. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 942 Rural School Leaflet. where it grows ? TREES Alice G. McCloskey T is surprising how many persons in the world have lived among a number of different kinds of trees all their lives and yet scarcely know one from another. There is no better way to train the mind than to become a good observer. To study the trees in your neighborhood will help to t
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 942 Rural School Leaflet. where it grows ? TREES Alice G. McCloskey T is surprising how many persons in the world have lived among a number of different kinds of trees all their lives and yet scarcely know one from another. There is no better way to train the mind than to become a good observer. To study the trees in your neighborhood will help to train your mind for many other lines of work. We are hoping that every boy and girl in rural districts this year will be able to give the names of at least twenty-five trees in the vicinity of the school. If you come across a tree that no one can name for you, let us have a small piece of one of the branches, if possible with a leaf or two. If you want to know the name before the leaves come out, we shall probably be able to identify it from a twig. With the specimen that you send, be sure to give a description of the shape and size of the tree and tell us -inwood, orchard, or along the wayside. Some people become familiar with trees without observing closely all the parts. The writer knows an old woodman who in one day named more than fifty trees by merely looking at the bark; he did not seem to notice the leaves at all. Years ago this man had been sent to cut lumber in the forest and had become familiar with the different trees that were needed. It is a good thing, however, to know the trees by the leaves, by the blossoms, and by the habit of growth, as well as by the kind of bark. The special tree for study in New York State this year is the locust. This is a valuable tree because the wood is tough and strong and does not decay easily. From the locust tree railroad ties and posts are made, and it is used for other purposes for which a strong, tough, durable wood is needed. Th
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