Plate 8. Young orchard and shelter belt at the ln.me of N. O. P. 

 Synoground, Groton, S. U., showing the results that can be obtained 

 on the open prairies of Brown county, a few miles from the North 

 Dakota line. The light colored trees at the right are Russian Olive. 

 In the shelter of such a plantation evergreens will do especially well, 

 as the lessened windsweep reduces the excessive transpiration and 

 evaporation. 



Plate 1). Colorado Blue Spruce in foreground on left side; White Spruce 

 in center of back ground. Black Hills Pine in foreground on right. 

 At the home of A. Norby, Madison, S. D. 



