Hunt For Perfect Tree Takes Forester's Time
Gene Brunk at the state tree nursery leads Missouri's tree improvement program started in 1967. He spends most time on black walnut, with other focus on cottonwood pine and red cedar. He has 80 superior black walnuts from thousands sifted, seeking straight trunk fast growth and good pruning. He has found three state champions, including a persimmon at Big Oak Tree State Park, and notes tree production is agriculture on slow motion.
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Diogenes
Galahad
Ulysses
Frankie
Johnny
Gene Brunk
Brunk
Department of Conservation
Missouri
United Methodist
Marshall
American Forestry Assn
Big Oak Tree
Mexico Ledger reports on tree growth and logging quirks
The March 27 1971 Mexico Missouri ledger notes trees take decades to reach maturity. Cottonwoods are propagated by cuttings with Brunk firing tops with a .22 rifle to produce shoots. Walnuts are mostly seed planted. One walnut tree yielded twenty six hulls in a five gallon bucket. Brunk and Columbia forester Fred Whitt flagged a railroader for a ride back to the crossing to avoid carrying the heavy load, the conductor rushing to beat a 5 09 schedule.
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Brunk
Columbia
Fred Whitt
Tent Caterpillar Webs Return to Missouri Orchards
State Entomologist Lester H. Barrows warns of a spring surge of the Eastern Tent Caterpillar across Missouri. Egg masses on cherry trees signal heavy defoliation unless eradicated, with worst impact in the St Louis area and Southeast Missouri. Handpick egg masses or destroy webs while small. for large trees use carbaryl spray when caterpillars reach about half an inch.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Lester HH. Barrows
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Barrows
St. Louis
Agriculture Dept Reports Food Donations Rise to 2.1 Billion Pounds
Washington AP says the Agriculture Department tallied total food donated to needy persons and institutions at 2.1 billion pounds for the last fiscal year, up from 1.9 billion the prior year. The commodities were valued at 513.3 million dollars, versus 458.3 million.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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