Windbreaks Their Use - USDA

Windbreaks Their Use

Morris J Houck

USDA-NRCS Knox City Plant Materials Center

Introduction

z The difficulties in growing trees and shrubs where natural rainfall and other conditions are not the most favorable for tree growth should only stimulate the desire to succeed in planting and improving the home. The early ranchmen were not long in realizing the importance and value of tree planting and many of the old ranch headquarters are among the best planted home sites to be found, these early pioneers having taken advantage of the protection, comforts, and pleasures of trees. Trees and Shrubs in Northwest Texas,

TAES Bulletin No.447 - April, 1932

Windbreaks and Their Uses

z What is a Windbreak?

In West Texas

Windbreaks and Their Uses

z Webster Says ? It's hedge, fence, or row of trees serving to break or lessen the force of the wind.

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