Tree Planting on the Prairies of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Tree Planting on the Prairies of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and AlbertaI happened to be passing Indian Head some three years ago in the spring after a very violent storm. Mr. Mckay, the superintendent, and I went over the ground and we found the protective in¿uence of the forest growth on the plains there was about 50 feet for every foot in height that the shelter belt grew, that is to say, a shelter belt 10 feet high protected about 500 feet wide of field. We had a field of barley that was sown alongside of one of the belts and other fields of grain at other points. The pro tective influence of the belt was very marked. The storm had been a very violent one. And the trees were about 15 feet high and for 750 feet out the grain was green and well protected and in good condition. While beyond that it began to get thinner and thinner, and for a few feet it was entirely obliterated. There the whole cr0p was wiped out by the forceof the wind blowing the plants out of the ground. We measured this at several points and we found that for each foot of growth there was about 50 feet of protection. I referred to this in our next annual report. But this is a thing that I think should be widely known - the advantage that tree growth is on the northwest plains in afiording protection to the ordinary field crop of the country.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.