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FIR8T ARBOR DAY IN 1872
(Continued from page 3)
There never was a habitable region,
however, that needed tree planting
more than Nebraska at the time of Its
settlement a generation ago. It may
be added that the need atlll exists and
always will, for our plains do not of
their own accord produce forests. Al
though Europe has long presented
notable examples of arborculture, It
was an eminent Nebraskan, J. Sterling
Morton, who, as president of the
State Board of Agriculture, touching a
popular chord, induced the citizens of
this state in 1872 to put in operation
the first publicly observed Arbor Day
in the United States. It la said that
during this first Arbor Day ngt less
than 1,000,000 trees were planted in
Nebraska. The plan met with such
spontaneous enthusiasm that two
years later Governor Furnas gave the
day ofllclal sanction, and In 1885 its
observance was more fully established
by the enactment of a law in this state
declaring ArborDay a legal holiday
The Idea rapidly became popular
throughout the United States, until
today nearly every state observes the
Tlayeither as a school holiday or a-;
legal holiday. The date for its observ
ance differs in the various states ac
cording to climatic conditions. In the
South the winter months are best for
tree planting; while In the North a
day In April or May Is generally desig
nated. Arbor Day is Nebraska's con
tribution to our national calendar of
holidays. It is lit, then, that we Ne
braskans should be especially zealous
In the observance-of-tha 22nl-day of
April each year.
Tbe older generation In Nebraska
were tree planter's; so much so that
llifi legislature qnce passed a joint
resolution to designate Nebraskain"a
popular sense "The Tree Planters'
State," as follows:
"Whereas, The State of Nebraska
nas neretoiore in a popular sense
been designated by names not in bar
monj with its history, industry or am
bition; and,
"Whereas, The State of Nebraska
is j)re-einXiientlyatree planting state;
and, '
"Whereas; Numerous wor-Uvy ami
honorable state organizations have by
resolution designated Nebraska as the
'Tree Planters' State,' therefore, be it
"Resolved, That 'Nebraska shall
hereafter In a popular sense be known
and referred to as the 'Tree Planters'
State.'" (2800 Cobbey's Annotated
Statutes, 1909, Ed. 1.)
As the younger generation became
men of affairs they found extensive
groves and thousands of miles of wind
breaks already established. Accus
tomed to fewer trees, than were their
fathers, who came from well-forested
states in the East or frojn northern
Europe, the young people came to feel
that trees were not so very essential
to prosperity and to contentment.
Land became more valuable; droughty
years, culminating in 1894, killed
many groves, and altogether the in
terest In tree planting suffered. The
older groves are declining', they need
restocking, and many windbreaks?
once effective, need repairing and un
derplanting. We are not now living
up to our sobriquet of "Treo Planters."
Wo heed to dlsBt'iuluule thu-iemrits-ot-scientiflc
Investigations as to the value
of windbreaks in conserving moisture
in the fields devoted to field crops.
The value of theso obstructions to tho
blighting hot winds of summer are
great and real, but too little appreci
ated. Intelligently handled woodlots
located on land less suited to agricul
ture can be made to produce a fair an
nual rental in posts and fuel, besides
contributing very largely to tho em
bellishment of the landscape and in
providing nesting places and abodes
for insectivorous birds, the allies of
the prosperous farmer. We need an
other treo planting revival, such as
that of forty years ago. As the gospel
of more trees, more. windbreaks and
more groves is preached,, backed by
tangible evidence aB to their valuo, we
shall experience the needed roformi
It Is an economic necessity. Fewer
mistakes in choice of species and In
tending them will be mado, for wo
shall profit from the experiences of
tho past.
Not only on the farms 6f Nebraska
Is the need of moro tree knowledgo
felt, but In tho cities, as well, much
tree reform would not bo amiss. Lin
coln, among other cities, suffers from
lack of control and supervision of its
stree trees. Too much individualism
Ja showjijn Uie choice of treo species,
In their spacing, and In their arrange
ment. Street trees wll come to be
considered adjuncts of the street and
not of tho abutting property; they
will sometimo be considered as be
longing to the street, In tho same
sense as dooB the curbing and tho
paving. The property owners do not
now exercise Individual choice of tho
style of curbing or tho kind of paving;
they will elect, In tho course of time,
to entrust tho city with full jurisdic
tion over tho street -trees, reserving
only the privilege of handling their
lawn trees according to thejr indi
vidual tastes. Imagine, If you please,
TheappearaTTCoof-a-clttssIe-Greok-tem
plebrnamonted with columns of vari
ous orders, Ionian, Doric and Egyp
tian; continue1 still further the ab
surdity by spacing these columns ir
regularly and often out of alllgnment.
Only a little less antagonistic to good
taste and art Is the ornamentation of
our streets with trees of different
species, Irregularis and usually too
closely spaced, and, in places, out of
alllgnment The only feasible pro--cedure
to accomplish the Ideal street
is to place street trees directly under
the supervision of a qualified city for
ester bacJtejLwith i sufficient city ordi
nances, and amply protecte(TTrom""Tiv
terference. Such measures are being
adopted by cities throughout the coun
try. Arbor Day serves to call atten
tion to these reforms.
The holiday has ben used to direct
attention also to ohr National Forests.
An area one-third greater than that of
Germany has been set aside, chiefly
In -tha West,. Iil order that the natural
resources may be put to their highest
continuous uses.
Theseforests -are
believed to contain one-fifth of all our
standing timber; those In tho Rocky
mountains alone are estimated to in
clude GO per cent of all our water
power, and the watersheds of tho Na
tional Forests receive precipitation
that Is used In Irrigating the greater
part of irrigated Western lands; while
tho pasture lands are being handled
in a manner to Insure Jio deterioration
and to provide an opportunity to tho
small stockman competing with tho
wealthy stockman. Tho scenic treas
ures of tho mountains are being guard
ed against private exploitation nnd
against the blight of fire and erosion,
In order that we and prosterlty may
more fully enjoy theso blessings of
nature. Subtle enemies of conserva
tion are always busy undermining the
policy of conserving our publlo natural
resources; unrestrained private ex--Hloltatlon-annnalB
to their Instincts for
greed. Eternal pubircTfgIlawcKrlrthr
price wo must pay to retain our public
inheritance; and Arbor Day may well
bo devoted to tho consideration of
these matters.
"What does ho who plants a tree?
He plants cool shade and 'tender rain,
And seed and buds of'days to be,
And years that fade and flush again;
Ho plants tho glory of tho plain;
HoTlnnts tho forests heritage;
Tho harvest of a coming ago;
The joy that unborn eyes shall see
These things he plants who plants a
tree. Brunnor.
W. J. MORRILL.
If at any time the University au
thorities desire rain, simply schedule
a field trip for Foresters and it
doesn't rain it just pours, Formals,
although not quite so successful, also
bring good results.
Why Foresters Never Marry"."
It fills us with regj-et several inches
deep to noto that tho nttitudo of the
peoplo In tho different rurnl com
munities toward members of tho For
est Service remains practically un
changed. The averago son of tho soil
has not today and never has had any
uso for "Rangers" In a social way. In
deed, he seems to shun them from his
home ns our maltese kitten does a
bob-cat, and not a single Instance of a
farmer taking one of theso corduroy
and leather sons of Satan Into tho
bosom of his family has ever been re
corded .In -modern. Jilatorx
A fqw cases have come under our
observation during- our years of ramb
ling, where some young forester, fresh
from the incubator of knowledgo would
have tho temerity to call upon
tho daughter of some doctor of agri
culture and bo allowed to stay for
awhile, meanwhile being shown that h0
was about as welcomo ns a rattlo
snake. Tho closing chapter would gen
erally come about 9 o'clock p. in., by
papa going out on tho front porch, and
after taking a weather observation,
watering tho flowers and blowing taps
would put out tho cat and tho dog and
the ranger and the lamp, and the
Tamlly wouiti renroTWhen-tho-youngH
forester would generally adjust his
collhnation, take an observation on
Polaris, and If his standards were not
too badly bent, would probably tie
into camp about midnight, having
learned a lesson In modern engineer
ing that was not In tho tqxt books;
while the rosy-cheeked country lass
would go to bed and weep bitter tears
of angdn- -
And still peoplo are continually harp
ing on the same old question of why
girls leave home, and why so many
rangers never marry.
- -There's iLJ!easo nWjjckly K a I in I in .
A forestorn's life Is one big collec
tion of E's Eat and sIEEp, but don't
mErry.
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