BUY PUPILS ONE BUSHEL SELECTED, BLACK WALNUTS, - $1.50 
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BETZ TREE NEWS 
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SELECTED BLACK WALNUTS 
“Selected, water-tested BLACK WALNUTS” means that all floaters were removed, and 
that every nut stamped in the ground with the heel and covered with dirt will grow. 
There are about 1250 nuts in a bushel. PRICE: ONE BUSHEL, Si.50. — 3 BUSHEL, 
S4.35. — 5 BUSHEL, $7.00, which should produce 6,000 trees worth from $25.00 to over 
$100 each. 
Each full-grown tree should produce $6.00 worth of nuts yearly, which can be sold to 
candy factories, bakeries, etc. 
During 1936, we shipped over 12,000,000 pounds of BLACK WALNUTS to foreign 
countries. 
THE HAMMOND PARK BOARD RAISED 16,000 BLACK WALNUT TREES FOR 
THE PARKS AT AN EXPENSE OF $32.00 FOR THE NUTS. 
They make a beautiful shade tree and if kept trimmed will grow very tall. 
For the advertising, IT WILL PAY EVERY MAN IN BUSINESS TO FURNISH 
PUPILS IN SCHOOLS WITH ONE OR TWO SELECTED BLACK WALNUTS BECAUSE 
THE ACTUAL COST IS SO SMALL. 
100 BEAUTIFUL COLORADO BLUE, 3- 
YEAR-OLD, ONLY $5.50, which is less than 
one 8-year-oid tree sells for. Or 25, ONLY 
$2.50. 95%, remember, are guaranteed to 
turn KOSTER. 
250 WISCONSIN COLORADO BLUE, 4-8 
inch, $5.50. 
Not one tree should die if the roots are 
set in lukewarm water for three hours as soon 
as received, then planted in mud, mulched 
with leaves or grass and watered. 
10 TREES, FROM COLORADO, 10-12 IN. 
ONLY $2.50. 25, ONLY $5.00 
15-18 INCH BEAUTIES, WHILE THEY 
LAST, 10 FOR $4.00. OR 25, ONLY $8.00. 
GRAVE DECORATIONS: 20-24 INCH, 6 
TREES FOR $6.50. 
KOSTER BLUE, 24-30 INCH, which sell 
for $6.00 to $7.50 each, while they last, 5 
trees, only $11.50. 
LATEST REPORTS 
CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Oct. 3, ’37, states 
that 5,000 meat shops went on strike in New 
York City against high prices, that cotton 
dropped to $8.25 at New Orleans on Oct. 2, 
and that the world’s carry-over will be 
between 17 , 000,000 and 18 , 000,000 bales, the 
largest on record. 52 countries are now 
raising cotton, controlled by us for ICO years, 
because it is a cash crop. 
Since June, I have covered thousands of 
miles of cattle country wost of the Mississippi 
where all grass was dead, creeks and water 
holes for watering stock were dried up. In 
sections, they had no rain this year or for 
several years. HOW MANY KNOW THAT, 
over 50 , 000,000 acres have produced their last 
food?, and experts claim farmors on over 
200,000,000 acres must be moved by the 
government if they are to raise enough to 
live. 
One big storm in the 90,000,000-acre dust 
bowl, west of the Mississippi, is liable to 
create a 250,000,000-acre desert, and the great 
wheat section of western Canada, north of 
Dakota, Montana and Wyoming, where they 
have had no rain for so long no doubt will 
eventually do likewise. 
As the population of the leading countries 
of the world now doubles in less than 60 years, 
and we now, have all we can do to produce 
enough to feed our present population, what 
will we do should there be one or two crop 
failures?. 
Is it possible that the great leaders of our 
Chamber of Commerce, Woman’s, Kiwanis, 
Rotary, Lions, Izaak Walton League and 
other organizations, who are supposed to 
number among their members men and women 
who know all this, can see no advantage in 
teaching pupils, who will be the men and 
women of tomorrow, to plant trees? 
Cover the world, as I have, see how people 
live, and cover the farms facing thousands 
of miles of our highways whose owners have 
lost practically everything, do not own a cow 
or a hog, and then think of the millions of 
wainuts, hickory nuts, butternuts and other 
tree seed that rot on the ground every year 
that could be planted, for saving our land 
and making lumber if they could be put in 
the hands of the children. 
Planting trees is not new, and in order to 
save this country, must we do as they did in 
England and Germany in the 15.h century: 
Allow no man to marry until he plants so 
many? ._. 
Below, I offer you a large variety, 1,000 in 
a bundle, for less than you could hire a man 
to dig, clay the roots, pack, crate and pul 
them aboard the cars if you got them free. 
Those of us who were in the field 60 years 
ago never realized the time would come when 
there would be no good farmland left. 
Re^d page one of this bullletin, every word 
of ShTtrue, or, better still, take your 
automobile and go over this territory and see 
for yourself. Make a trip through any Motion 
where farmers have nothing to oat or wea 
except what the few dollars received from 
relief sources buys. n _ rD 
Write the Government Printing Office, 
Washington, O. C., for Zen’s work 
“FOREstS AND WATER IN THE LIGHT 
OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION”. Page 
29 tells you how rain comes from trees, some¬ 
thing few know, and why our water level 
has been receding during the past 75 years. 
Also refer to pages 70-106, inclusive, covering 
experiments made in Germany, France, Swit¬ 
zerland, Russia, England, Australia, China, 
Belgium, India, Africa, and Asia. 
Information worth thousands to taxpayers 
costs you only 20 cents. What these countries 
went through centuries ago, future generat¬ 
ions of this country will go through, unless 
steps are taken to preserve our soil, upon 
DECIDUOUS TREES 
TAKE WHAT YOU WANT AT PRICES NEVER 
MADE BEFORE. NOTHING WILL ADD MORE 
TO THE VALUE OF PROPERTY THAN A FEW 
TREES YOU CAN BUY FOR A FEW CENTS. 
Get your friends to order with you and divide. 
In 1,000 lots for pupils, scouts, 4H clubs, etc., 
SEE ANOTHER COLUMN. 
A COLLEGE EDUCATION. 
AN OFFER OF A LIFETIME 
Genuine Colorado Blue, Silver Blue, and Silver 
Tipped Spruce from Colorado, 95% Guaranteed 
To Turn Koster the Eighth Year. 
In order to make them grow perfectly cone-shape, from the 
ground to the top, every fall the limbs that grow too fast should 
be clipped with a sharp knife. 
AT OUR PRICE WE PRACTICALLY GIVE THEM AWAY. 
Size 
10 
25 
100 
250 
ASH, Black 
” European 
.48-60" 
3.75 
6.25 
.18-24" 
2.50 
6.25 
_ 
” Green 
.12-18" 
.. .... 
1.00 
2.25 
3.50 
li II 
24-3C" 
1.50 
3.00 
4.75 
II II 
.36-48" 
2.50 
6.00 
II II 
.48-60" 
2.75 
” Mount. Native 
12-18" 
0.75 
1.50 
2.75 
II II II 
.24-36" 
1.25 
3.00 
5.00 
II II II 
.72-84" 
3.00 
” White 
12-18" 
1.00 
2.00 
3.00 
BASSWOOD 
.12-18" 
1.00 
2.00 
3.50 
11 
60-72" 
3.00 
BEECH, Amer. 
.12-18" 
1.00 
2.00 
3.50 
II II 
.24-36" 
2.00 
3.00 
4.50 
II II 
.60-72" 
3.00 
BIRCH, Cherry 
.12-18" 
0.75 
2.00 
3.00 
II If 
.24-36" 
— .... 
1.25 
3.00 
4.75 
” Cutleaf Weep 
48-60" 
13.75 
. 
” River 
.12-18" 
. 
0.90 
1.75 
2.75 
ll II 
.36-48" 
. 
2.00 
5.50 
. 
II ll 
.60-72" 
2.25 
._ .... 
ll ll 
.72-84" 
2.75 
.. .... 
” Red 
.12-18" 
-. .... 
0.90 
1.75 
2.75 
II II 
.36-48" 
. 
2.00 
5.50 
.. .... 
II II 
60-72" 
2.25 
. 
. 
. 
ll II 
.72-84" 
2.75 
. 
. 
” White 
...18-36" 
1.50 
4.50 
ll II 
...36-48" 
.. .... 
2.50 
7.50 
.. .... 
ll ll 
...60-72" 
3.00 
.. .... 
.... 
ll ll 
...72-84" 
4.50 
. 
BOXELDER 
.12-18" 
— .... 
0.80 
1.50 
2.75 
11 
.18-24" 
__ 
1.10 
2.00 
3.00 
99 
.24-36" 
— .... 
1.25 
2.25 
4.25 
II 
.72-96" 
5.00 
. 
. 
. 
BUCKEYE, Yellow 
10-12" 
1.00 
2.25 
4.00 
II II 
.36-48" 
1.75 
. 
. 
. 
BUCKTHORN, 
.18-24" 
__ 
1.00 
1.75 
3.25 
11 
.36-48" 
— .... 
1.75 
3.00 
5.00 
BUTTERNUT 
.12-18" 
1.25 
2.50 
4.00 
11 
.36-48" 
1.25 
. 
CARAGANA 
12-18" 
1.75 
4.00 
11 
.36-48" 
1.50 
.... _ 
11 
.48-72" 
2.50 
. 
.... _ 
CATALPA, Amer. . 
12-18" 
0.90 
1.75 
2.50 
II II 
24-36" 
1.50 
2.75 
4.50 
ll II 
48-60" 
1.00 
. 
.... .... 
.. .... 
” Umbrella ... 
60-72" 
7.00 
. 
. 
.. .... 
” Western ... 
.1 2-18" 
0.75 
1.50 
2.75 
II ll 
36-48" 
.. 
1.75 
3.75 
6.25 
Cherry, Wild Black 
12-18" 
. 
1.75 
4.00 
7.50 
PLANT FOUR TREES IN THE CEME¬ 
TERY, the fifth hold in reserve in case one 
should die. 
YOUR WAY PAID THROUGH COLLEGE. 
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: Buy 100 
COLORADO BLUE, 3-year-old, from Co.o- 
rado, or 250 from Wisconsin, 3-year-oid 
which will sell for enough to more than pay 
your way in college for one year, and by 
investing $10 or $20 for trees yearly, not 
only can you pay your way, but when you 
graduate, you will have funds for your office, 
equipment, books, etc., and, in addition, you 
will have invaluable business experience that 
you cannot buy and must have to make your 
first million. 
In another column, you will find a list of 
trees offered at one cent each or loss. Buy and 
plant all you oanj they will sell for a high 
price. 
which the destiny of the Nation is dependent. 
One would think large corporations, who 
must eventually pay the bulk of the billions 
it will cost, would like io see or would send 
a committee through Asia and Africa and 
learn what happened. Everyone knows that 
over 400,060,000 tons of our grain-producing 
top soil has been blown away or carried down 
stream yearly for a long time. 
Imagine trying to make a living for your 
family on a farm with sand where it has not 
rained for five or ten years. 
Articles written by men who know nothing 
about farming tell you about our bumper 
crops, but COLLIER’S, SATURDAY EVE¬ 
NING POST and the NEW YORK TIMES 
started men out who knew their business 
and told the truth, and the time will come 
when our big taxpayers and the thousands 
in all lines who are slipping, will say: “We 
thought Betz was crazy and that tree planting 
was a Kindergarten proposition, but it is 
what saved Europe, and would have saved 
Asia”. 
Below you will find a list of trees such as 
bought by everyone who owns a home for 
beautifying lawns and for pupils to plant. 
See that every child who desires to pur¬ 
chase^ gets as many as they want at cost. 
Each pupil should bring a towel, which 
should be wet before the tree is wrapped In 
it, then roll in a newspaper so the air cannot 
strike the roots, and hurry home, plant in 
mud at once, and don’t allow the little trees 
to dry out. If planted outdoors, mulch with 
leaves and straw during the winter to prevent 
the ground from thawing and freezing and 
in the summer to prevent them from drying 
out. 
1 0 0 0 IN A BUNDLE 
1 000 
Size Trees 
ASH, Green . 12-18" 12.00 
” Mt. Native . ” ” 9.50 
BASSWOOD . ” ” 11.00 
BEECH, Amer. ” ” 8.00 
BIRCH, River . ” ” 9.50 
BROOK, Euonymus . ” ” 8.50 
BUCKTHORN .. ” ” 11.00 
CATALPA, Amer. ..._ . ” ” 10.00 
” Western . ” ” io.oo 
CEDAR, Red . ” ” 10.00 
CORALBERRY . ” ” 9.50 
COTTONWOOD . ” ” 6.50 
DOGWOOD, White Flowering... ” ” 9.50 
ELM, Amer . ” ” 9.50 
’, Chinese . ” ” 8.00 
” Cork Bark ... ” ” 9.50 
” Winged . ” ” 9.50 
GUM, Black . ” ” 11.50 
” Sour or Sweet . ” .” 11.50 
HACKBERRY . ” ” 10.00 
HEMLOCK, Canadian . ” ” 10.00 
HORNBEAM, Amer. ” ” 9.00 
JUNIPER, Virginia . ” ” 10.00 
LINDEN . ” ” 11.00 
LOCUST, Black . ” ” 9.00 
” Honey . ” ” 9.00 
” Moss . ” ” 9.00 
MAPLE, Red ..._. ” ” 12.00 
” Scarlet .,. ” ” 12.00 
” Sugar . ” ” 12.00 
MULBERRY, Russian . ” ” 10.00 
OSAGE ORANGE . ” ” 10.00 
PERSIMMON . ” ” 10.00 
PINE, Native Field . ” ” io.oo 
” Shortloaf . ” ” 10.00 
POPLAR, Chinese . ” ” 11.00 
” Italian . ” ” 11.00 
RED BUD, Amer . ” ” 9.50 
SASSAFRAS .-. ” ” 9.50 
SYCAMORE, Amer. .. ” ” 10.00 
TREE of HEAVEN . ” ” 10.06 
TULIP .-. ” ” 9.50 
WALNUT, Black . ” ”11.50 
” White . ” ” 11-50 
WILLOW, Amer. -.- ” ” 9.50 
» Black . ” ” 9.50 
Chestnut, Am.Sweet 18-24" 
” ” ....24-36" 
Chinese ....10-15" 
” ....36-48" 
.... 10 - 12 " 
...36-48" 
. 10 - 12 " 
...12-18" 
12 - 18 " 
....18-24" 
...24-36" 
...36-48" 
....1 2-18" 
...12-18" 
. 60-72" 
...18-24" 
.72-84" 
.... 12 - 18 " 
... 60-72" 
...18-24" 
....72-84" 
....18-24" 
....72-84" 
12-18" 
...24-36" 
... 60-72" 
....12-18" 
.24-36" 
... 60-72" 
... 12 - 18 " 
... 60-72" 
HACKBERRY 18-24" 
Hickory, Shagbark 10-12" 
....18-24" 
” Horse 
H II 
" Jap. Giant 
Coffee Tree, Ky. 
COTTONWOOD 
CRAB, Bechtel’s 
” Flowering 
Cuoumber Tree 
II II 
ELM, Amer. 
»J II 
” Chinese 
»» ll 
” Cork Bark 
II »» »» 
” Wing Bark 
II 11 II 
GUM, Black 
II II 
II II 
” Sour 
II 11 
II II 
” Sweet 
3.00 
4.25 
1.75 
2.50 
6.50 
3.50 
8.50 
1.00 
2.50 
2.00 
9.00 
4.00 
4.75 
5.50 
4.75 
4.75 
3.00 
3.00 
2.75 
1.50 
1.00 
1.25 
1.00 
1.25 
1.25 
1.25 
1.75 
1.25 
1.75 
7.50 . 
17.50 . 
12.50 . 
2.25 4.00 
7.50 .- 
5.00 9.50 
1.00 2.50 
1.75 3.00 
2.00 3.50 
4.25 . 
2.25 5.00 
2.50 3.50 
2.00 3.00 
2.50 3.50 
2.50 3.50 
3.00 4.25 
4.00 6.00 
3.00 4.25 
4.00 6.00 
1.00 2.00 3.00 
1.00 
1 .GO 
1.75 
2.50 3.50 
2.25 5.00 
4.00 9.50 
ii ii 
.36-48" 
2.00 
.. .... 
” Shcllbark .. 
.10-12" 
1.00 
2.25 
5.00 
II II 
.18-24" 
. 
1.75 
4.00 
9.50 
II ll 
.36-48" 
2.00 
HORNBEAM, Am. 
18-24" 
1.00 
2.00 
3.25 
JUDAO TREE 
.12-18" 
1.00 
2.50 
4.00 
II II 
.60-72" 
3.25 
.. .... 
LINDEN, Am. 
.12-18" 
1.00 
2.00 
3.50 
,, i, 
.60-72" 
3.00 
. 
. 
. 
LOCUST, Black .. 
.12-18" 
. 
0.75 
1.75 
2.75 
II II 
.24-36" 
1.00 
2.25 
3.50 
II II 
.60-72" 
2.00 
. 
” Honey 
.18-24" 
1.25 
2.50 
4.00 
” Moss Rose .. 
.12-18" 
1.25 
2.50 
4.00 
II ll II 
.24-36" 
1.75 
3.50 
.... .... 
.. __ 
Magnolia, Accum’ta 
12-18" 
1.00 
2.25 
5.00 
ll ll 
.60-72" 
4.00 
— . -fc. 
” Great Leaf 
.12-18" 
2.25 
6.50 
12.00 
ll ll II 
.48-60" 
4.00 
7.50 
.. .... 
” Umbrella .. 
.12-18" 
2.00 
5.25 
__ 
ll II 
.48-60" 
3.50 
MAIDENHAIR 
...6-12" 
1.50 
4.50 
9.00' 
MAPLE. Amur. .. 
.12-18" 
. 
1.25 
4.00 
” Ash Leaf 
12-18" 
— .... 
0.80 
1.50 
2.73 
ll II ll 
.18-24" 
1.10 
2.00 
3.00 
ll ll ll 
.24-36" 
1.25 
2.25 
4.25 
ll II ll 
.72-96" 
5.00 
” Hard 
.12-18" 
1.00 
2.00 
3.50' 
ll II 
60-72" 
5.50 
” Japanese .. 
1 2-18" 
1.25 
3.50 
...a 
” Norway 
...6-12" 
1.25 
3.50 
. 
• 1 II 
60-84" 
6.50 
” Red 
.12-18" 
1.00 
2.00 
3.50 
II ll 
.60-72" 
5.50 
” Scarlet 
.12-18" 
1.00 
2.00 
3.50 
ll II 
.60-72" 
5.50 
” Silver 
.18-24" 
1.00 
2.00 
3.00 
II ll 
69-72" 
3.25 
” Sugar 
.12-18" 
1.00 
2.00 
3.50 
II ll 
.60-72" 
5.50 
Mulberry, Bla'-k 
II II II 
12-18" 
1.00 
2.50 
3.50 
.24-36" 
1.25 
3.50 
6.00 
” Russian 
.12-18" 
1.00 
2.00 
3.00 
II ll 
.18-24" 
1.25 
2.25 
3.25 
ll II 
60-72" 
3.CO 
OAK, Chestnut 
.12-18" 
1.65 
3.75 
6.50 
II II 
.36-48" 
2.75 
5.50 
.. 
” Red 
.12-18" 
1.65 
4.00 
8.50 
II II 
24-36" 
1.50 
” White 
.12-18" 
1.50 
3.50 
6.25 
II ll 
48-60" 
2.25 
” Willow 
.12-18" 
1.50 
3.50 
6.25 
II ll 
.48-60" 
3.00 
OLIVE, Russian 
.12-18" 
.. .... 
1.25 
3.00 
7.00 
II ll 
.36-48" 
3.50 
. 
. 
II ll 
.48-60" 
5.50 
OSAGE Orange 
.12-18" 
0.75 
2.00 
3.00 
ll II 
.24-36" 
1.00 
3.00 
4.50 
PAW PAW 
.12-24" 
1.25 
3.00 
4.75 
II II 
.48-60" 
2.00 
3.50 
PECAN, North’n . 
...6-12" 
1.25 
3.50 
6.50 
II II 
.12-18" 
1.75 
4.75 
9.50 
Persimmon, Am. 
.18-24" 
1.00 
2.00 
3.25 
Plane Tree, Am. 
.12-18" 
1.00 
2.25 
4.50 
II II II 
.60-72" 
3.25 
. 
POPLAR, Balm of 
Gilead 
.72-96" 
5.00 
” Bolleana ...10-12 Ft. 
5.00 
” Carolina 
.12-18" 
1.25 
3.00 
5.00 
ll II 
.36-48" 
1.25 
2.00 
5.00 
10.00 
” ” ...10-12Ft. 
9.00 
” Chinese Lomb. 
18-24" 
1.25 
2.50 
II II II 
.60-72" 
1.50 
” Golden Leaf 
72-96" 
7.50 
” Italian Lomb. 
18-24" 
1.00 
2.50 
4.25 
II II ll 
.72-96" 
3.25 
” Russian ... 
12-18" 
1.25 
3.00 
5.50 
” Silver 
48-72" 
3.75 
” Tulip 
.12-18" 
1.00 
2.50 
3.50 
II II 
18-24" 
1.25 
3.00 
5.0# 
” ” ... 8-10 Ft. 
9.50 
. 
. 
RED BUD 
12-18" 
1.00 
2.50 
4.09 
II II 
60-72" 
3.25 
Siberian Pea Tree, 
12-18" 
1.75 
4.00 
II II II 
36-48" 
1.50 
•• «, .. 
II II II 
48-72" 
2.SO 
.. ... 
SYCAMORE 
12-18" 
1 00 
2.23 
4.50 
II 
60-72" 
3.25 
. 
. 
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