SHADE TREES AND EVERGREENS 
having for the space where clothes are dried. 
This will help on windy days, will insure privacy 
as to the state of your washable wardrobe, a matter 
which is no one’s business but your own, anyway, 
and will make the drying operation cleaner by 
decreasing dust in the air. On the average farm 
it wouldn’t be a bad idea to screen off the woodpile, 
either, though it may not be necessary to protect 
it from dust. It seldom is neat enough to be 
exhibited to admiring visitors. 
HELP TO GARDENS BY SHADE TREES 
A thick row of shade trees will modify the tem¬ 
perature of a garden or field. The complete ex¬ 
planation of how this comes about is rather lengthy, 
and involves more than one would suppose at 
first glance. Both the soil and the air average 
warmer in a protected area. You can plant stuff 
in the spring one or two weeks earlier, and the 
freezing date in the fall is later by an equal time. 
Tender vegetables that, you could not grow at 
all in the open garden can be produced with perfect 
success in a garden with shelter-belt protection. 
The moisture in your garden will not evaporate 
nearly so fast if you have plenty of tree protection. 
Example of good planting for farm or small town, where there is plenty 
of space. The little Evergreens in the foreground are Arborvitse, Juniper 
and Spruces, the shrubs are Snowballs, while all the shade trees are 
Maples. Everything in sight, excepting the Canna beds, could be bought, 
in good planting sizes, for $15. 
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