NOV 4 1914 



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Division of Forestry 

 University of California 



MONTANA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 

 EXPERIMENT STATION 



BOZEMAN. MONTANA 

 FEBRUARY, 1912 CIRCULAR 1 



Planting Trees and Shrubs on the 

 Dry Farm 



BY 



O, B. WHIPPLE, 

 Horticulturist 



The people who have but recently made their homes on the dry 

 farms of the State will hardly fail to appreciate the value of trees 

 when looked at purely from the standpoint of pleasure. Some who 

 have lived on these dry farms longer may have, in a way, become 

 acustomed to their surroundings and the absence of trees no longer 

 causes discontent. They have gradually come to believe that trees 

 and shrubs cannot be grown under existing conditions. And possi- 

 bly there are a few who do not appreciate trees and shrubs. How- 

 ever, 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 cannot 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. There are those who claim that 

 the planting of trees in large numbers upoa the plafes would greatly 

 modify the climate of these regions, that the rainfall would be in- 

 creased, and that drying winds would be less frequent. And trees are 

 sometimes planted, even on the dry farm, with a view to financial re- 

 turns. The wood lot or the shelter belt does, in some cases, furnish 



