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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTUKAL SOCIETY 



in Wisconsin there was a piece of ground near the experiment 

 station that was tile drained. Close by was land that had been 

 manured in the fall. We had some nice warm weather for a few 

 days, the snow began to melt and the water in the tile began to 

 flow and the water that came out of that tile was very much colored 

 from the manure on the surface of the ground, and that made ^t very 

 evident that there was a percolation through the frozen ground. 



MY SCOTCH PINE WINDBREAK. 



PAUL P. KLEVANN, STARBUCK. 



The Scotch pine windbreak shown in the cut was planted in 

 1892. The size of the plants when set was between twenty and 

 thirty inches, five year old, and two times transplanted. Many of the 

 trees are now from sixteen to eighteen feet and over high. They 

 have had no cultivation but have been mulched twice with rotten 

 straw, and the weeds have been cut down every summer and left 

 upon the ground as a mulch. The trees are planted six by eight 

 feet apart. This windbreak serves two purposes : it shelters the 

 barnyard against the northwest storms and makes a cozy place for 

 the stock ; it protects the orchard on the west of it from the east 

 winds, so destructive to fruit blossoms in the spring. 



The Scotch pine is hardy here and seems to be perfectly at home. 

 It transplants easily and when once established will stand any kind 

 of weather. 



SCOTCH PINE WINDBREAK. 



