Show WINDBREAK IN AN ORCHARD one great drawback Is that unless watched closely breeding place Is afforded insects by L ARNY ARNT cornell comell university the important is to place the tree in such place that will have t Q e advantage of high i 3 which mean good air ai linage but at the san sam time thal thai i f will no e exposed to higi bigl winds which means quick evaporation portion eva tion tho best means eans of 0 ac cc thi is to ir provide ovide the with windbreak windbreaks oe je planted I anted with care and judgment since they often become a hindrance abc acc instead of a help in places aher they are wrongly planted the one eal drawback to them is the fact that unless watched very closely they may become a breeding place for dangerous insects but if care is exercised in this thin direction the good effects of them will over balance this point that is if the orchard is regularly and intelligently sprayed the insect problem is not an economically serious one windbreaks should contain both evergreen and deciduous trees the object is not to top stop the wind since that would be almost as harmful as aa having too much but it is simply to check it so that the force will be ba broken by the time it reaches the trees to this end the evergreens ever greens will check the wind during the winter and the deciduous ones will help during the summer aside from this point the break made from the mixed types of 0 tree will be more efficient than the tha one composed of all evergreens ever greens although the latter will check the winds both during winter and summer the spruces spruced are probably the most common evergreen trees that are used for this purpose because they are comparatively ively quick growers and make a good growth on a wide range of soils among the deciduous trees the maples and the birches lead and both do well under varying conditions the trees are planted closer at first than they are wanted so that an immediate effect can be gotten and as soon as they begin to grow or so make the break too dense enough are taken out so that the break will not be a barrier when properly placed the windbreak can be one of the greatest assets the fruit grower can have this fact is just being realized and has been brought to light by the large amount of injury incident to exposed and unprotected orchard sites |