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b. The injury from insects can be averted 

 by spraying with arsenical poisons. 



c. The injury from the encroachment of the 

 wind-break may be averted, in part at least, by 

 good cultivation, and by planting the fruit si- 

 multaneously with the belt. So far as practicable, 

 the wind-break should be planted at a distance 

 of six rods or more from the fruit plantation. 



4. Wind-breaks are advantageous wherever fruit 

 plantations are exposed to strong winds. 



5. As a rule, in localities where atmospheric 

 drainage will not be seriously checked, the wind- 

 break should have a comparatively dense bottom, 

 formed by undergrowth or low -branching trees. 



6. The wind-break should never be dense enough 

 to force the buds on fruit trees in those localities 

 which are subject to late spring frosts, as it may 

 sometimes do when it faces the south and acts like 

 a southern exposure for the plantation. It is evi- 

 dent, therefore, that spruces and other evergreens 

 should be planted sparingly in such localities, and 

 that deciduous trees which leaf out late in spring 

 should be chosen for the wind-break. 



7. In interior places, dense or broad belts, of two 

 or more rows of trees, are desirable, while within the 

 influence of large bodies of water narrow belts, 

 comprising but a row or two, are usually preferable. 



8. The best trees for wind-breaks in the north- 

 eastern states are Norway spruce, and Austrian and 

 Scotch pines, among the evergreens. Among decidu- 

 ous trees, most of the rapid -growing native species 



