Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-12-02

hcular. 1t has peculiar claims upon the alten-
lion of farmers-the beauty and fragrance Of
ITS flowers. r or these IT is unsurpassed by any
other Tree or shrub TO be- found IN our forest.
u may be readily plopagated fran the seed in
The manner that the eommoa apple tree IL
raised. An English gentleman now a resident
of this county. who is making some valuable
experiments in hedging, has a crab hedge,
Which he thinks equal in all. ana superior IN
some respects to those made Of the Luglsh
thorn Among other claims 10 superiority o.
yer either The English or the American thorn.
Is thai of IT. rapid growth. From the cxperi-
m"Hts made by this individual, II appears thai
The crab hedge will come TO perfection. Ia one
thltd lrss time than euher the indigenous or TO
reign thorn.
The hrmlock, 10 the opinion of Richard p
tcrs Esq. OF Pennsylvan,a, rs plant OF equal
value wrh that OF any other to he fouad IN our
country. for the formation OF hedges. u retains
us foliage through winter better than most OF
the resnoua tribe /, srows more rapidly ,bon
The cedar. and can he raised with bat lube
trouble, ttoia the cones. IL hriyes we'll VI the
shade, and when in bloato. is the uasi s'autl ful
# al It, trib The limbs grow hariz onfaliy aud
lpager than those oil cedar. Inc layers Will
readily take root. Tie spring is the hest season.
Tor irsn-planiing them. The plant may be easily
trimmed WITH tue heaTg.
IN low, wet grounds, the willow makes
thrifty and substantial fence. The white null
berry will also form good hedge. bn, bearing
10 Ihorns, and the leaves being attractive 10
cattle, they apt to prey upon II. lis mira
duClion, lit viewer. whether for hedges or for
ornament aboat "a farm, is becoming mat
ter Of deep Inpo rtance, in consequence of
the leaves aiIoI ding the most nuirliiaus aud
valuable kind OF food in the rearing OF Silk
worms,
That hedges are cheaper and more durable
than dead fences made of wood, is, we believe
the c0ncurren, opinion oil neatly NIL The writers
AMI expeflmenjaist' both OF Great Britain aud
this country. Cobbrt says, that - this coun-
try, a hedge with double rows Of the Eus sh
white thorn. uine hundred feet IN length, can
he n.ade, that viii cost, ~lIen five years old,
incl ding plants, planting, cul IvaIlor and rhp-
piag, but fifty three dollars. There are hedges
now standing in England that are from one
hundred TO three hundred years old. From
these data, the farmer CAL make his own cal
cuIaRons between the cost aud relative val
ue OF worm lences aud 1--we hedges lor enclo-
sing
Another wri'er in the American Farmer,
says. toat good hedge ofthe American thorn.
when seyen.yea old VIII cost fnr every sixty
prrches, twenty ioar do lars aud seventy five
cents. For A farm OF one hundred acres, dvI-
ded INTO ten helfs, twenty five hundred pan.
nels OF post and ran fence would be fsaaIted
which, at seventy five cents PANEL, would a.
mount 10 $3.50. The hedge fence for this
same farm, with similar divisions. at the fore
going estimate, would cost $lO3l, leaving
clear balance. in the original cost, of %64i IN
favor Of the live fence. Al the end of one hun
bred years, The hedge, with a sma.l annual eE-
penditure oflabor upon it. viii be ri good OF
better Than it WAS AT the end ofthe first seven
years. The post aud rail ieace, IN the couI Sc
of one hundred years, would require al least
rx renewals. Surely no further illustrations
upon this point need be made, 10 secure the
early attention Of the laFsssfs~lssf ssse.sves; -
this important part oil their agricultural laOors
II is % be borne IN mind, moreover, that heidi ts
are not. like dead fences, liable 10 lie blown
down by the winds nor can they like the lat.
ter, be oyefthrOwn by unruly animals. They
ATE better safeguards around orchards, vine
yards aud gardens, TO protect them against the
depredailons OF men. than The common irncps,
and finally, they are ornamental Ia the highest
degree 10 iarm, mater that VIII not be over
look I'd 10y the husbandman OF taste end nteli-
gene.
Another consideration in favor Of an early
resort 10 The live fences, arises from the faci,
that in many parts OF Kentucky aud Ohiu, the
timber necessary Tor the construction OF dead
fences is becoming scarce. Such has been the
trees in these States, that al bough il is lie 5
tan half IA century since the silence Of the viii
deinpSs was Fl ST broken by the sound OF the
axe i isa iamentabla fact, that mary farms,
are already without The timber necessary tor
another renewal Il their fences. ! his is a
growing evil in the lupd, aud no alternative
will short, De l,ft our farmers but the rearing
q : hedges. Whenever the experiment, with
live fences, shall have been fairly made, We
predict thai the only regret Of the Agricultural
viii he, tina, lac had moi sooner entered upon the
system, aud thus preserved, Al last para of
the oaks and poulars aud chesnuts thai once,
ia towering magnlfcence, spread their yerdani
branchts over hIs lands.
In conclusion. we propose TO make few OBJ
servations upon the best modes Oi ifssrning the
evils so loudly complained of by the western
agrculturlSiS, arising from their pI esent system
of enclosures.
| The first aud most important step is that oil
procuring The passage oil Il law prohibiting, alb
solMel,, the running nj large OF horses, cattle,
sheep, and more especially hogs. TINS Is u
measure that eau work out no Ia Jury 10 the rich
or the pusr, but on the contrary, will cOufhf
signal advantages upon all classes oil the com
munity No time should be lost IN circulating
pt tilions, praying the legislature Tor the pas
sage oi such mn act, anh no candidate who will
not pledge himself 10 ad, ocaie the passage OF
such law, should hereafter rsceiy tie vo IS
of q single husLandman, who IS no, willing 10
see his grains and MS fruits, which have been
nou,ished by the sweat ofhls brow, annually
eat up or trampled down by huogry and unruly
animals. Or legislators should be told (ior II
ia a I,mentaUle fact, that many who are annu
aIly elected, have not tie indulgence to make
the discovery themselves that protecting tue
| farms of their constituents nom the depreda-
tons of lawless hogs and cattle. is matter oi
deeper Importance, and better suited to their
tai n,s, than spending session at the capital,
,inke,iap constitutions, or electing presidents.
The apathy of our farmers on this subject, is
truIy marvellous they act aud vote for repre-
seniatives as ifthey thenselges had nothing a,
stake. I,siead Of electiog, as their legislators
experienced. intelligent aud practical me"'