BETZ TREE BULLETIN 
SPRING 1937 
NOT BEING 0 
AND HAVING SPENT ALMOST 
ELEVEN YEARS AND MORE 
MONEY THAN I EVER EX¬ 
PECTED TO HAVE, distributing 
over 250,000,000 assorted tree seed, 
the bulk of which were planted by 
pupils,including thousands of bushels 
of Walnuts, Hickory Nuts, Butter¬ 
nuts, European and Japanese Giant 
Blight-Proof Chestnuts, and hun¬ 
dreds of thousands of trees have al¬ 
so been shipped, I have decided to 
look for men in every section who 
will assist in adding billions of dol¬ 
lars to the wealth of this country. 
Pmt " 1 matter Iras been mailed 
through the Hammond Post Office 
to over 2,100,000, which I trust will 
benefit those now on ruined farms, 
who have always been lead to be¬ 
lieve that planting trees for prevent¬ 
ing erosion, floods, droughts, etc. 
was a waste of time and money but 
now realize what I predicted (after 
living in Japan in 1916-17, and cov¬ 
ering thousands of miles in the tree¬ 
less countries of the Far East), in 
1926 about planting trees for pre¬ 
venting these things, is what the gov¬ 
ernment is now spending billions on. 
In order to save our land, I must 
have assistance. 
If what I have done and my plan 
meets with your approval, will you 
advance $2.50 or more for purchas- 
N A 
SALARY 
ing, through Scouts, 4H Clubs, etc, 
millions of WALNUTS, HICKORY 
NUTS, and BUTTERNUTS, in 
stead of allowing them to rot on the 
ground. Also millions of BLIGHT- 
PROOF EUROPEAN and JAP¬ 
ANESE GIANT CHESTNUTS, 
and small trees, to be turned over to 
your superintendent of schools for 
pupils to plant or what you pay for 
to be shipped to you or anyone you 
specify and planted in your district 
When you consider it will take 
over 100 years and require more 
trees to rehabilitate the land ruined 
from 25 to 1 OO'-'- ir , Illinois alon, 
than have been planted by all state 
forestry departments to date, and 
you find that few believe in saving 
farm and grazing lands, even though 
they know what England and Eu¬ 
rope went through in the 16th cen¬ 
tury, and what the Far East and 
many sections in this country are go¬ 
ing through today, it seems no one 
cares or knows how some live. 
If you believe in saving our land, 
beautify your city, work under the 
supervision of your state forester 
who is an expert, kindly let me hear 
from you. H. H. Bennett, the best 
known soil erosion expert in the 
world in an article published Febr¬ 
uary 1st, states that the loss to farms 
in this country from soil erosion in 
1936 will amount over $400,000,000. 
THE MILLIONS OF ACRES BRINGING IN NO INCOME 
HJUf!? wh ? sc children may be in want some day would produce billions of dollars 
w° r tn of lumber if planted with trees that formerly grew on the land. 
The expense for the nuts or seed per acre would be very small. 
The Walnut Trees shown, are 17 months old, were raised from seed by the Hammond 
r k Board at an expense of less than $4.00 per 1,000 Trees. They grow two feet, and each 
viii produce from $3 to $8 worth of nuts yearly, which can be sold to candy factories, 
.nmk of the fun Hammond children will have cracking these nuts. 
SLACK VVALM’JT Lumber sells for $:€5 per 1,000, and ?or yesr 3 . England and 
e have bought their WALNUT lumber from us. 
> bushel of tested nuts, costing from $1.25 to $2.50 should produce 1,000 trees, 
fire is kept out, and they are planted right, each tree will produce two or three 16 -foot 
logs, free from limbs, worth $50 to $500 each. 
Not a bad investment when you consider the small cost and 150 to 170 trees can be 
grown on one acre which when 20 years old 
has a market value per acre. 
Plant WALNUT, OAK, BEECH, MAPLE, 
BIRCH, PINE, 8PRUCE, or H LM LOCK, 
while you can raise the money. 
With the worse floods in history, thousands 
of live and billions of dollars loss, or will be 
required to dike the Ohio, Mississippi and 
other rivers, every one should assist the Gov¬ 
ernment in doing this work. 
I am not complaining about what it has 
cost me during the past 10 years. No one 
asked me to do it. But I do think there should 
be enough parents in this country who realize 
where we are headed for to see that this work 
is put over. If nothing more, they should buy 
250 or 500 trees for the Superintendent of 
schools who oan give one tree to each pupil 
as a prize. 
Won’t you take this up with your Cham¬ 
ber of Commerce, Klwanis, Rotary, and let 
me know what your Superintendent of schools 
thinks of the proposition and see if you can 
interest the editor of your newspaper. 
DEVIL TO 
KEEP DOGS 
SHRUBS. BEAI 
multipliers; 
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JAPANES 
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Great produW5r*.^tnrMn^ttl!l» sixth year.V 
12-18 Inoh trees. PerrtJ&MfciSO.* 
Beauties, 100, $10.00. 8et 30-" _ 
trees per acre. Worth 65 cents each. 
MONEY-MAKERS FOR 1940 
ALL GRAFTED OR BUDDED, NOT 
GROWN FROM 8EED. $75 worth ol 
IRISH, PFITZER, ENGLI8H, CHINE8E, 
SPINY GREEK, AND SAVIN JUNIPERS, 
GOLDEN GLOBE, PYRAMIDAL, AND 
ROSEDALE ARBOR VITAE, SILVER, 
GOLDEN PLUME, AND JAPANE8E CY¬ 
PRESS, COLORADO BLUE 8PRUCE FROM 
COLORADO, WILL SELL FOR OVER 
$2,000 IN YOUR OWN TOWN IN 3 OR 4 
GROW** COSTS nothing to let them 
ZELENKA CONCORD GRAPES 
Many vines produce 100 pounds. 25 Vines 
and 150 Giant Mountain Blackberry Bushes 
which produce berries for weeks, only $2.50. 
Turn them over to some farmer for half of 
what they produce, and you will get your 
money back many times yearly as long as 
you live. 
AN OAK OR WALNUT TREE 
growing alone will seldom make more than 
one 10 foot log. 
If planted 4 feet N and 8 and 42 inches E 
and w (soa illustration above) and thinned 
out whan ‘hey crowd. : soil tr,?9 will make 
2 or 3 - 16 foot logs free from knots, 782 
trees, 8 foot centers, or 350 tress, 12 foot, or 
195 trees, 16 foot centers per acre. 
When 60 years old, a 16 foot log should 
make 300 feet of lumber or 4,000 feet of 
veneer and THE NUTS WILL 8ELL FOR 
A GOOD PRICE. 
Taxes on land planted with troes in most 
states are only 3 to 5 cents per acre. 
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Keep the diagram below. It shows how to 
make trees grow perfectly straight, free from 
limbs. When they commence to crowd bad, 
remove those represented by O, and the bal¬ 
ance will be 18-foot centers. 
5 COLORADO SILVER BLUE 
or SILVER TIPPED SPRUCE, 12 
inches high. While they last, $2.00. 
By mail, send 12 cents stamps. Will 
sell for $10 each in a few years. No 
home owner should turn this offer 
down. 
CUMBERS, CREEPERS, VINES 
Cover your house, yard, garage 
and fence. 10 Vines will produce 250 
each year. 
10 in a bundle. By mail, postage paid. 
TRUMPET VINE, $1.50 
VIRGINIA CREEPER, $1.50 
JAPANESE BEAN, $1.50 
JAP. HONEYSUCKLE, $1.50 
PERRIWINKLE, $1.60 
BOSTON IVY, $2.25. 
MILLIONS OF TREE, FLOWER, 
and SHRUB SEED will be closed 
out regardless of price. 
Assorted best varieties in packages 
and sold at $1.00 each. 
If you want to prolong your life 
and have a wonderful collection, 
send $1.00 for 1937 SEED OFFER, 
and should you not be satisfied, if 
planted according to printed instruc¬ 
tions sent with each package, say 
so, and we will send you another 
one. 
230,000 RUSSIAN OLIVE Seed 
3,500 for $1.00. CHINESE ELM 
Seed Lb. $1.25. 
After Yoa Read This Bulletin, 
Kindly Hand It To Some Friend. 
After Yoa Read This Bulletin, 
Kindly Hand It To Some Friend. 
DON’T FAIL TO READ 
How many of our young men now 
roaming the country without money 
or homes could be saved. Read the 
offer under the illustration of the 
Betz Plant. 
READ THE NEW YORK TIMES 
article on this sheet and while mill¬ 
ions who know nothing of the pov¬ 
erty of the Far East say it is bunk, 
were it not for journals like the 
TIMES, WORLD, NEW YORK 
SUN, SATURDAY EVENING 
POST, COLLIERS, AMERICAN 
MAGAZINE, NEWS WEEK, 
TIME and a few others now doing 
what they can to encourage this 
work, millions on farms in over 1400 
counties in 22 states now supported 
by the government would have a 
hard row to hoe. 
36 INCH CUCUMBERS 
and 25-Lb. WINTER RADISHES. Finest 
grown In the world. Should you not have the 
ground, turn them over to some farmer for 
half of what he produces. Enough seed for 
two families. ONLY 25 CENTS. 
COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE 
grown in Colorado, 15-18 Inch, part will turn 
KOSTER, extra-heavy stock. Shipped from 
Hammond. 5 TREES $3.25. 10 TREES, $4.75. 
Should sell for $5 each in 3 years. 
ARBOR VITAE—250,000 
8PECIAL PRICE FOR SCHOOLS, SCOUTS, 
AND 4H CLUBS 
An opportunity for every business man to 
put one or two signboards that will grow 
larger and more beautiful every day on every 
lawn where there are school children for less 
than one cent each. 
PRICES READY MARCH 10th 
FROM THE HOLY LAND 
New York City, Feb. 4, 1932 
“Dear Mr. Betz: 
“I have returned from my world tour in 
which I had the opportunity of visiting Pal¬ 
estine, where I saw millions of little trees 
growing from the seed which you so gener- 
ouly contributed. Ere long those barren hills 
of Judah will once again be clothed with 
verdure. Even this generation will see a mar¬ 
velous change in the country which will be 
largely brought about by your munificant gift. 
“I am looking forward to visiting Chicago 
on Saturday night when I am due to arrive 
to lecture on Sunday, February 28, at the 
Chicago Academy of Sciences on the Rebirth 
of Palestine at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. I 
trust that it may be possible for you to be 
present, as I am sure you would like to see 
the film of the tree planting. I shall look for¬ 
ward to seeing you some time after the meet¬ 
ing, If only for a few minutes. 
“I am telling the world what you have 
done for Palestine. 
RICHARD ST. BARBE BAKER, 
32 Warwick Rd., London.” 
HONEY LOCUST HEDGE 
2500 seed postage paid, 53 CENT8. 
GET THEM PRACTICALLY FREE 
Strawberry plants—1,000 in a bundle. State 
Inspected. Guaranteed true to name. Those 
marked x $3.50 per thousand. Those marked 
o $3.75 per thousand. 
x—Bellniar x—Senator Dunlop 
x—Blakemore o—Aroma 
x—Gandy o—Chesapeake 
x—Klondyke o—Dorsett 
o—Premire 
Mastodon everbearing, genuine—$ 6 . 00 . 
250,000 Black Locust, 
Pine and Spruce Trees 
can be offered after — 
March 10th. How many 
can you use? 
WHY TREES DIE 
Many say: "I want a 10 or 
is foot tree.” The one shown 
is 12 inchos high and roots 30 
inches long. The larger the 
tree, the longer the roots and 
when dug, the main roots are 
left In the ground. The tree 
will linger and finally die. 
The safe size to buy for 
your own use is small trees 
with complete root system 
which if not allowed to dry 
out in case of drought and 
mulched with leaves or lawn 
cuttings, should all grow. 
After you read this bulletin 
will you kindly do me a favor 
and hand it to some friend7 
FRANK S. BETZ, (Personal) Betz Building Hammond, Indiana 
