en willows outside of that, and that made an open space for the snow
to fall in.

Mr. Maher: That is a very good plan, to have a row of willows back of
your shelter-belt, especially around the home and orchard and barn
ground, to hold the snow back.

Mr. Moyer: I found that the snow drifted into my evergreens but didn't
break them. I used lilac bushes; I planted a long row. Lilacs are very
common, and I got enough to plant a long row. They are now ten feet
high, and it is a magnificent sight in summer.

Mr. Maher: I know the lilac is a splendid thing, better than the golden
willow, because they last longer. They are more hardy, and they make a
better protection, and as far as wood goes from the golden willows you
get nothing except branches unless it is the white willow.

I have another question here: What would you plant around the garden?
For a windbreak around the garden orchard, that should have an inside
protection, and the shelter-belt itself should be too far away from the
garden to be sufficient protection. Around the garden I would plant
Juneberry or dogwood or any of those common native berry plants. They
will afford the very best kind of protection, just as good as the lilacs
and just as hardy, and at the same time will produce food for the birds
and bring them about your garden and keep them with you and shelter
them.

Mr. Kellogg: The barberry--

Mr. Mahler: The barberry would be all right, but I prefer the Juneberry
and the mulberry and the dogwood, because they come up a little higher.
The barberry is all right.

Mr. Kellogg: I had barberry, and I dug it all up.

Mr. Maher: It spread too much?

Mr. Richardson: I like the Russian mulberry.

Mr. Maher: Yes, sir.

Mr. Richardson: Is the mulberry hardy with you?

Mr. Maher: No, sir.

Mr. Moyer: The buckthorn makes a very good protection.

Mr. Maher: Yes, sir.

Mr. Huestis: How would the golden elder do as a hedge?

Mr. Maher: It would be a protection, but it is liable to spread too
much.

Mr. Huestis: Do you know whether the mulberry is hardy in Minnesota or
not?

Mr. Maher: I think from here south it is hardy, especially southeast.

Mr. Moyer: It occurs to me that the Tartarian honeysuckle is about as
good as any thing you can plant for birds. It is perfectly hardy on the
prairies and grows up ten or fifteen feet high.

Mr. Maher: The Tartarian honeysuckle and several varieties of the bush
honeysuckles are splendid, and they are ha