

Save Feed with Windbreaks, Says USDA 
Less feed and labor are required to produce beef in feedlots pro- 
tected by shelterbelts or windbreaks, says the United States 
Department of Agriculture and the Soil Conservation service. 
After a series of experiments the SCS came to the conclusion 
that your windbreak area will produce more beef than the same 
area planted to a feed crop. 
The same is true with your dairy cows, chickens and pigs. Each 
will produce more when protected from winter's sweeping 
winds. Your house will require less fuel and you will have less 
drifting of snow in the farm yard, too. 
f your farmstead is not protected, you have probably paid out 
more in fuel and feed costs than the cost of a windbreak—and 
you still don’t have it! Moreover, you miss a constant source 
of firewood, lumber and posts. 
Let us help plan a shelterbelt to fit your needs. 
Protected Steers Make $240 Extra! 
In a comparative test some years ago, two lots of 5UV steers each 
were fed the same kind and amount of feed, but one lot was 
protected with a windbreak, the other unprotected. The pro- 
tected lot gained 2,250 pounds more. Sold at $10.80 per cwt., 
this lot brought $243 more. 
ARE COMMON-SENSE 
Recommended Spacing and Arrangement 
The recommended spacing is to plant 2 rows of Chinese Elm, 
Laurel Leaf Willow or Golden Willow on the outside to form 
a snowbreak. Plant 4 feet apart in the row and 8 feet be- 
tween rows. 
Leave 60 feet for a snow trap, then plant 4 rows of Green 
Ash, Chinese Elm, American Elm, Norway Poplar, or Soft 
Maple spaced 6 feet apart in the row and 8 feet between rows. 
Inside, plant 4 rows of evergreens 8 to 10 feet apart in the 
rows and 16 feet between rows. The inside row of evergreens 
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 espe- 
cially recommended for woodlot planting. 
Varieties Suitable for Each Row 
Rows) leand 2) .e5 eee ©hinese Elm. Maurel-Leat Wallow 
or Golden Willow 
Rows 3 ands) .-2 1 oe ua eNOrway Loplar or Sot Maple 
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Instructions for Planting 
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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. Cul- 
tivate trees as often as possible 
in the spring and summer but 
not after the first of August. 
The snow trap may be planted 
to corn, potatoes, or any farm 
crop. 
Evergreens in sizes marked 
“transplants” may be set out 
directly into the windbreak row 
and cultivated as you would rows 
of corn. 
All evergreen windbreak material is shipped bare root, wrapped 
in moss. 
AMERICAN ARBOR-VITAE. (For Windbreak and Hedging.) This pop- 
ular, thick, compact evergreen makes an excellent windbreaker, snow stop- 
per, or year-round hedge or screen. Its large, flat, dense branches hugging 
the ground make it useful in the outside row or two of the windbreak. 
Does best in fairly moist soil. 
Not Prepaid 
10 25 50 100 
12-15 in. transplants ........:....65...6. $7.55 $15.25 $28.50 $54.00 
O-12sin. transplants: arenes naire 6.45 12.50 23.00 43.00 
WHITE SPRUCE. This tree might be considered our most common native 
spruce. It thrives in all northern climates from the Arctic Circle to 
central U. S. A. Foliage is bluish green to bluish coloring. A compact, 
regular growing tree of conical shape. Very attractive when small. Max- 
imum height, 50 feet. Thrives even in hot, dry climates. Beside its value 
as an ornamental tree, windbreak, background tree or screen, it makes an 
excellent hedge. 
Not Prepaid 
10 25 50 100 
18-24 itis transplants eta) tele eek hone ert $10.35 $22.25 $42.50 $82.00 
15-18 in. transplants ................+. 9.35 19.75 37.50 72.00 
12a) Seating tratisplatits wate ersten e |< sickene) otolene = 8.15 16.75 31.50 60.00 
Oni 2eities transplants inne cine =< iers reer 753 15.25 28.50 54.00 
BLACK HILLS SPRUCE. One of the best windbreak trees. It is very 
hardy, easy to establish, and grows heavy, thick, slightly bluish foliage. 
Stands drought very well. 
Not Prepaid 
10 25 50 100 
18224 ine transplants. eee srt rier $11.15 $24.25 $46.50 $90.00 
15218 cinvetransplants socio it-) ieiot nl 9.95 21.25 40.50 78.00 
12-15 sansetransplanitsm cero eee ttre 8.65 18.00 34.00 65.00 
Gzi2ainmtransplantes’ yates eee en ene 7.555 15.25 28.50 54.00 
Complete Directions for Planting with 
Every Order 
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