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of which material could be used for posts. These trees 

 should be cultivated until they cover the land well. They 

 should begin to yield some fuel within six years from 

 the time cuttings are planted, if they are set two feet 

 apart in rows eight feet apart. 



13. A farmer living on the open prairie in Northwestern 

 Iowa wants a windbreak and wood lot; more particularly 

 desires a windbreak for buildings and a shelter for stock. 

 Docs not think of raising firewood or his own fence posts. 

 Can a windbreak be worked to advantage as a wood lot 

 in such a case? 



Answer: Under such conditions the windbreak should 

 be made somewhat wider than recommended on page 

 57 so as to include as much area as to give the wood, 

 desired. In cutting under such conditions, it would be 

 desirable to cut not more than one-half of any portion 

 of the windbreak at one time, so ' that' fts Value as. a wind- 

 break would not be impaired at any time.\ Working in 

 such a way would require a "rotation"period of about ten 



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years. It would probably bo bost'.jtp plant this largely 

 with White Willow; but. if the soil, is hoavy or somewhat 

 inclined.. to be moist, Jt.^WuT^'^e^. good*. plan 'to put m 

 some Soft Maple and Box-older."' '.' /V/.' 



14. A has five acre- i;i Catalpa'J.in Kastern Kansas 

 which were planted 'seven years, ago, ^4X-4 fe apart, 

 to see what could be done^in^growing them, for.' telephone .. 

 poles. He finds that they^are so, very crooked and^branch- 

 ing that they will be worthless for this purpose, and asks" 

 what is the best treatment. 



Answer: Catalpa -will seldom grow straight enough 

 for telephone poles u;h'en managed . in this way. The 

 best treatment for this 'tree is. to* allow Jt "to grow natu- 

 rally until five years old, and then cut the whole stand off 

 at the surface of tho ground in winter or early spring, and 

 allow but one sprout to grow from each stump. The 



