These earliest settlers had extensive areas from which to select homesites and generally located their homes near water of the region that afforded natural tree protection. Later settlers. most of whom came to the region in homestead days. usually made their homes on dry land sites that were lacking the natural wooded vegetation. Many of these later immigrants transplanted small trees from the banks of river streams while others obtained seedling trees from commercial sources. Little information was available concerning methods of tree culture on the barren areas of the Great Plains and consequently many early tree plantings were largely ineffective as windbreaks. These early plantings were made without the benefit of experimental research.
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