70 Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 



While the orchard has had some protection 

 from severe storms, and probably the windfalls 

 have been lessened, we are satisfied that the 

 advantages have been overbalanced by the dis- 

 advantages. If you want the advantages of 

 windbreaks you can find most desirable ones 

 already for use on the rough lands, by choosing 

 locations where advantages may be taken of 

 some still higher hills. Or hills of practically 

 the same height whose covering of timber has 

 not been removed, even if this hill is some dis- 

 tance from the orchard site, you will see the 

 protecting effect In fact, we should prefer 

 that it be slightly removed, as our experience 

 and observation has taught us that without a 

 fairly good circulation of air in the orchard 

 it is hard to keep down many of our troubles, 

 even with a spray pump, and we have con- 

 cluded that it is better to have windfalls than 

 wormfalls. 



From experience we have decided that it is 

 better to build the orchard so it will be able to 

 stand the winds of the section in which ijt is to 

 grow, excepting, of course, such storms as up- 

 root the mighty oak. The way we have tried 

 to do this is first by planting closely, so that 

 each tree may help to protect its neighbor. 

 Then try to avoid alley ways for the wind to 



