Dan Weiskotten, in discussing turnpikes, mentions elm trees in Cazenovia.
For what it's worth, I recall efforts to save Cazenovia's elm trees. In late
1940s and the 1950s bands about two to three inches wide were carved
(shallow) into the bark of the elms, and something which I recall was
yellowish was put there. I never saw the bands being carved, only they bands
themselves and was told they were to help prevent Dutch elm disease. I think
(and I believe that years ago I thought) that the yellow looked a lot like a
band of fly paper (remember that stuff?). The tree bands were perhaps 4 feet
above ground.
Each summer for several years, a tank truck would appear in the village and
pump a liquid high into the trees, the stream of liquid looking much like
water from a firefighter's hose only whiter. This also was an effort to
prevent the spread of Dutch elm disease.
I do not know who was responsible for the efforts but suspect the village
since the bands, and pump trucks, were everywhere in the village and I never
was aware of any outside the village.
Perhaps someone can shed some light on the bands about the trees, and
chemicals sprayed high into the trees only to rain down on the little
children playing beneath.