ANDR6WS " Gammon Sente- " Shelter Belts 
Illinois Extension Service says: “Heating 
requirements in a house unprotected by trees 
are tripled when cold winds reach a velocity 
of 20 miles per hour!” 
Good windbreaks really cost you noth¬ 
ing—save feed—save fuel—save shoveling 
snow—screen unsightly views. 
Cold winter winds have no mercy when 
farm buildings are unprotected by a shel¬ 
ter-belt. It’s humane and it’s good busi¬ 
ness to establish a first class windbreak. 
For Planting a Shelter Belt or Wood Lot 
STEERS PROTECTED BY WINDBREAK 
MADE $243.00 MORE PROFIT! 
Comparative tests have proven that farm products 
can be produced at less cost in farmyards protected by 
windbreaks- In the case of beef—2 lots of 50 steers 
each, one lot fed in a protected yard, the other not 
protected by a windbreak. Those in the protected yard 
had the same kind and amount of feed as the others, 
but gained 2,250 pounds more. Sold at $10.80 per 
hundred, this lot brought extra return of $243.00. 
snow catch 
SNOW TRAP 
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VARIETIES SUITABLE FOR EACH ROW 
Rows 1 and 2.Chinese Elm or Caragana 
Row 3.Chinese Elm 
Rows 4, 5, 6.American Elm or Ash or Soft Maple 
Rows 7, 8.Evergreens 
Rows 9, 10.Evergreens 
Old Man Winter cannot enter to dis¬ 
turb the peace and comfort of a farm 
home protected by a well-placed wind¬ 
break. 
Take advantage of the present opportunity to get the 
Federal AAA payments for planting a farm windbreak or 
wood lot. $15.00 per farm for planting is available from 
a Special Tree Planting fund set up for that purpose alone. 
The requirements to earn this $15.00 are quite simple, 
namely, that you be a co'operator in your county Agri' 
cultural Conservation Program and that you make your 
intentions known to your local committee that you wish 
to take advantage of this new provision to earn cash pay' 
ments by planting trees. The rate of payment is $7.50 
per acre for planting 650 woodlot trees, or 300 windbreak 
trees. An additional $3.00 per acre may be earned for 
cultivating and taking care of 1937 to 1940 plantings. 
Further information may be obtained from your County 
Chairman. 
Instructions for Planting 
The soil in the space to be planted should be well pre' 
pared as you would for any farm crop. Plant trees as early 
in spring as possible. Potatoes or vegetables may be 
planted between the tree rows for two or three years. 
Cultivate trees as often as possible in the spring and sum' 
mer but not after the first of August. The snow trap may 
be planted to corn, potatoes, or any farm crop. 
Evergreens in sizes marked TR (transplanted) may be 
set out directly into the windberak row and cultivated as 
you would rows of corn. Evergreens in sizes marked S 
(seedlings) should be set in the garden where you can 
give them special attention the first two years, then reset 
them into the permanent windbreak. 
Recommended Spacing and 
Arrangement 
Four to eight rows of trees are recommended on the 
north and west—2 to 4 rows on south and east. The rec' 
ommended spacing is to plant 2 rows of Caragana on the 
outside to form a snowbreak. Plant 4 feet apart in the 
row and 8 feet between rows. 
Leave 60 feet for a snow trap, then plant 4 rows of 
Green Ash—Chinese Elm, and American Elm, spaced 6 
feet apart in the row and 8 feet between rows. 
Inside, plant 2 rows of evergreens 8 to 10 feet apart in 
the row and 16 feet between rows. The inside row of ever' 
greens should be 100 feet from the farm buildings. This 
space and the snow trap give ample space to drop the snow 
and leave the buildings and yards free from drifts. 
For solid woodlot planting, set trees 8 to 9 feet apart 
each way. Ash, Elm, Norway Poplar, and Black Walnut 
are especially recommended for woodlot planting. 
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