Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-11-11

erection OF fence, lie upon Inc Grouna 'ha -
10 be enclosed, ~ can be obtained without haul
ing them more than three or tour hnndffd
yards. the cost will be found but little more
than that OF A" worm ealen fence Taking a
series OF ten years. and the advantage is Rite
gather in favor Of the stone fence. In the
course Of forty years, il will be found that four
or five renewals of the raIi fence have been
necessary, aud not one Of that constructed oil
st.ne. II IS obvious then. that rs between
stone aud wooden fences, the advantage. on-
der rerlai circumstances. IL wholly N favour
of the former. 1t Is sale 10 say, that at least
one month of the annual labor upon the ihrms
IN the western country, Is expended IN making
md repairing the worm fences, with whieht they
are enclosed and s,bdlv,ded. Suppose, Tor
example, two farm . oil five hundred acres each,
in all respects equal, save that one Is ieheeu
with stone, and the other with dead lumber, anu
that each farm employs twelve leborefs, al one
hundred dollars per aonum. The farmer who
hss fenced his ground with stone, 'neufs no
expense while he who has used timber, 10 com.
PEELED 10 make an expenditure Of one hundred
dollars per nnnum, being the entire labor oi
one baud each Al an annual compound inter
| est, these expenditures would amount, IA less
than thriy-,hree years, 10 ten thousand dollars,
the entire price oil the inrm at twenty dollars
per acre.
Ofth superior value of stone fences ms com.
| pared with wooden ones made of dead timber
there can be ne doubt. provided the stone iof
| constructing them can be found contiguon 10
the ground to he enclosed. when made tne'
are NJ once n barrier, aud allow the immaculate
use of the enclosures. They occupy bui ii'iie
space. are more secure than most other fences
admit Of being usel,hy employed IN rearing
certain kinds of vines aud otoer fruits, and
| tuLi k,,ta sbaII
calculation are Internationally more econom-
| cal than the prevailing " wortu and post anu
rail fences Of th. west How far they should
be used 10 the exclusion OF live fences or hedg
es, remains 10 I've seen in the examination whieh
we are now about 10 give to inns species oil
| fencing.
| In England, by far tho mot common KIND
OF fences is the live hedge, and except IN certain
| situations and under CERTAIN circumstances, thsy
are found, after experience anu repeated espe-
rmeDts. 10 combine more advantages than any
class ofenclusurrs. Live hedges are made from
| IA great variety OF plants. success IA rear
them will he found 10 depend upon the degree
Of attention thai is bestowed on the following
circumstance Frat, tbr plan's being suited
TO the soil and climate secondly, the pfspaf
alion OF the enrth ~ snil thirdly, the tune and
mode Of planting; ioditbly, the age o. the
plants fnhI, The SIZE ot them sixthly. tie
dressing or uruning the tops or roots before
planting; seventh, the wedding aud hoe'ng
them while growing eiahthlv, trimming anu
afisr management nlnthly, hlling M the gap
or openings IN the hodges AMI tcnlhiy ,dlseases
to which hedge plants are liable, and their re
nedies
II will be obyions 10 The mind OF every r.
nscting man, that in the choice Of plants for
hedge, the influence of aoil aud climate should
he particularly considered, AS upon these, mo RI
than any thing else. will depend the success o.
/ the efIo,t. Hence, the policy. as genera
rule, of relying more upon our ind genon,
plants, than upon those Of other cnuulries
Where indi genous plants for hedging cam Il be
! had, il will he necessary 10 rely upon eYot,es
! and in the selection OF these, il wi he fonna
| important TO bring them from points where III,
| cllmnte aud soil correspond Ms nearly as posi-
! bic with those of the district into which they arr
10 be removed. Indeed, too much attention
cannot be bestowed upon this subject. 4 BIZ
fish writer says, in respect TO this, careful
inquiry seems TO be one OF those requisites, e..
j, spniia 10 the success oil every plan Of enclo-
sure /; tor though there are, comparatively
speaking, few situations, however, elevated
above the level Of the ocean aud scarce any
description Of soil where good live tehce may
not he rrnred. with one sort ola plant or an.
! VI
10 know the pla.ts best suited to every variety
OF soil, as Nv II judicious choice Of 'hes,. much
loss md difficulty is avoided, aud good snbstsa q.
iial fences are made in a shori time, ani IN
many situations, where, from Q mistake aS 10
plants employed. the fence hss lsngushed for
years. and Ultimately pesi'hed. nota uh.
Standing every care that could lie best3s-
ed upon IL. Ia some instances, we ave known
twenty years experience barely sufficient 10 IN.
deceive those who had made mistakes of tins
kind"
The preparation of the ground intended To
receive the GIANTS must be carefully attended
10 The gro md IN which hedge is to he rear.
ed will be imprnved hy summer fhllow 10
destroy the weeds. Dung, lime or compost
according to the nature ofthe soil, should then
be laid on the tract upon which the hedge IS /,
be planted. When the MANURE is property
/ incorporated With tine soil The plants should he
Carefully placed in the earth, aud II drawn up
and trod hrIn;y abon their roofs.
Some d,versit, Of opinion exists rs to the hes,
period for removing III. plants from the nursr-
~ 10 tho place where they are 10 stand in The
hedge. In England The usual periud is from
the beginning of November IL the end Of Janu-
AIRY, and snnctimps in the sprug. In this
country, where the changes in the winter sea.
son from heat to cold are both ire luent and
extreme, we think il will DO found much the
safest plan, TO remove the plant, very early in
the sprins, and for This obvious reRson. TINT the
] frequent ireezings aud thawings Of the winter
season, are apt 10 loosen the ground around
their roots, and thus either destroy, or material.
/ iy retard their growth.
The modes Of planting hedges are various.
When they are made in the face OF u ditch,
bank or vail, the practice is to lay the plsus
| horizontally, either upon the surface, or upon
pairing ola sod. and afterwards TO cover
them in such manner that about eight inches
ofiher length may be under the soil, aud abont
three inches projecting above it. This afford,
room for the roots to stretch out aud form fix
lures for the plant, while the part above the
ground will be able TO produce but two or three