Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 1938 — Page 41

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Showing planned distribution of trees in a typical shelterbelt ‘planting in one township, Hanson County, South Dakota.

MERS’ HOPE

Man-Made Windbreaks Will Soften Ravages of Great Plains Winds.

By NEA Service

Uncle Sam’s shelterbelt trees root

in the prairie soil across six thousand miles of the Great Plains, sturdy hope of a new prosperity in Western farming.

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Less than four years after the| of shelterbelt planting in Great Government planted the first tree,| plains’ region up to June, 1938.

an Austrian pine, on the farm of H. BE. Curtis near Mangum, Okla., much of the gigantic project already has exerted marked influence on adjacent land. Crops grow where formerly it was impossible and shelterbelt plantings . themselves have attained. 92 per cent survival in some parts. . From the Dakotas to Texas, long rows of ash, elm, locust and many other varieties shed for another winter. They cover 6858 miles in "six states, serve almost 14,000 farms. Nearly 85 million trees cover 106,000 acres. This man-made windbreak is not, of course, a cure-all for the ills of agriculture. But tree planting is essential in the stabilization of prarieplains farming, protecting crops, soil, ~ stock, game. Wind erosion is one of . the most destructive forces in the plains, and shelterbelts, properly Jocated, will check and control this movement of soil, Federal forestry experts contend. Case of Casey Cited ‘Take the case of Ed Casey, who farms near Mitchell, S. D. Early in © 1935, dust and wind had just about licked Mr. Casey. Seriously he considered abandoning his farm and moving to the Pacific Northwest. Then came the shelterbelt project. Mr. Casey agreed to co-operate in|® the work as a last resort. : The planting began on his farm "in April, 1935, while the wind still whipped black soil wholesale from his land and sent it whirling into

some other state. Workmen found wes

fences completely buried by drifting topsoil. But somehow they

: anchored the tree roots. c The story shifts now to 1937 when

. ‘Assistant Chief E. W. Tinker of the Forst Service visited the Casey

farm. Mr. Casey had decided to|m

stick. Where two years earlier the topsoil covered his fences he now exhibited a fine crop of watermelon.

A cottonwood tree planted in 1935 a

was slightly more than 20 feet tall. Birds had come back to build nests

COMMITTEE NAMED FOR TEGH SENIORS

One From Each Roll Room On Senior Groups.

Senior class officers at Tech High School today announced the names of members of 14 senior committees. One person has been chosen from each roll room. The committees and their mem-

bers are as follows:

Constitution: Ralph Brown der, Margaret Ann Gaynor, Joan fot Marvin Ron. Gloria Maitlen, Paul Richey and Jerry Weaver.

Colors: Joan Burton, Eileen Casey, MarJarcite Cross, Vora Jean Gree Eddie arrison, Dorotny Mitchell, Betty "Mueller and Miriam art. Pictures: Sentita Brown Frank V. Conway, James Heppner, William Landrum, Carl La wson, Rovena Smith and Betty Str aim. Announcements: Balco, Mildred Courmes. Winifred. Curtis, Marjorie Henkle, Mildred Landers, Raymon nd Lee, Marian Smith and Gee Sen Senior Pins: Manuel Cardenas. ®horothy Cooks, John Graf, Walter Grover, Mary Edith Rs. John Logan, Frances isk and Fred Wolf. pie “Tea: Mary Lou AlbertCharpie, Jeanne Glascock, et ther r, Edna Jose an Jean Mc1 Scha let and Ward. Commencement Flowers: Eile Bauer, Chopson, Elizabeth Gladden, Mary arper, Frances Landram, ‘Esther Jpeacham, Betty Robison. and- Kathryn

Gite: Donald Brenner, Donald Clark, Ruth Diss, John Hardy, Jean Kercheval, Glenn Morrow, Walter Salmon and Rob-

ert Wenriek. James Alspaus , . Robert Glass, Robert Heath, HarMendenhall, Evelyn Pierson and Virginia Warner Spring Party: Betty Buchanan, Alma Coffey, Jimmie Ayan Thelma Huntrr, Rosemary McInturf, Janet i Jeanette Yanosd ol. Gen Acquaintance: William Andrus, Richard Coffin, Thomas Fitzgibbon, Carrie Huffman, James F. Johnson rry Meyers, Forest Risley and Alice Belle Young. Scholarship: Warren Burres, Richard ark, Grace s, Yio Haynes, Fran wski, cel. Manis, TIE Plzze’ Siow Virginia Washe

and even pheasants were taking us in tila Jo Brita i a bert

refuge in the new growth. Said Mr. Casey: “South Dakota -* sure looks good to me again.”

Many Refuse Co-Operation ’

The Government by no means found co-operation in every locality such as Mr, Casey offered. Count-

in, orman _ Gripe, Robert Lamb, Jean Lindsteadt, Jackson © Conneth Herbers. Wrancher Mas Bradi us ec Beula ae Bradley, Victor PL Clark, Robert Geckler, Bett toy Hargrave, Marvin enaur, Betty Lemen, Gladys Moyer and Wiburta Wills.

‘CHRISTMAS GIVING’

less farmers considered the project PRINCIPLES OUTLINED

impractical and still do. In June, 1936, a check was made to determine the percentage of sur-

Four principles in Christmas giv-

vival. It was found that of the|ing were outlined today by. the case

trees planted in 1935, 77.3 per cent|work committee of the Council of were. growing, while of the trees|o i.) agencief,

planted in 1936, 82.4 per cent were ., The summer of 1936 brought the worst drought in the plaths’ history. A check in September, however, showed that 51.2 per

The considerations suggested: are to help the families plan their own celebrations, allow the parents to

cent of the trees still were alive. In|Play Santa Claus, let them select

1937 and 1938, as high as 92 per cent survived. “If the tree-planting program now being instituted had been: accom- ~ plished 50 years ago, or even 25,” forestry officials concluded in a recent report on the shelterbelt, “untold millions of dollars worth of permanent damage to the soil would have been avoided, thousands of ~~ farm families would be prosperous . instead of destitute, the nation would be in a much better situation in regard to future food supplies, and human health over half: the country would not be endangered by dust-laden air.” Covering a zone roughly 100 miles wide, the shelterbelt. runs through ‘the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Ok‘Jahoma and Texas. It covers 685 miles in North Dakota, 862 in South ‘Dakota, 1410 in Nebraska, 1201 in Kansas, 1533 in Oklahoma and 1667 in Texas. It serves from 1657 farms in North Dakota to 2760 in Oklathoma. More than five million trees ‘were plantéd the first year, more than 40 million in 1938. In North Dakota, the shelterbelt centered in the greatest springwheat producing area of the United

States; in South Dakota and Ne-|

‘braska in. the corn belt; in Kansas the ‘wheat belt and in Oklahoma in the cotton territory. 8% acres of these trees will PB ao to the average 160visualizes Ean: Stirs a network entire. Great:

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the gifts and dinner for the family so that they will be both appropriate and desired, and allow the children. to plan surprises for each other and for their parents.

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