, making the third successive year 

 of dry conditions. Except in especially favorable locations the wil- 

 low was rapidly dying out over the entire area and its further use 

 was discontinued. The small number of Chinese elm listed was used 

 in making replacement to the plantings made in 1918, which in most 

 instances came through the winter in fine condition and made excel- 

 lent growth during the summer. Coniferous trees obtained from 



