1905 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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very difficult, and where the subsoil is 

 dry to great depths tree growth is 

 precluded. 



The location of every forest planta- 

 tion on a farm will largely be deter- 

 mined by the size, position, and shape 

 of the fields. The private and public 

 roads will also have influence. No 

 farm can be properly laid out without 

 considerable thought having been de- 

 voted to the adjustment of the subdi- 

 visions of it ; and when permanently 



causing snowdrifts in winter to cover 

 up the residence and barns and hinder 

 the work on the farm. Provision for 

 proper circulation of air about the 

 buildings in the summer should also be 

 made. For this reason the forest belts 

 en a farmstead should enclose a liberal 

 allowance of space around the build- 

 ings. The position of the buildings 

 with reference to other parts of the 

 farm and with reference to neighbor- 

 ing farms will also determine in a 



Grove of Aspen Sold to Planter for Prairie Planting as "Yellow Cottonwood." All 

 Have Died Except the Clump Shown, which Occupies a Basin with Very 

 Moist Soil. Example of the use of Poor Species. North Dakota. 



planned belts of planted trees can very 

 conveniently be placed at the borders 

 of the fields. In such positions they 

 will serve the purpose of windbreaks 

 and also not interfere with the easy 

 tillage of the land. 



The position of the buildings on a 

 farm should have very great weight in 

 determining the location of the forest 

 plantations. The usual tendency is to 

 plant the trees too close to the build- 

 ings and thus to create conditions 



measure the position of the trees ; for 

 if a natural timber belt on a neighbor- 

 ing farm affords protection from the 

 north wind, the planter is hardly jus- 

 tified in planting a belt on his own 

 land for this purpose. He could place 

 his planted trees in some other direc- 

 tion to greater advantage. The need 

 of shelter and windbreaks is so urgent 

 upon the majority of prairie farms, 

 particularly in the Red River Valley, 

 that this subject cannot well be em- 



