, 1927-05-25

VIII occur following the planting of
the stock. AS with all types of
farming, the more favorable the
climate, and the better the care.
with a good soil, the better the re-
suits that you IAN expect. 1t is
folly for anyone to plant trees and
shrubs in Wyoming unless they are
going to care for them like they
do their garden. The soil should
not have very much alkaIi, and
most of u soils have more lime
than we need, and heavy manuring
OF the soil when the trees are plant
ed help to counteract the alkaIinity
of the bad soils. Any good garden
SOIL Will grow good trees and
shrubs.
Probably no other one develop
ment of the farmsteams of Wyom-
ing will give a more homelike APP
pearance than a good windbreak,
and 1t seems that n landscape
scheme that did not incorporate a
windbreak would be incomplete.
Seeding nursery stock may be
brought from your Agricultural
College which has a free bulletin
giving information on ~windbreaks.
Mr.. Quayle, Director of Experiment
Farms gives the following direc-
tions for planting an effective wind
break.
The width of the shelter belt, to
be effective, will vary in different
lscalities, according to the severity
of the winds. 1t should consist of
at least several rows of h~igh-branch
trees, alternated with low-branching
varieties. If the rapid growers are
put on the windward side, they
will tend to protect the others.
however. when the plan is reversed,
that is, increasing the height of the
trees from the windward side in,
1t proves a more effectual barrier
to the snow and results in less
strain on the trees. A total width
of 100 feet should be used for an
effective windbreak. Where land is
limited any width down to so feet
wide will give good results, and
even smaller widths would be worth
many times the cost but, of course,
one or two row of trees could not
be depended upon to give entire
protection from strong winds.
The following planting order will
be found satisfactory on irrigated
farms, with rows 10 feet apart.
Two rows of Russian olives or
willows on the windward side, thu
trees being six feet apart in the
rows.
Two rows of green ash six feet
apart.
Two rows of cottonwoods of box
elders six feet apart.
Two rows of green ash six feet
apart.
One row of willows or Russian
olives six feet apart.
Two rows of pine or sprice six
feet apart.
Irrigate thoroughly and often UNI
til late summer and again after the
leaves fall. AS the trees crowd
each other some of them may be
removed to facilitate grawth and
cultivation.
A suggested arrangement of
planting for dry-lands in Wyoming
below 5000 feet elevation would be
as follows, starting on the wind
ward side.
Two rows OF Russian olives or
caraganas.
Two rows of green ash of honey
locust.
Two rows of cottonwoods or
Northwest poplars.
Two rows American elms.
One row western yellow pine.
twenty feet should be allowed be-
tween the row of Russian olives
and the first row of western yellow
pine.
In this plan the spacing should
be ten feet apart each way If af-
ter the trees have made several
years growth a deficiency of mois-
ture as indicated some of the trees
should be removed so that continu-
ed growth will be maintained. Ere
quent cultivation to check weed
growth and to keep a surface mulch
are important in starting the young
trees and keeping them growing.
The principles involved in these
recommendations are the planting
of a thick hedge row on the wind
ward side SO that the sweep of the
wind will be raised into the rec
tops instead of blowing under the
branches. The evergreens on the
leeward side of the shelter belt are
for the sake of appearance, and es-
pecially for effectiveness as a win
ter shelter belt. There are, of
course. conditions which will neces-
state changing these recommends
tons, and under such circumstances
special advice and instructions may
be had by addressing the Expert
ment Station of Laramie.
To many of you, your childhood
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