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Show i Windbreaks Lessen Harm j by Hot or Cold Winds ' Where an orchard is located in an exposed situation, windbreak protection protec-tion is usually a distinct advantage. Windbreaks minimize the injuries due to hot or cold winds, to the drying effects of winds, and also prevent mechanical injury. In sandy, exposed situations the blowing sands are in- j jurious to the tender growth of young trees, and as the trees become older, strong wind? cause breaking of ths i branc'ies and injury to the fruit. : Strong winds blowing constantly frorr one direction also will cause fruit if. . become misshapen and difficult tc. prune properly. An example of thi? is seen in the Sulphur Spring valley ' where tne constant sweep of the p:e j vailing winds has caused the majority of the fruit trees in that district If develop mainly on the leeward side j The simplest windbreak is made ol one kind of tree planted in a single close row; if the winds are not strons and only a partial checking of tliei force is desired, this type of wind break is usually all that is necessary However, for more complete protec j tion it is necessary to plant two or more row? of different kinds of trees ! so selected and arranged that low dense-growing kinds are spaced be Iween taller ones. ! |