| Show WMfDBREAICS FOR CROPS As a general rule windbreaks are constructed con-structed on the side of fields where the prevailing storms come from but more important than this a windbreak will be that Js erected on the side where the prevailing dry hot summer winds come from They must be warded off These winds tire not strong enough to blow crops and do injury in that way but they do far more damage in causing rapid evaporation > t moisture from the soil and plants Many farmers do not appreciate appre-ciate this function of windbreaks and they may laugh at a neighbor who constructs con-structs one on the side that is just opposite oppo-site to the stormy side On the borders of the sea or large lakes the storms of wind and rain that do the most damage sweep up from the water and a Windbreak Wind-break may be necessary to give protection protec-tion from the gales But the prevailing hot summer winds usually come from the other direction and It is on this side that we rarely find windbreaks As a rule we do not need windbreaks to protect the crops from the cold It is only from the damaging effects of the winds the hot dry winds and the furious storm winds and rains American Cultivator |
