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sweep through, by not allowing the rows to 

 run the same direction of the prevailing winds. 



We prefer to have the prevailing winds strike 

 the rows cross-wise of the broad middles, that 

 is, when any difference is made in their width. 

 Occasionally we find orchards laid off in blocks 

 with wide driveways between, and these drive 

 ways prove (as the orchards grow larger) to 

 be wind-sweeps through the plantation. If they 

 had been laid off with this in mind, and been al- 

 lowed to run so that the prevailing winds would 

 have blown across rather than with them, the 

 good and comfort that they were intended to 

 afford might have been enjoyed without this 

 harmful effect. 



We should not only plant for protection, but 

 we should prune the trees so as to fomi low 

 heads. Low enough that the wind would pass 

 over rather than under them. The heads should 

 be left more dense than is often practiced in 

 more sheltered localities, so that each branch, 

 in time of storm, may to a certain extent protect 

 the other. In pruning, make the cuts short, so 

 that the branches will not be long enough for 

 the wind to thrash them against the ground, or 

 break them by swaying back and forth with 

 their heavy load. 



We believe if these points are kept in mind 



