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storms, and also will be valuable as places where permanent water may 
be had either naturally or artificially by draining. In lieu of this plant 
shelter belts and groves near the low places where water may be had, or 
near natural water holes on the farm. 
What to Plant. 
For dry soil, anywhere south of 42 degrees, the Catalpa ( Sped osu) 
will be found hardy. The variety Big nonioides is not hardy in the West 
north of about 38 degrees. Black walnut is valuable, so are all the 
maples, the cotton-wood does well almost anywhere, and if care is taken 
to procure cuttings of the male variety, (this tree bears male and female 
flowers on separate trees), you will have no trouble with the blowing 
about of the cotton during seeding time. Evergreens may bo planted 
almost anywhere if the soil be moderately dry. The Norway spruce is 
most valuable, and next to this the white pine. For low lands, cotton- 
wood, the soft maples, and the white, the black and the golden willow 
will be indicated. Thus the farmer will find that this question of shel- 
ter, while one of the most important of the many connected with farm 
economy — the points relating to Summer shelter — will in the end prove 
one of the best paying investments in a prairie country of any m the 
whole category. 
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