East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-30
URGES W|NDBREAKS
FOR COLUMBIA BASIN
PULLMAN FORESTRY PROFESSOR,
SAYS MILLIONS CAN
BE SAVED.
Western Yellow Pine. Utah Juniper,
Red Juniper and Jack Pine Are
RecOmmended-Iigh Lands of Co.
liimbia Need Protection.

The use of windbreaks as protec.
| ton to the light soils of the Columbia
river basin is the solution which Pro-
lessor George Clothier. head of the
forestry department at the Washing.
ton state college at Pullman, offers
Tor the problem Of preventing excess
sive blowing and shifting of the soil
in that region.
Despite the fact that many forest
ers maintain that successful forest
windbreak cannot be grown on less
than Is inches of rainfall. Professor
Clothier believes that with the proper
selection of trees, windbreaks can be
produced on less than the above am
cunt of rainfall and is preparing a
bulletin on the subject
1t is recommended that four rows
of trees, with rows eight feet apart
| and the trees three feet apart in the
row be planted upon the windward
side of exposed tracts. Needle leaved
trees are preferred on account of their
drouth resisting qualities. The follow
ing trees are recommended: Western
yellow pine, Utah juniper, mountain
req jumper, ana jack pine.
In setting out the windbreak lower
| growing trees or shrubs should be
planted on the outer edge to direct the
wind upward. In this manner an ef-
| ficient protection will be furnished
within a few years.
The time for planting is somewhat
later than that for ordinary orchard
planting, ranging from the first to the
last of April. Care should be taken
in planting to prevent drying out of
the young trees, and also. when trees
are set frequent watering will prove
beneficial. In concluding his report
Professor Clothier states:
| ''The total cost of planting a farm
windbreak ought not to exceed $25
per acre, and when we consider that
every planted acre will in the long
run protect ten acres from destruc-
tive blowing the outlay does not seem
large. If this method of reclamation
and conservation were practiced in
the Columbia basin it would mean
many millions of dollars in added
wealth to the state"
Kerr-GiffOrd Co. Changes Policy
News that the Kerr Clifford Co. is tc
withdraw from the interior grain
brokerage business has been the chief
J subject of interest in local wheat cir
cles today. 1t is understood the COM
pany has adopted a general plan that
calls for abolishing it's local office.
in various parts of the Inland EN-
mir f1t 3 he N,.a.
, mess through it's main offices in Port.
land, Seattle and Tacoma. The man.
ager at Walla Walla has been siver
orders to close his office and an.
nounces that he will do so withir
about. six week.
William Courier, local manager o
the Kerr-Gifford company stated thi
morning he was not fully informed a.
| to the company's plans. However, H.
says the local office will not be closet
as he will keep the office going per
sonally. Nor will the company
warehouses in this county be closed
. The most of those warehouses havin
q been taken over personally by MI
Courier some time ago. According t
Mr.. Courier the closing of the WALL
Walla office has no significance as ia
as the company's business is concern
ed in this county.
Adopts One ROadmaster Pian-On
road master for all Wallowa county
and w. P. Nefby holding the position
that is the program practically
agreed on by the county court, say
the Record Chieftain. Some month
ago the court announced that it woul
do away with the old system of som
&c road supervisors, each in charge O
district. 1t was proposed that tn
county be cut up into three large dis
tricts with a road master over each.
!,
! Ontario Horse Sales-The hors
n business has been brisk at Ontario re
] Gently II. o. Brown of Twin Fall
has just purchased carload Of drai