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Show WILLOW TREE ON THE FARM 0. RaplJ Growth and Hardiness Makes -v?4j Almost Invaluable on Prairie I Lands of West. (By E. O. CHETNET.) The rapid growth and hardiness of the willow makes It almost Invaluable on tbe prairie. It la not always a thing of beauty, and It haa the objectionable objec-tionable feature of shedding Its smaller small-er branches especially when the tree geta old and making a Utter on the ground. However, the prairie farmer usually wanta protection first, and can afford to wait awhile for the beauty. The willow Is about the only tree which can give hlra that desired protection pro-tection In a short time. The first planting of willows should usually be made In the form of a wind break To obtain the best results, re-sults, two rows of cuttings should be planted, about eight feet apart and one foot apart In rows. This makes the plants closely crowded In the rows, with plenty of room between tbe rows to cultivate; and for tbe first two or three years they should be cultivated cul-tivated as regularly as corn. The full sunlight from the a'des causos them to spread sideways, with many branches from tbe ground up. Tbey soon form an impenetrable hedge. |
