| Show farm farin Shelter helt yields big dividends ton ten acres ot of trees planted a quarter of a century or so ago to protect his farmhouse from the winds have also yielded a good crop of posts and fu lwood elwood according t to 0 chris jacobson farmer near culbertson mont further jacobson said bald the grove is still in fine shape and ho he could cut 1000 posts right now without noticing the effect of their removal jacobsons original planting was of norway poplar and willows fast growing but short lived trees aside from protecting the farm home he said they yielded 75 cords of fuel wood and 1200 posts during the 22 years from the time of planting to the removal of the lost last of the original trees when he cut a tree jacobson continued he planted a new one in its place the replacements were a mixture of the faster growing species and slower growing longer lived species |
