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]\Ir. Frank Yahnke : I must dispute that point a little in regard 

 to not finding- a sale for the Minnesota crab. I can sell Minnesota 

 crabs as fast as I can bring them to market. I have got the same 

 market Mr. Allen has, and I cannot bring them in too fast to suit 

 my customers. 



Mr. Seth Kenney : I raised the Minnesota crab, and they were 

 about the only apple the boys would not steal. (Laughter.) 



Mr. C. E. Older: Before the Minnesota comes in season it is 

 not good for anything. When it comes into season we can market 

 in our place all we can grow. 



Mr. J. S. Trigg (Iowa) : It will give the small boy a bigger 

 stomach ache than any apple I know of. (Laughter.) 



Mr. D. T. Wheaton : I believe that is the apple a good many- 

 people are loolcing for. 



NOTES ON THE WINDBREAK. 



A. TERRY, SLAYTON. 



You must remember that I come from a portion of the country^ 

 that is perfectly treeless. When I first went there we had nothing to- 

 break the wind, arid to speak about growing apple trees in such a. 

 country as that seemed almost ridiculous. I considered that by 

 planting forest trees at the same time that I planted hardy apple 

 trees, they would grow sufficiently fast for a protection. I remem- 

 ber I used to plant a row for every foot in height, supposing that 

 would give protection on one side. I made my first experiment on 

 the open prairie, digging the holes and planting, in my ignorance, 

 the Fameuse apple tree, and immediately following it by a willow 

 hedge. However, absurd as it may appear, it was a step in the right 

 direction. I found the Fameuse apple was very well protected by the 

 willow hedge that was planted afterward. 



I have heard so much from our society about beautifying our 

 homes. One of my greatest anxieties was to keep the boys at home, 

 and another anxiety was to get good neighbors, and I believe a man^ 

 located out on the open prairie can do nothing better than to plant 

 apple trees and plant shelter groves, and we should use all of our 

 little judgment as to what kind of a shelter grove we plant. I passed 

 the other day a shelter grove where a large amount of money had 

 been spent, and there was only one kind of tree, that was the Cot- 

 tonwood, and the faster they grew the less shelter they were, and 

 they compared well in color with the snow beneath them. Again I 

 should have other trees planted near them. After having planted 

 there several times I have come to the conclusion that the most im- 

 portant point is to plant nurse trees ; that is to say, plant the largest 

 number of trees that are not the liealthiest and hardiest, and it will 



