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Fig. 127. Top. These three magnificent chestnut trees, now dead with blight, suggest the effective use that can be made of millions of odd corners of land on our American farms. Indeed, millions of such places are now occupied by brambles, bushes, and other worthless or almost worthless vegetation and might just as well be occupied by some noble tree yielding nuts or other useful crop. (Photo J. Russell Smith.)—Fig. 128. Bottom. The windbreaks around the prairie farmstead invite the tree breeder to discover trees that produce crops as well as wind-resistance. (Courtesy U. S. Dept. Agr.)