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measure protect each other from the force of the prevailing 
southerly winds in the prairie states, especially; and some 
think from the hot sun, also. This is one of my favorite plans. 
It gives ample room to cultivate, and is just right for planting 
six rows of corn, which for the first five or six years is advis- 
(NORTH) 
P P i P 
P Pp P 
P P P PB 
BP Ma P 
P P P P 
P P P 
46 permanent trees, 33 x 4114 feet apart. 
P F P F P ¥ Pe 
P F P F P F 
Pp ¥ P Rr P F P 
PF P F P F Pp F 
92 trees, 33x 16% feet apart. 
Pp FF Fe FL FF JP FF <b P 
F Kr P F #F Poop Boor oP F 
Por & Fr ?P gy F .P F P 
148 trees, 16', x 16% feet apart, leaving out two rows for alleys. 
(SOUTH) 
Fig. 34. Alternate plan. 
able. The upper section of the diagram shows only the perma- 
nent trees, of which there are 52 per acre. The rows are 284 
feet wide three ways, and permit cultivating the trees accord- 
ingly. 
“The alternate plan.— Fig. 34 shows the alternate plan, and 
is in all particulars like Fig. 33, except that the rows are fully 
