THE DROUGHT MAKES A SHORTAGE 
OF NURSERY STOCK 
Extremely hot, dry weather the first six months of 1934 killed 
most of the young stock lined out for growing on and retarded the 
growth of established stock over the whole country. The fruit tree 
supply, which would have been short at best, is very short. The 
spring of 1934 was the opportune time to buy fruit trees, and the 
spring of 1935 will be the time to buy windbreak evergreens. As 
soon as the stock of them on hand is exhausted, there will be an acute 
shortage for a long time. Copious rains fell here July 4th, and stock 
then alive made a fair growth, and went into the winter in splendid 
condition. 
EQUIPMENT. A clay block building 100x100 feet with a 
large double walled, insulated apartment provides room for storing 
and packing deciduous trees and shrubs with a minimum loss of 
vitality. 
LOCATION. The nursery is on paved Highway No. n, 
which connects with the Lincoln Highway seventeen miles South at 
Cedar Rapids, and with No. 20 twenty-five miles North, at Independ¬ 
ence. The office and storage house are just South of the C. R. I. & 
P. station grounds, and across the W. C. F. & N. and C. R. I. & P. 
tracks from the paving. The fruit and nut orchards are one and one- 
half miles South of the nursery on No. 11. 
VISITORS can motor through the nursery when it is dry, on 
well maintained drives. 
