The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-03-12
TREES FOR WINDBREAk
Excellent Plan to Select a Num-
Der Of Species.
Not Much Time or Attention 10 Given
TO Arrangement Of Farm Build.
Inos and Planting Proper Shell
ter Around Them.

<By o. A. THOMPSON. Superintendent OF
Edgeley Sub Station)
In order to grow a windbreak or a
grove that will furnish shelter in
reasonable length of time in this dis
trict, it is an excellent plan to select
q number of species, each Of the fast
and the slow growing sorts in order
to over come the variations of climate
and SOIL The White and Golden Rus
sian willows, Green ash, Russian Wild
Olive and some of the evergreens like
the Jack pine, Black Hills spruce and
Western Yellow pine, make splen.
did combination for windbreak. The
same varieties may also be used for
planting in large blocks. The boxel.
der is generally not desirable for
planting In . grove because of its
habit of growing low heavy head
which IL easily broken by the wind
or lodging snow. For ornamental and
street planting choice should be made
of trees possessing symmetry of form
and attractive foliage, The American
White elm, green ash, Mountain ash.
and possibly boxelder, where heavy
shade is desired, are good sorts for
this purpose. The Norway poplar
might be used in some instances.
Very little time and attention is
usually given by farmers to choosing
. definite plan for the arrangement
OF farm buildings with reference to
planting a shelter belt around them.
In general, the buildings are placed
close to the road and in some in
stances even encroach upon 1t. This
Is serious mistake, and in time is
usually regretted. for 1t is practically
impossible to provide suitable shell
Aer belt for such an arrangement OF
Buildings, especially IL they are on the
north or west lines Of the farm. A
good plan would be to set aside not
1ess than ten to IS acres Of the best
soil of the farm to provide q suitable
site for buildings, stock yards, lawn
and garden, and to furnish sufficient
room for planting trees for protective
purposes. This area may be in the
form Of rectangle 600 by 700 feet, de-
pending, however, upon the plan of the
buildings and topography Of the land
with reference to the proper arrange,
ment Of the shelter belt The build
lngs should be set we'll back from the
public road In order that perfect
arrangement Of planting may be made
about them. 5 s.3St F8 Ri
The prevailing winds of district
will largely determine the arrange
ment OF planting a shelter belt about
the farm buildings To be effective
In the northwest, shelter should be
provided on the north, south and west,
with the heaviest paintings on the
north and west, as the extreme cold
winds usually blow from those direc-
lions. The shelter belt may vary from
i've to ten rods in width, leaving an
open space 100 feet wide between the
buildings in order that no drifting may
occur about them. The open spaces
on. the north and west may be used
for, a vegetable garden and small
fruits, but should not be used for 9
fruit orchard, as the heavy drifts may
break the trees badly. The fruit or
chard may be located between the
buildings and the planting on the
south. 5
The effectiveness Of : windbreak
will be largely Influenced by the kind
Of trees planted and the arrangement
Of the different sorts. Better results
are usually obtained when more than
one species aro used. Trees are 90