Show TilE THE K fOR OR Although windbreaks mar may not al at always ways be of very great gMt Importance In III protecting orchards Orchard from mum gold fOld winter winds Ind they the are of gr great t value valli when set t so 10 0 a U to 0 yard Ird off of the th drying south wind of J to ward WINt oft off th tile prevailing canyon canon wind Winds which do lIo tn so much damage da mart In many man localities In iii Utah Windbreak Windbreaks on the windward side ld ot or orchard and anti have mary Inary value alue Iut In the power of preventing undue loss lOll of or moisture they are of Im inn I In other oilier r ways ay Many Ian men amen who are ardent advocates of thorough I I tillage are not lIot In fa a U I f Cultivation curl COil t i 5 well ASCII but It U IB lit not p lii r WIY re one asic kno Kim I I clothes clothe dry tir much quicker In u a uthan m than luring a n calm Th Thin mc I Ithe the he the water mAster from roam time the soil iou und out n r t foliage of plants just un us It da dOl clothen Thorough tillage or us mulching II h evaporation from the tIme soil soli by r mt let t I tIng Ing Imig a II layer of loose looe dry dr mall flint 4 I cecil tween the soil poll below and th tb dinst Jr II d Ing wind ih th i water th tue agency of WI w n j t j iy I y preventing growth Ho So far mAr as nR LU LUlion L U Ulion lion and alit mulching go the they gl gic jj V results reull but It must be bp reme j that very vory often mOle moie iii i ito to th the stir air through the tho leaves I n cs 01 u I 1 ii h lo crop crall titan than could possibly M ap i m M t from tho the surface ot of tho Isa soil Hol evel u uIt It II never been tItled tilled Now all III ti the 1111 ir ii taco face cultivation that can calm be aim 0 ut a athe the time mulches that can an ho be i Ii have absolutely u no effect In It ig evaporation from trout the foliage lit r f it Ih crop solid mid here the time windbreak von lon in We v can calm not cultivate the surface of a cabbage head not nor mulch the top r un apple tree but we can lessen the time ft of the wind that time the moisture ut of our vegetables and trios Where Irrigation Is practised inary crops crop cnn calm generally be grown ent though the winds blow blair without hind ranee but on n the tho other othor hand in thu case of many crops no amount of at cU i will overcome time the bud bad of strong hot hint winds Once In our re recent r cent u a straw mulch w ws ut used in iii connection with Irrigation t check evaporation Tho soil was m moist at all limes lames and yet for weeks beans and tomatoes continually only to wither and fall fail In another Instance garden beans bean pro on tIme the by n a Windbreak produced pods In abundance during tt thu time when the Irrigated beans wert lot los lag Ing their flowers on account of hut hot diy duy winds Irrigated raspberries anti and ties Men failed to fruits properly ci x In one cornet corner of time the field Where hn wild were allowed to grow grew up among tIme tho bushes shading mut protecting them from rota time tho wind the ground was wan kept macin at nil times lilacs the iso berries In tie HIP greater part of this the garden dried up UI on Or thi ansi and wore were never picked the MT ott fruit secured luIng from roam time the torner A windbreak l Is of value In other ways It often prevents the brooking of limbs from orchard In time of high m especially hi I loaded with fruit That the percent percentage age of windfalls Is higher In X n 1 orchards than maim In protected ones Is ta Isten a aten ten noticed Some Home vf pf time the falling of winter apples may bf his Iii j time the dryer condition of the hi soil in lit posed orchards as ass well as to the 1 Feet action of the wind In removing t i fruit a ss |