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EROTRERS
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
E HAVE a national anthem—"“The
Star Spangled Banner.” We have
& national flag—the Stars and
Stripes. The eagle is our national
bird (with the turkey as the “une
official national bird” on Thanks.
giving and Christmas!). Several
years ago a nation-wide referen-
dum to choose a natlonal flower,
conducted by the American Nature
association, resulted in the wil
rose polling the greatest number
of votes, getting almost twice as many as the
columbine, the nearest contender, and three
times as many as the violet, which placed third.
And now there Is a plan on foot for holding
a national referendum to choose a national tree,
thus giving us another symbol around which to
center our loyalty to our country
and Jannary, 1934, the people will register thelr
will as to what tree has the greatest appeal to
Americans, best typifies the American spirit and
has been an
letween now
important factor in our history,
The result of the poll will then be presented to
congress for whatever ¢ ‘hooses
in making the choice off
It is difficult dict what the result will
to take
be. Undoubtedly the vill many votes for
the elm because there is still fresh in our memo-
ries the thousands of elm trees which were plant.
ed last year, during the Washington bl-centen-
nial, In commemoration of Washington and of
the historic elm in Cambridge, Mass. under
which he took command of the Continental army.
No doubt some of the states will hope that
their official state tree will be honored by be
ing made the national tree. But that rather
limits the choice, for there are only six which
have such official state trees or trees so char.
acteristic of those commonweniths as to be state
trees, South Carolina is the Pi
it is doubtful if the palmetto ikely to he
the national choice. For the national tree should
tito state, but
be one which can be found in every section
of the country and the palmetto Is found only
in the south. The same consideration may pre
vail against Indiana’s official state tree, the tu
lip tree, and against that variety of the horse.
chestnut which has given to Ohlo its popular
name of the Buckeye state. California, no doubt,
would be well pleased to have its giant sequoias
or redwonds thus honored, hut there again rises
the objection that they are Indigenous to only
one part of the country.
Hllinois’ state tree is the oak and the oak is
found in one form or another in nearly every
part of the United States, But objection already
has been raised to this as the national tree he
cause it Is “hard hearted” and such a tree could
not very well typify the American people
If historic association Is to play a part In
the selection of a national tree, there are in.
numerable Individuals of several different species
which will demand consideration for their par
ticular kind.
Several years ago the American Tree associa-
tion, under the leadership of Charles Lathrop
Pack, embarked upon the landable enterprise of
establishing a hall of fame for trees and invit.
ing citizens in all parts of the country to nomi
nate historic trees in thelr communities for
places in this gallery of honor, The following Is
by no means a complete list of those which have
been registered in the hall of fame (some still
standing and others long since passed away) but
it will give an idea of the intimate association
of some monarch of the forest with some his
tory-making event:
Washington elm near Palmer Mass, on the
Springfield-Boston highway, of which It Is re.
corded that “beneath this tree Washington
rested and refreshed himself and delivered a
short address only three days previous to tak-
ing command of the army at Cambridge.”
Liberty tree, an elm which stood on Boston
Common and under which meetings to protest
against the Stamp act and other oppressions by
England were held by the patriots, It was cut
down In 1775, while the British army occupied
Boston, for firewood and for revenge upon the
“rebels”
Treaty tree, near Vincennes, Ind., sole sur
vivor of a walnut grove in which Gen. William
Henry Harrison held a council with the great
Indian chief, Tecumseh, August 12-16, 1810,
Boone's “Bar” tree, on Boone's creek, a small
tributary of the Wautauga In eastern Tennessee,
which while still standing bore the inscription,
carved by the noted ploneer, “I. Boon ellled A
BAR on this tree yenr 1700"
John Brown's tree, sn white oak near Bark-
hamsted, Conn, tader whose branches John
Brown of Osawatomie and Hurper's Ferry fame
pinyed as a child, ealling It “iny tree” and re.
visiting It every® tuue he returned to the an.
cestral home in Connecticut, It Is also ealled the
Council tree, because of its use for that purpose
by Indians of that vicinity.
Morse elm In Washington, D. ©, named for
Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph,
ADIN wOOD a UrBis wos
1. The Washington elm in Cambridge, Mass.
2. A forest of redwoods in California.
3. Tablet in Athens, Ga., which proves that
an oak tree “owns itself.” It reads “For and in
consideration of the great love | bear this tree
and the great desire | have for its protection
for all time, | convey entire possession of itself
and all land within eight feet of the tree on all
sides. William H. Jackson” This unique deed
was recorded early in the Nineteenth century by
Col. W. H. Jackson, at one time chief justice of
the Georgia Supreme court.
4. The Pan.American peace tree in Havana,
Cuba, which was planted In soil gathered from
the 21 American nations represented at a Pan.
American conference held in that city in 1928.
it is to be a shrine of peace and good will for
the peoples of the countries represented at the
conference,
8. The last living horse-chestnut tree planted
in a row of thirteen by George Washington In
Fredericksburg, Va. representing the thirteen
original colonies.
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who often sat beneath it and related to inter.
ested listeners the wonders of the telegraph.
Standing at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue
and Fourteenth street, this elm had looked down
upon every inaugural parade ever held in the
Capital,
Scythe tree, in Waterloo, N. Y. When Wyburn
Johnson enlisted in the Union army in 1861, he
hung his scythe in a crotch of a small tree, to
be left there until his return. He was killed in
battle and the tree in its growth enveloped the
scythe until now it is firmly embedded In the
trunk with only the point showing.
Wesley oak on St. Simon's Island, Ga. Under
this tree both John and Charles Wesley, found.
ers of the Methodist church in America, preached
their first sermons on this continent.
Webster tree near Franklin, N. H. On this
tree Daniel Webster bung his scythe when he
decided to go to Dartmouth college and “the
path from this tree led Webster to congress and
to the office of the secretary of state. He never
reached the Presidency, but he twice refused
the nomination for Vice President and in both
cusses the head of the ticket on which he would
have been elected died in office”
Council oak In Sioux City, Iowa, beneath which
Lewis and Clark camped and held one of their
first counclls with the Indians after leaving St.
Louis,
Battle Ground oak at Guilford Court House,
N, ©, also called the Liberty tree. It stands on
the battle ground of Guilford Court House, fought
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COuURTELY oF fig Sworn £rring
March 15 1781 tie that wan the Revo
lution™ nee ornwallis’ cost cltory there
led directly to Yorktown and his surrender. Gen
eral Greene sid to have }
this tree i
Kentucl
Pr anck
by Baron
first meet
was
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in the Pomona vall
Abraham Lincoln tree |
hackberry planted by Hohn Finn
the martyred President en Apri] 27,
day which the governor of lowa had designated
as a day of mourning for Lincoln. The tree is
now 110 feet high and nearly 12 feet around
The Donegal onk at the Donegal church In
Pennsyivania. Here in 1777 the congregation
was Interrupted by an express rider who roused
the countryside with the information that the
British army under Lord Howe had left New
York to Invade Pennsylvania. Tree and church
are in an excellent state of preservation
The Bath horsechestnut pear Bath, Pa, given
to Gen. Robert Brown by George Washington
as a token of friendship. Fruit from this tree,
known as the Friendship tree, has been planted
on the White House grounds and in each state
to establish “Washington Friendship Groves”
The Brandywine sycamore near the Brandy.
the Battle of Brandywine in 1777. The French
been wounded and since that time the tree
has been known as the Lafayette sycamore.
“The Lone Rentinel™
the river bridge in Dodge City, Kan. The tree
was there when the settlers came in 1871 and
Chief Satanta told the late A. J Anthony that
his tribe had named it “The Lone Sentinel” and
had record of it for years Tradition has it that
several horse thieves were hanged from this tree.
and the old cowboys and gunmen used to tack
targets on it for pistol practice. The trunk is
full of lead.
The General Sherman Sequola, declared to be
the oldest thing now living, It was of giant
growth at the time of the birth of Christ, al
most 2.000 yewrs ago. Today, at an age of more
than 4.000 years, it has a diameter of 384%
feet and a height of 250 feet. This tree is lo-
cated In Sequoia National park, where It stands
as a memorial to Gen. William Tecumseh Sher.
man as well as the undisputed monarch of the
ages.
The Naturalization tree in Kentucky, a sym.
bol of the American Spirit of today. Its fame
rests on Its service in connection with Amer.
fcanizing recruits at Camp Zachary Taylor dur.
ing the recent war. Under its branches thou.
sands of aliens took the oath of alleginnee upon
being mustered Into the ranks of the United
States army. On a single day this tree witnessed
the naturalization of 925 of these new Ameri.
cans and saw their salute to the flag of thelr
new citizenship.
The “Lonesome Pine” near Tate Springs, Tenn,
which was the model for the artist who linus.
trated John Fox, Jr.'s "Trail of the Lonesome
Pine” and which has become famous In song
And story,
(® by Western Newspaper Union.)
Potato Insects Cost Growers
Four Million Dollars
in Past Year.
By leslis B. Daniels. Deputy Siste Ente
maologist, Colorado Agricultural Colleges.
WNU Service,
Colorado's potato crop was damaged
to the extent of $3,702,000 during 1932
This estimate of damage is based on
last year. In normal years, the loss
£2 700.000)
this past season nlso have occurred
in Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Arizona
and New Mexico.
ground
These plants harbor millions of the in
sects from spring till fall
Farmers of Colatado have been gam
bling with psyllids for the past thirty
insects present throughout the state in
1932 would indicate that we are close
to a peak In numbers
peaks occur there are ordinarily nat
ural forces such as parasites that en
ter to reduce the population for the
Coming season.
When such
We know that a specific parasite
was doing effective work In destroy-
ing psyllids last season, although it did
not become active early enough to ef
fect the course of the disease,
Ris hi;
y¥ possible that the psyllig
insects will be 80 reduced in numbers
much ge this year. Although
this is highly possible we cannot pre
dict it with absoiute certainty because
we still have much to learn about the
psyllid
As to control of this insect through
ticides there is very lit-
tle that | can say We did treat 8 ids
in Morgan county with limes
the use of nsec
neither controlled
and oil Sprays but
the condition
We are expecting to continue rat
exiensive investigation ns on control th
HOR RON, funds are ms
avaiinble
Off Trees First Season
ard growers, in an effort
Ar proj
branche
Agric
when
throw out of
wit system and
water
little or no
uch wiser
ple rate 3
removing and this
branches in the top of
tree, here and there In the cent
and on the sides in order to open
the tree for the admittance of sunl
and alr
It is seldom advisable or necessary
n the neglected orchard to remove
limbs larger than 11% Inches in diame.
ter. It is true that occasionally limbs
larger than this will be found grow-
ing y undesirable places.—Missouri
Woman Leads Growers
and Wales have registered as wheat
Wales is being considered.
Farm Hints
club projects conducted In 1932.
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Rixty-one former 4-H club boys and
class at the State college of Washing
ton.
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Some farmers are seed growers and
most farmers are seed users; the seed
users would make more money If they
bought new seed every few years from
the growers,
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With modern machines 4000 men
enuld harvest the United States wheat
crop: with the equivalent of 8 cen
tury ago this task would employ sev-
eral million men,
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About 22000 pigs were ralsed in
Nevada in 1932, a decline of 7.000
from the previous year. This I= In
fine with a slight decline In pork pro.
dnction for the United States as a
whole,
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With 17 members owning 150 ani.
mals, the first rabbit club In the state
of Marsiand has heen organized.
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A statement issued by the fertilizer
division of the Dominion Seed branch,
Ottawa, shows that Canada Is now
self-supporting In essential fertilizer
items,
.
A farmer of Halifax county, N. OQ.
has over 60 per cent of his cultivated
mnd planted to cover crops and all
of It will be turned under for soll
improvement,
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Rov. Louis L' Empereur. apostolic
prefect for the Katanga, Belgian
Congo, writing In Libre Belgique,
gives particulars of the way in which
Belgian administration works indi
rectly agoinst polygamy among the
natives, Wives are purchased in the
Congo, often before birth, the sale
becoming effective only if the child
turng out to be a girl, A good wife can
be got for $560, although prices run
higher In some districts. Bargains
are obtainable, but the woman will
afterward reproach her husband with
not loving her, as he paid o little
for her
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