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SAVE YOUR SOIL FROM WIND EROSION 
Tree belts are playing an important part in Soil Conservation 
by checking the force of winds which have been robbing the 
western farms of their richest soils. The shelterbelt plantings 
of the Plains States should be duplicated many times to hold 
the soil, in line with the Soil Conservation program which is so 
important at this time. : 
A single row of trees planted closely is very efficient to stop 
soil drifting. Several rows, of course, are better. Such plantings 
running east and west every forty rods across sandy soil or other 
soils subject to blowing, will almost entirely eliminate soil loss 
from wind. (See the picture of such plantings in Pierce County, 
Nebraska.) Less frequent plantings, running north and south, 
are also advisable. 
PROTECT YOUR CROPS FROM 
HOT, DRYING WINDS 
These plantings also serve the purpose of checking and lifting 
hot drying winds during the summer which take out soil moisture 
and stunt crops. Many examples can be furnished where crops 
are normal or better within reasonable distance of such wind- 
breaks, while they are almost. entirely ruined without such pro- 
tection. 
PROVIDE REFUGE FOR WILD LIFE 
These shelterbelt plantings also provide wonderful refuge for 
wildlife, which is so desirable. Quail, pheasants, and many other 
kinds of birds adopt such places. as their homes and help to 
control insects as well as to add to the beauties of nature. 
PROTECT YOUR HOME AND BARN LOTS 
FROM ICY BLASTS AND SNOW DRIFTS 
There is no place that a good wind protection is more appre- 
ciated than about the home and the barn lots. They protect 
against the icy winter blasts of wind, against snow drifts. They 
save fuel in heating the home and save feed in keeping livestock 
comfortable and in thriving condition. 
FOR POSTS, POLES AND FUEL 
Windbreak and grove plantings also can furnish the farm with 
its fence posts and poles; also summer and fireplace wood, Al- 
most any kind of timber is suitable for posts if treated with coal 
tar preservatives. 
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A WINDBREAK FOR EVERY FARM... 

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For House, Garden, Orchard, Feed-Lots and Fields. 
WINDBREAK AND SHELTERBELT TREES 
ASH, WESTERN 
ELM, AMERICAN 
ELM, CHINESE 
HACKBERRY 
LOCUST, BLACK 
LOCUST, HONEY 
MAPLE, SOFT 
MULBERRY, RUSSIAN 
OLIVE, RUSSIAN 
CARAGANA 
COTTONWOOD 
Very hardy and drouth resistant. 
Adapted to the Plains Sections into 
Wyoming and across the Dakotas. 
Medium rate of growth. =a 
Suitable for any soils in the eastern 
part of Nebraska, South Dakota and 
Kansas, and in low rich soils of the 
western parts of these states; all parts 
of Iowa. 
Fast growing but not too long lived. 
Adapted to high dry soils through the 
Plains States. 
Very drouth resistant and hardy 
against cold. Suited to all parts of the 
Plains Section. Medium rate of growth. 
An excellent post timber. Splendid for 
gullies where soil washes, to stop ero- 
sion. Adapted to the east one-half of 
South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas, 
and all of Iowa. 
Good single row windbreak tree, hardy 
and drouth resistant. 
Quick growing on the richer soils of 
the Plains States. 
Hardy in eastern South Dakota, most 
of Nebraska and Kansas as well. Is a 
fine outside row where several rows 
of trees are used. 
Very hardy and grows about the same 
shape and size as the Russian Mul- 
berry. Should be used in the same 
manner. 
A splendid, very hardy, low windbreak. 
It is quite often used as a snow trap 
where several rows of trees are in- 
cluded in a planting. 
One of the fastest grawing trees on 
moist rich soil. A fine windbreak for 
valley lands throughout the Plains 
States. 
On the right of highway are four single rows of Russian 
Mulberry, twenty rods apart, to prevent drifting of light soil. 
Pierce County, Nebraska. 


