374 DRY LAND FARMING 



Davis. Varieties with adaptation for areas west of the 

 Rocky Mountains include Yellow Transparent, Winesap, 

 Wealthy, Gano, Alexander, Jonathan and Rome Beauty. 



The Russian Mulberry, which produces a large tree 

 relatively, bears small fruit and much of it, which is of 

 some value. It is drought-resistant in a marked degree. 

 Grapes will not succeed in the northern areas of the Great 

 Plains region, but they will succeed in portions of the 

 Great Basin and in some other areas. There is no tree 

 probably that will stand drought better than the olive. 

 In Arizona olive trees have succeeded where the aver- 

 age rainfall is not more than 10 inches. This would 

 seem to indicate an important place for the cultivation 

 of this fruit in southern areas of the dry belt in the 

 not distant future. Other fruits, as the Chinese date 

 and certain varieties of the fig, may yet come to be 

 grown in the same areas. 



Making ready for planting. When preparing for 

 planting trees and fruits, careful thought should be given 

 to the general plan to be followed, and also to the spe- 

 cific details of the same. While in the general plan 

 much will depend on the location of the steading, that 

 is of the buildings, and also on the aspect of the land, 

 the aim should be to place them as nearly as possible 

 at the centre of the farm in order to avoid unnecessary 

 travelling while doing the work of the farm. 



In general outline, the plan for the windbreak and 

 grove should be so made that the trees will protect 

 the buildings on the three most exposed sides, thus 

 forming three sides of a rectangle. Another way would 

 be to have the trees surround the buildings in the form 

 of a circle, one part of the circle being without trees on 

 the leeward side. Some are content with planting trees 

 on two sides of the steading, thus forming the two sides 

 of a right angle on the two sides that are most exposed. 

 Care should be taken not to plant the trees too close 



