This is Your 
New Copy of 
BETZ TREE 
NEWS 
V ^NURSERY CO. 
-- 
McMinnville, tenn. 
Read It! 
Use It!! 
Save It!!! 
MR. FRANK S. BETZ 
of Hammond, Indiana 
A STATEMENT 
BY MR. J. AUSTIN BOYD 
My father, Mr. F. C. Boyd, was one of the pioneers in 
the movement to prevent soil erosion by reforestation. At 
present he is manager of our nursery and his interest in 
this important work is keener than ever. About fifteen 
years ago he accompanied Mr. R. S. Maddox, then State 
Forester, on an extended trip through the hills and 
mountains of Tennessee, studying and discussing ways 
and means to check erosion and thereby increase the cash 
yield of farm lands. Since that time he has grown and 
distributed literally millions of trees and tree seedlings, 
shrubs and vines. 
About this same time in a state farther north, another 
man, whose name was destined to be long remembered, 
was also seeing a similar vision. That man was Mr. 
Frank S. Betz, of Hammond, Indiana. He has probably 
done more than any other man who ever lived to impress 
upon thousands and thousands of people the vital impor¬ 
tance and value of planting trees and tree seeds, and he 
distributed millions upon millions of both. Several years 
ago Mr. Betz’s health failed and he saw the necessity of 
getting someone to carry on his work. Whom could he 
have more logically chosen than this far-seeing man of 
the Tennessee hills, my father, Mr. F. C. Boyd? And 
Mr. Betz asked him this— 
“WILL YOU CARRY ON FOR ME ?” 
WE ARE PRESENTING THIS LIST OF FOREST 
TREE SEEDLINGS, SEED, AND LARGER PLANTS 
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE 
UNITED STATES, HOPING THAT WE MAY MAKE 
A FEW REMARKS THAT WILL ATTRACT THE AT¬ 
TENTION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN 
THE WORK OF REFORESTATION AND SOIL ERO¬ 
SION. 
It is our intention to sell these trees just as cheap as 
we possibly can, the thing that we want to do is to help 
the country and to make people realize the necessity of 
planting trees, preventing Soil Erosion. In this list we 
have done our best to get some facts and figures together 
that will speak for themselves. These figures are taken 
from Government and other bulletins that we have gath¬ 
ered together. Should anyone find any errors in this bul¬ 
letin we will be pleased for you to call our attention to it 
and we will gladly make the correction. 
If there is any information that we can give to you we 
shall be pleased to have you to write to us, and we will 
gladly be of any assistance that we possibly can. 
To the friends and customers of Mr. Betz, we are glad 
to tell you that he is getting along fine and is able to be 
out in the yard, but is still in the wheel chair, but physi¬ 
cally is in much better condition than he was a year ago. 
Mr. Betz has cooperated with us to the fullest extent and 
we all should appreciate th^uwarh-tbpt h? ha » d one t t hese 
many years. 
We hope that this bulletin will be of some benefit to 
you and when you are through with it, give it to one of 
your friends that is interested in the work that we are 
trying to do. 
How To Plant Tree Seeds 
Trees are easily grown from seeds and you can have thou¬ 
sands of them by selecting from our COMPLETE TREE SEED 
LIST. 
Put them in the open ground outdoors during fall or early 
spring. Do not cover too deeply and be sure to water them both 
before and after they come up. Any time during the second 
fall they can be transplanted to permanent locations. 
You can also grow them in pots or boxes in the house if you 
will water them occasionally after planting and put a paper or 
burlap over the soil. Lift this every few days and as soon as 
the first seeds sprout take it off and leave it off. Then water 
just enough to keep the soil from drying out. In spring these 
can be put in the open ground. * 
Some seeds will come up much quicker than others, so do not 
become discouraged if they do not sprout as soon as you think 
they should. 
Gullied Area on Farm in 1922, Before 
Planting 
Our country is going to be 
barren in a few years if we 
do not get busy and plant 
trees now. It seems that the 
many floods we have been 
having throughout the coun¬ 
try would show people that 
we are going to have to get 
busy and plant back trees 
where so many have been cut 
down in order to stop flood 
waters. Trees take up rain 
and prevent high waters. 
ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THIS 
FOLDER 
COPYRIGHTED 1939 
BY 
The Same Area in 1929. Note the growth Black Locust lias 
made in seven years. 
BOYD NURSERY CO., McMinnville, Tennessee 
