TREE PLANTING ON MINNESOTA PRAIRIES. 



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tion is a narrow belt the most of the snow will drift on the lee side 

 of the belt outside of the boundaries containing the trees. 



The snowbreak should consist of an L-shaped belt of trees one 

 or two rods wide, planted about ten rods to the windward of the 

 main forest plantation, that is, on the north and west sides in Min- 

 nesota. The main body of this belt may be planted with cheap 

 species of trees, such as white willow, cottonwood, box elder, etc., 

 whose breakage will not be any great damage to the plantation or 

 much loss to the planter. The row on the extreme north and west 

 should consist of a tall growing species, an evergreen such as pine 



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Plan for snowbreak on the prairie. 



or spruce being preferable. The open space ten or twelve rods wide 

 between the snowbreak and the main forest plantation will serve as 

 a trap for the snow, into which the drifts will be piled. 



The location of the forest plantation will also be determined by 

 the amount, kind and position of any waste land that may happen 

 to occur on the farm. It is always a good financial policy to utilize 

 the waste corners of the farm for forestry purposes whenever 

 possible. 



Establishing a Forest Plantation. — Even after two or three 

 decades of experience in tree planting in the prairie states the popu- 



