Discount Japanese Elm

Got 4 clearance Japanese Elm today from our local garden center. $10 each, I've spent $40 on worse things. I've been wanting to plant a windbreak on our north side, we get heavy winds from the north on our property. I figure why not try some $10 Japanese Elm?? They grew a weird curl like top, but I'm going to throw some t-posts in the ground, tie them off, hope they straighten out and root over the next couple years. I had no information on them size, disease susceptibility or soil preference. Just blowing with the wind, literally. Wish me luck.

Can I just cut the top out of these to correct the Dr Seuss look? I'm going to let them be for now and get settled before I do anything. But I would like them to straighten out

To me, I believe those trees will straighten out now that they can see sunlight.  I would not prune them at all.

I love a discount!  Sounds like a good choice.