UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



BOZEMAN, MONTANA 

 MARCH, 1918 CIRCULAR 78 



Trees and Shrubs on the Farm 



BY 



O. B. WHIPPLE, Horticulturist 



AND 



C. C. STARRING, Assistant Horticulturist 



The people who have but recently made their homes in Montana, 

 especially those on the dry farms of the State, will hardly fail to 

 appreciate the value of trees when looked at purely from the stand- 

 point of pleasure. Some who have lived on Montana farms longer 

 may have become accustomed, in a way, to their surroundings, and 

 the absence of trees no longer causes discontent. They have grad- 

 ually come to believe that trees and shrubs can not be grown under 

 existing conditions. And possibly there are a few who do not appre- 

 ciate trees and shrubs. However, as a protection from the glaring 

 sun and drying winds in summer and severe cold in winter, trees 

 and shrubs properly planted and cared for can not but add to the 

 comfort of the home and, to most of us, contribute no little amount 

 of pleasure. But comfort and pleasure are not the only returns the 

 planting of trees and shrubs may bring to those upon the farm. 



Note. The information contained in this circular is presented with the 

 non-irrigated farm uppermost in our mind, for it is on these farms that difficul- 

 ties are most often experienced in growing trees and shrubs. Many of the sug- 

 gestions are nevertheless applicable to the irrigated farm and in the later pages 

 will be found some special advice for those who use irrigation water. We feel 

 that the. circular will answer well the many demands for information which 

 come from every part of Montana. 



