East Winds

There seems to be a fatality connected with the east winds which often prevail abo ut tiie time tliat tbe fruit trees have blossomed and shed their blossom lea ves anti tbe coming frnit has jnst bogun to be visible. Then a long succession of easi winds pour their blighting effects on trees and frnit hearing shrnbs Young cherries drop in great numbers to the ground. cnrrants drop from their sterns, and tlu-hopes of the fruit grower are likevrise bligbted for the season. Frost is not needed for the destruction of fruit; a lew days of xld east winds effectually does the work. There seems but one thing to do and that is only a partía! remedy. and that is to protect as far as possible every tree or fruit hearing shrub. An evergreen liedge thickly set and well cared for a year or t wo on the east side of tbe rows of cherry trees would assist wonderfully in protecting the frnit. If buildings and sheds could be arraiiged so that they would stand between the fruit and the winds it woold help very mach in tlie matter. Tlris shonld be thought of when trees are being set in the ground. Windbreaks. if novhing more than high board fences. might be provided, writes a southeru Wisconsin farmer.