and the sheep left unprotected, often freeze in their tracks. 

 Wilds beasts suffering from hunger are driven by nature to 

 the settlements. The homesteader, if he has the determina- 

 tion to "stick it out," remains indoors as much as condi- 

 tions will allow. For months, the life on the plains is one 

 long tale of hardship. 



But go to any timber belt where the rush of the wind is 

 broken, and there in the shelter of the trees, will animals be 

 found. There, you will find the cabins of the homesteaders 

 who are fortunate enough to file on land which affords pro- 

 tection. There you will find the best example of what trees 

 mean to prairie lands. 



In Minnesota, willows and cottonwoods planted about a 

 40-acre field, will make an appreciable difference in crop pro- 

 duction within two years. Box elders, green ash, elms and 

 hackberries will all develop in from three to five years, then 

 evergreen and spruce may be substituted. But it is no use 

 trying to plant evergreens without some shade and protection 

 first. They will not develop. Get the smaller trees or bushes 

 in first, and let the big trees follow. Every farmer who does 

 this will get more from his ground, will make his farm a 

 better place for habitation and will add to the beauty of 

 our state. 



Capt. T. H. Pressnell, deputy clerk of the United States 

 court at Duluth, has been exhibiting some peanuts which 

 were grown last year on a piece of land at Stony Point, Ait- 

 kin county. Miss L. M. McPheeters, daughter of George Mc- 

 Pheeters of Stony Point, read somewhere of how the peanut 

 is cultivated, and determined to see what could be done with 

 it in Minnesota soil and in a Northern climate. She obtained 

 some seed and started her experiment. She had a very fair 

 crop and is extending her experiment this year. She hopes tc. 

 produce a peanut that can be raised in a climate as far north 

 as this to the extent of making it a new industry. 



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