WORK OF BELLE FOURCHE EXPERIMENT FARM. 21 



year these seedlings will be transplanted into the field. The main 

 purpose of this experiment is to determine whethei seedlings grown 

 from seed in the locality will do better than seedlings shipped in. 

 Some black walnuts were grown from seed and made a good growth, 

 but, like the evergreens, they promise to do much better where they 

 have some protection from older trees. 



During the spring of 1912 a windbreak for the buildings and 

 orchard was started. This is below the ditch and will be irrigated. 

 When completed, this will consist of the following varieties Cotton- 

 wood, white elm, green ash, Russian oleaster, Siberian pea tree, 

 white willow, and possibly jack pine {Pinus banksiana) . The arrange- 

 ment of these varieties on the north and south is as follows In the 

 center there are eight rows of Cottonwood, flanked on either side by 



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Fig. K.— A view 01 the vegetable garden in early summer. 



six rows of alternate plantings of white elm, green ash, jack pine, 

 Russian oleaster (two rows), and Siberian pea tree. On the south 

 side there are four rows of white willows. 



VEGETABLES. 



The work with garden vegetables consists in growing a home 

 garden well stocked with the ordinary vegetables used on the I arm. 

 (Fig. 5.) All the common vegetables of the northern latitudes do 

 well on the project. It has been found advantageous at the experi- 

 ment farm to irrigate and plow the land the fall before the garden is 

 to be planted. 



ORCHARD AND SMALL FRUITS. 



Rather extensive tests of orchard trees and small fruits were started 

 in the spring of 1912. Although water was not available until June 

 7, very nearly a month after the trees were planted, a stand of about 



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