Agent Cites Steps
Fer Planting Trees
The Agricultural Extension
Serv ee has some suggestions
f(T these Yancey County citizens
who plan to observe “Plant a
Tree Week” in North Carolina.
“Extension workers have
found that there are about eight
steps to the proper planing of
a tree,” said E. L. Dillingham,
County agr cultural extension
agent.
"If a person will follow these
steps, we beleve that newly
planted trees will come nearer
living and giv ng the satisfaction
for which they were intended,”
Dill ngham added.
Dillingham described the e ; ght
steps to proper tree planting
th s way:
1. Select the site for the tree
carefully. Be sure to look up
and avo'd planting trees under
neath low vines. Make sure the •
space is targe enough to acco
modate the tree you select.
2. Select trees that are adapt
ed to your locality. Your local
nurseryman can adv'se you on
tree selection. Also, your county
extension off ee has a tree bulle
tin that has a list of recommend
ed shade 'trees.
3. Be sure to dig a large hole
fer your tree. The hole should
be about s x inches deeper and
twelve inches wider than is nec
essary for the ball of soil or to
spread out the roots.
4. Set the tree the same depth
that it came out of the soil or -
ginally. You might allow one or
two inches for setting. Leave
tiie burlap on if the ball of soil
is wrapped. Pack the soil thor
oughly as the hole is filled. Add
peat moss or woods mold to the
fll dirt f your soil is poor and
hard Leave a ring of soil
around the tree to hold water.
5 For a tree that is six to ten
feet h gh. mix one-half pint of
superphosphate or bone meal
with the soil as the tree is plant
ed Use about one-fourth pint of
8 8-8 if superphosphate or bane
meal is net ava lable. Mix Hm
fertilizer thoroughly with the
so 1 as it goes into the hole.
6 Unless the tree was grown
in a container it will need some
prun ng to balance the loss «t
roots. Prune back all side I'mtM
around one-third. Do not cut the
top out of the tree if it has a
central leader.
7. Water the tree thoroughly at
the time of transplant ng, and
mulch w th three to four inches
of pine straw, bark or simitar
r ater al. Continue watering
about once each week dur ng the
spring if the ground becomes dry
8 Guy or stake all trees over
one to two inches in diameter.
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Ths can be done by driving a
stake beside the tree or by using
three wires anchored to stakes
a few feet from the tree. Be
siue to pad the trunk so the
wires wll not cut nto the tree.
“Trees serve many purpoees
in additon to providing beauty
of blossoms, fru't and leaves,"
Dillingham sa d. “They help to
purify the air we breathe. They
protect us from the sun and
w nd. They stab'lize our soil and
screen out objectionable views.
They also provide us with wood
for a thousand and one objects.”
Medicare
Enrollment
Period Ends
April I
The Asheville social security
district office wll rema n open
until 9:00 p. m.. on Monday,
April 1— the last day of the
Med care enrollment per od that
began on January 1 of this year.
James E. Robertson, district
manager, stated that the late
district off ce hours on April l
will be provided as an “extraor
dinary serv'ce and convenence
for any older people who, for
various possible reasons, have
failed to sign up before the last
day of th's enrollment period.”
Robertson explained that any
65-year old and older people who
neglect to sign up during the
present period will not have
another “open season” for the
medcal insurance enrollment
until January to March 1969
and then would have to pay a 10
percent higher monthly premium
because of filing one year later.
“Moreover, due to personal
events and c rcumstances, this
enrollment period will turn out
to be the last opportunity some
will ever have to enroll in th : s
health 'nsurance program. So I
urge all older people who do
not have this valuable health in
surance protection to seriously
consider sign'ng up now. And
you may take advantage of our
late houre on Monday, April 1.”
The social secur'ty distr'et of
fice is located at 50 South French
Broad Avenue, Asheville, N. C.
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