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and not only in this state, but in the Dakotas, Kansas and Ne- 

 braska, tD cover the whole ground. I could talk a long time 

 upon this subject, but I do not wish to take up your time. 



One thing in regard to windbreaks. Only a few weeks ago I 

 was in Richland county. The gentleman whom I visited there 

 has timber on three sides of his farm. I was there when they 

 had a blizzard. There was no storm there at all. I looked in 

 the distance and there seemed to be clouds of sand and debris 

 flying in the air so that you could not see the timber one-half 

 mile away, but inside of this enclosure, ten acres only, every- 

 thing was quiet. The trees had only a growth of six or eight 

 years, there were no leaves, but still the protection was com- 

 plete. I was surprised myself to see what protection these 

 trees afforded; they were not evergreens, simply Cottonwood. 



This is a question that looks to me too large and too import- 

 ant for us to undertake to do anything like justice to it at a 

 meeting like this where such a short time only can be devoted 

 to its discussion; if we could have a day we could accomplish 

 something. 



QUESTION BOX. 



(1). "Pinus Murrayana grows on the Rocky mountains and 

 is plentiful in the Yellowstone Park at high elevations. Has 

 this pine been tried in Minnesota? Might it not succeed on 

 the western Minnesota prairies where white pine is tender 

 without shelter?" 



Pres. Elliot: That is the kind of pine they saw into lumber 

 in the mountains. 



(2). "Is the red pine (so called Norway) suitable for 

 prairie planting?" 



Pres. Elliot: It can be grown on the prairie. 



Prof. Green: It is the best pine in the state next to Scotch. 



