Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1917 — TREES MUST BE PROTECTED [ARTICLE]

TREES MUST BE PROTECTED

' y. . '+3i Once Attacked by Disease There la Little Hope That They Can x£Z--— r Be Preserved. ...... Trees die from many causes, but few indeed die from the top downward, probably far less than I per cent. A tree may starve or die of thirst, but the great majority die from diseaPe, few succumb primarily to ravages of insecta or other pests, though these materially aid in hastening death. Fungous disease is the most potent factor in the destruction of large trees. The much-dreaded and fatal disease of the chestnut now ravaging some eastern states is one of them. We occasionally find a hugp oak which suddenly dies when apparently, in f#B vigor and health. After attack no remedial measures are known.