Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1911 — Uncle Sam Urges Planting of Trees [ARTICLE]

Uncle Sam Urges Planting of Trees

Agricultural Department Suggests Exercises For Public Schools. Arbor day, Which was founded away back in 1872 by the late J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska, who became secretary of agriculture under President Cleveland, is now observed annually in every state of the Union. The United States government has issued through the department of agriculture a pamphlet earnestly urging that the public schools everywhere hold exercises on Arbor day and instruct the children in the planting and the proper care of trees. The pamphlet gives some valuable suggestions for public school programs, Including this list of topics for Arbor day essays by the children or the instructors: “Celebrated Trees,’’ “Short History of Arbor Day.” “What Arbor Day Is For.” “How to Plant a Tree.” "Best Trees to Plank” “The Most Useful Tree.” “Trees and Their Relation to Birds.” “Trees and Their Relation to Fishes.” “Varieties of Trees on Our Farms'” “Schoolhouses—What They Are and What They Should Be.” “School Grounds—How to Improve Them.” “What the Leaves Do.” “Best Trees to Plant on the Roadside.” “Planting Nut Bearing Trees—Encouragement For It,” “Best Trees and Shrubs For Ornamental Planting.” “What to Do With Signs That Are Nailed to Trees and Fences and Painted on the Rocks." “How to Do Away With Rubbish on the Roadsides.” “Roads and Walks and How to Make Them.” “How to Make Arbor Day Most Useful." Uncle Sam also makes the following suggestions for recitation or declama-