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You can have a windbreak or snow fence 
sooner than you might think. Chinese Elm is 
seems to do well in almost any soil or climate. 
Plant a row or two of these for quick results. In 
a very short time the body of the elm will be 
up high enough so that another tree or shurb 
will be needed with it. 
"For this, if suited to your soil and climate, 
we suggest a pine, and with the pine a more 
slowly growing spruce. These may be Colorado 
Black Hills Spruce. Some like the attractive and 
_ Chinese Elm can grow at more than twe 
feet per year so at the end of two years your 
windbreak should be about four feet high. 
_ A windbreak breaks the force of the wind 
striking your buildings and saves you fuel. It 
protects your farm animals in cold weather and 
shades them in hot weather, It lessens evapora- 
tion and increases erops. It supplies fuel, and it 
is ornamental, Bee keepers especially have long 
known its. value. 

