66 Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 



Or in holding the leaves on the ground in the 

 fall, and the snow in the winter, as a protec- 

 tion to the roots of the trees, as well as to ^afford 

 protection to any cover crop that might be 

 growing in the orchard. 



Windbreaks might afford some protection for 

 the work of spraying; also be worth while for 

 heavily loaded trees, thereby lessening the dam- 

 age that often occurs by the breaking of limbs 

 in severe storms. 



These are some of the arguments that we have 

 used when trying to convince ourselves that 

 artificial windbreaks were worth while, and we 

 believe under certain conditions they may be 

 useful. On the other hand there are objections 

 that to our mind are well founded, and what 

 we shall say in regard to this, as well as along 

 all other lines, will be from our own practical 

 experience. 



We planted an orchard of twelve acres in the 

 spring of 1896. The location was a front river 

 hill, with a level stretch of bottom land a mile 

 wide between it and the river which was 

 directly west of the site. 



The site was a large cove opened to the east 

 This opening was almost at the half way place 

 in the east line of the site, also being the lowest 

 point. The land then rose rather steeply from 



