Canadian ForestTy Journal, November, 1919 



447 



FARM OF A SASKATCHEWAN SI-n'TLi:!; A 1 i . .\ : ,::- '. : .-: \i;ri.\^ 



Trees supplied by the Dominion Forest Nursery Station, Indian Head, Sasl<. 

 Photograph taken in 1919. 



trees there at all, therefore our shelter belts 

 should be wide enough and the trees close 

 enough to present a solid mass to throw the 

 wind over instead of allowing it to pass through 

 and dry up the soil underneath. 



These are the first principles we must ob- 

 serve in our farm forestry, dense shade and wide 

 belts. The moist condition of the soil under 

 the trees is the first consideration and this is 



the only way we can preserve it in a plantation 

 that is not irrigated. 



From this it would appear that all we have 

 to do in order to make a success of prairie 

 planting, is to plant trees with a dense shade, 

 and plant enough of them. This is quite true, 

 but another consideration enters here. 



MIXTURE OF TREES. 



Our choice of trees is very limited on the 



