1903 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
837 
WIND-BREAKS TO HOLD SNOW 
DRIFTS. 
A. A/., 'Amsterdam, N. Y.—Could you ad¬ 
vise me how to stop the snow drifting in 
and piling up in front of a house on a 
north and south road? The house is on 
the east side of the road. There is no 
fence on the west side of road, neither 
trees nor brush of any kind. The wind 
has a clean sweep for about one-quarter of 
a mile on the west side of road. The 
snow drifts in anywhere from 10 to 15 feet 
deep. If a wind-break on the west side 
would help stop it. how far from road 
ought it to be put, and how high up should 
it be built? 
We can hardly give a satisfactory an¬ 
swer in regard to snow fences. We em¬ 
ploy them successfully to prevent snow 
drifting, and usually place them about 
50 feet from the roadway or lot which 
they are designed to protect. The loca¬ 
tion of the fences may be changed, as it 
may become necessary, to prevent drift¬ 
ing. For a screen or wind-break, we 
would recommend the Norway spruce^ 
planting them about six feet apart. They 
form a perfect screen or wind-break, and 
the trees are beautiful 
New York. ellwanoer & barry. 
I think this is a fairly simple problem. 
Since the inquirer seems to control the 
land on the west side of the road de¬ 
scribed, he is at liberty to put in a wind¬ 
break wherever he chooses. If he will 
plant a hedge of spruce, hemlock or any 
suitable evergreen about 10 or 15 rods 
back from the road, and perpendicular 
to the course of the wind, I believe it 
will solve the riddle. Let this hedge 
grow to the height of 10 or 12 feet. By 
the time it reaches that height the whole 
problem will have been solved experi¬ 
mentally. When the hedge grows high 
enough to hold the snow it can be 
stopped. [Prof.] f. a. waugh. 
Massachusetts. 
A mixed planting or shelter belt of 
Norway spruce, birch and maple, set say 
10 or 15 feet apart, the belt to be about 
25 feet wide and extending for some dis¬ 
tance along the road, would be the most 
effective means of preventing the trouble 
mentioned. Till this planting is large 
enough to be of value, a temporary tight 
board fence eight feet high, which may 
be built in sections and removed during 
the Summer, may be set up say 100 feet 
back from the road. The latter method 
is used by the electric railways in this 
section of the country for protecting the 
track. [Prof.] w. m. MtrasON. 
Maine. 
There is a public road running through 
this farm, north and south. The road is 
65 feet in width, and on each side of it 
is an arbor vitae hedge about six feet in 
height Before the hedge was planted, 
snow drifted badly on this road, some¬ 
times piling to a height of eight to 10 
feet in places. Now the whole thing is 
changed. The snow piles on each side 
of the hedge on both sides of the road, 
but there is a space of 15 to 20 feet where 
the road is, where the snow practically 
never drifts. If the road were a little 
narrower than it is, say 40 or 50 feet, it 
would undoubtedly fill with snow and be 
very difficult to travel on, so that a road 
should be at least this distance in width 
with a hedge the height of the one men¬ 
tioned. As the snow drifts on each side 
of the hedge, it would be necessary to 
have the house far enough away from it 
so as to escape this drift; the distance 
should be at least 25 feet. The arbor 
vitae is a rather slow growing tree, and 
if a quick wind-break is desired I should 
suggest the Norway spruce. 
[Prof.] W. T. MACOUN. 
Canadian Exp. Station. 
The railroads use wind-breaks all. 
through the snowy sections to advantage. 
They are permanently built about 12 feet, 
high. Very near the track, or at a dis¬ 
tance of 75 to 150 feet, are placed port¬ 
able fences not over six feet high. It is 
best when placing them near the point 
to be protected to have them quite tight¬ 
ly made. If at a distance they can be 
very loosely constructed. As anyone 
familiar with snow knows, a rail fence 
will serve as a wind-break for about 50 
to 75 feet, as observed along the road. If 
such a fence is upon the west side the 
snow will usually just about drift across 
the ordinary four-rod road. A much 
more satisfactory system for road pro¬ 
tection is to take away the fence. The 
law makes it possible to drop a road 
fence for the Winter, provided it is put 
up again in the Summer. With wire 
fencing there is little trouble. There is 
near where I live a wind-break built for 
house and yard protection, which serves 
the purpose admirably. If lumber seems 
too expensive, and it is for anything but 
actual necessities, I would go to the 
woods and cut small poles, and if there 
is a thick second growth a valuable ser¬ 
vice will be performed in cutting out the 
weaker trees. These can be laid up 
quickly in the form of a crooked rail 
fence five to six feet high, and serve ad¬ 
mirably for the protection needed. If 
the “break” will be unsightly or in the 
way at the distance mentioned it could 
be removed perhaps 150 to 200 feet, but 
the results would have to determine 
whether or not some change in the angle 
would not be necessary. The wind will 
often form eddies around a corner of a 
building or any obstruction, and so take 
a new and unexpected course. Again, 
one must take into consideration the pre¬ 
vailing wind. With us we have to guard 
against both west and southwest, and a 
single break facing the southwest will 
be effectual often in meeting all the de¬ 
mands. 11. E. c. 
FRUIT NOTES. 
Munson’s Notes. —I ceased to propagate 
and send out vines of Big Hope several 
years ago, on account of lack of high 
quality, and because I had others of same 
season of so much better quality. Your 
experiment grounds must be much better 
for grapes than formerly at River Edge, 
as there few grapes did weil, and I am 
surprised that some of the varieties have 
done so well with you. t. v. munson. 
Boxed Apples. —I have shipped over 700 
boxes this season. The package 1 use is 
the same in design as you ligure, except 
in size. This box is 11x11x17 and makes a 
very satisfactory package; holds 44 pounds 
of apples or 50 pounds, box and all, which 
is a good point in its favor; as rates are 
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charges. I make two grades of apples, 
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and stems towards one end, making pack¬ 
age solid and will not rattle. My boxes 
are made at the box shop for 15 cents per 
box. R. M. p. 
Oswego, N. Y. 
Old Apples Wanted.— 1 have been look¬ 
ing through nursery catalogues and also 
a fruit list of the Agricultural Depart¬ 
ment for a species of apple, but find it not. 
We called it “White Gilliflower.” It was 
a medium-sized white or yellowish-white 
sweet apple, early Winter variety, quite 
productive (possibly more so by reason of 
the nearness of our hogyard). A chance 
seedling of the old tree, grown nearby, 
had fruit exactly like it. The mice de¬ 
stroyed the small tree, and old age finished 
the big one. Is it likely that one could 
find scions of this variety and, by the way. 
what is the synonym? Another kind I 
would like to get is the Blue Pearmaln. 
This was a very productive apple on my 
brother’s farm 25 years ago, but disap¬ 
peared with the rest of the old orchard. 
Newport, N. Y. , G. s. G. 
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