Show THE WINDBREAK AS A FARM I 1 ASSET windbreaks on oil the farms in windy sections of the country are arc familiar sights trees grown for that purpose have been considered useful as yell well as ornamental but according acco iding to farmers bulletin 1405 a revision sioe of farmers bulletin ilenin bu just issued by the united states department of agriculture they have been found profitable as well tills this bulletin contains the bract results rc and recommendations that were derived from careful experimental work ihrk on tile the various relations of the windbreak to the protected crops agn on the farm it will be especially helpful to those farmers banners who are considering tile the planting of ivind windbreaks breaks as well as to those who day be wondering whether whet fier th their air windbreak is worth while or not itol in what way does a windbreak wind bieak protect the nearby crops first fast by cheek capr k ing ing I 1 or breaking the tb e force of the wind and lessening or preventing mechanical injury second 1 by reducing evaporation oration and thus c conserving 1 nervi nj soil goil moisture Effect effective vo windbreaks wina breaks reduced evaporation in closely adjoining areas on the leeward side as much muchas as 65 6 per cent A more or less indirect effect Is produced by the windbreak ak in some cases because of the higher temperatures in the daytime in the protected beneficial to some accas areas a condition growing crops particularly corn offsetting this advantage to some extent however howe vcr were the lower ter temperatures found at night in in those same areas a rene and yet an instance is recorded of great reduction of if fruit losses in windbreak protected orchards luring during a freeze as compared with orchards orchard snot not protected |