Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-05-10

some large kind here and there
will be benefit 50 long as they
are not too thick.
The outside of your wind break
should also be of some close grow
ing kind and not too high, but for
another purpose that of stopping
the wind and snow at or near the
edge of the grove instead Of letting
it pass through underneath the
larger trees when they have
grown up After you have been
bothered with the snow piling up
around your bull Iings. as the
writer has for a few winters past.
you will be in a position to APP
prtcia,e the above advice. There
are undoubtedly many that are in
the same position, and with us
there is onl y one remedy, and
that is to plant another break
farther away and at the farther
edge Of the present one t. effect
| ually stop the snow.
| In this case, few rows of plum
trees will come in we'll, as they
will soon fill in the space; then
on the outside Of these, few rows
| of raspberries or such small bushes
will close the lower spaces. In
our case the trees were planted
before we got the farm and there
was no place for us to build but
quite near the north edge; and
without break across the way,
we are in for this trouble for some
time However, we made a mis-
take in locating our barns and
yards, as these could have been
located farther away and have
been free from the piling of snow,
but we built these when we knew
less about Dakota conditions than
We do now; and it is with the hope
Of helping others to avoid these
mistakes that we are writing this.
Now as to kind of trees to plant.
We wish that more of our Dakota
people could be made to under
stand that it is no harder to make
a fruit tree grow (of those adapted
to this climate) than most other
trees, and many Of them will go a
long way in providing a wind
break as we'll as in furnishing
fruit for the use of the owners.
And as to shade, we would just as
soon rest in the shade of the old
apple tree as any other, and so
! will any kind of stock.
Then why not plant fruit trees
instead of others? Some one says
they cost more. Well, yes, posi-
1 bly, SO, especially if bought of
some irresponsible agent from
| some far off nursery, but the first
cost of tree is so insignificant in
|comparison to the car to be taken
/ of them afterwards, and the bene-
fits to be derived, that we do not
think t',at any one will give it any
serious consideration. How many
apples will tree have to bear to
pay the first cost?
l. In most parts of the Dakota, the
wild plum can be had for the
digging, and when set out and
cared for, yield an abundance of
fruit that will compare we'll with
many an expensive kind; and this
soon makes 50 effective a wind
break that it should be planted il
only for that. The impression
that many have. that fruit will not
do well in the Dakotas is not
founded on facts. Wherever wild
fruit will grow we'll and bear well
others will also, but it should no,
| be expected that they will do g.
| by simply sticking them in the
| sod and paying no attention t
/ them afterwards. Produce con.
| ditions where you want your trees
as nearly as possible, as are foune
| whore the wild fruit grows, ant
| they will grow for you also.
II Plant fruit trees if possible; bu
| plant trees.-Dakota Farmer.