Show MULCH AS SOIL PROTECTION Value Is In Keeping Surface From Packing Under Weight of Snow or Heavy Rains The mulch Is of ot value chiefly In protecting the surface soil soli Ie keeping It from packing under the weight of at snows or heavy packing rains The fhe mulch also prevents heaving hea ns as a result re re- re- re suit sult of t thawing and nud freezing It protects protects pro pro- the crowns and roots adds adds- fertility fertility fertility fer fer- and sometimes retards budding out In the spring This may be be desirable desirable de de- deI de- I when there are nrc late frosts |