Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-03-23
1or the farmer.
From DowLiRs' IlJr-iculturast
He:geS or Lave Fenceo--O.ag3 Grange.

Ho-geS or Lave Felc3a--0-ag5 Grange,
"Th re waI a crrain Householder which plan.
led vineyard, ana HEDGGD ii roual aboul. -
What bslrer proof can We give, Than This sacred
aud Iam,Iiar passage. of thi antiquity, as well
as Ihc wisdom. of making hedges. BiI ind ed
The custom is old rIhan lha christian err. H..
mer leIls u' thar when Ulysses, aii r his grcal
deeds. returned 10 seek his latncr Llcries, h.
ound the I'd king in his garden, preparing The
ground for Il hcJge, while his s2ryanls were ub.
ScnI,
TO search the woods for sets of nowery thorn
Their orchard bounts to st strengthen anu adurn."
POpe's Odessey.
The lapse Of 5000 years has nj taught the
husbanlman or the owners of orchards aai gar.
dens, in mol.ra times, any lair.r or b tler mod
of enclosing their lands, Than this most uarurdl
and slmp'c one of hedging il round about. Fen.
ces of iron ur wood. carefully fashioned bv nrr,
tr' tilng ID arprOpida in III, i Irap,r places
! hat j., in lh1 midst OF lolS's and great clles;
Lu' III HE open, lrsc eypause oi coun ~ land.
scnpe, ,hc most cos " aricia, rrcr looks hari
and ncengruous b. side The Pleasant verlur1 Of
Il live hedge.
Necessity, it is o'len sad knows M law, and
The rmlgrdnt selilIr 0n new Ian l., VIII r. stone
and timber are ST. hbuada.l aiI b. The cho'nb.
slaclcs 10 The progress oi his !aborj Oh The soil.
muA need employ lur a long tm', ra fences
3oarl fences, aaI sIu,o walls. Bat ia most ul
ni .hlaaic states, III 8 mat 9riaIS arr aIraaIv
becoming 80 scarce, that hedges vii soon b..
come Nh most economical mod. OF enclosing
5roLad'. Ia III, Prairie lalli ul the west. h.dg.
IS mat also, trun IN original aId prnsp ct We
'earcny al tnJsr, snnn b. Iarg ,ly rasor.ol ln
ior al permanently divided grounds, such as
gardens and orchards.
Touching the charms which good hedg, has
Tor The eye, they are 50 striking, and so Srii.ey-
drnt, thai our readers hardly need any cIabo.
rate inventory from US. That clever and cxlru.
ordinary man, William Goblet, who wrote
books on gardening, French grammar and po.
ltlcal economy, wlIh equal success, said, in his
usual emphatic manner, As to the beauty of Il
fine hedgs, il is impossible for any one who has
not seen ii, 10 form I'm idea; conrasel with a
wooden, or lv.n brick fence, il is like the land
OF Cauaan compared with The deserts OF Ara.
bu. l' ..
| The advantages Of Il hedge over a common
fence. besides lis beauty, are lis durability, iti
perLEct protection against man and beast, and
The additional value il conlcrs upon The land
which il cncIoscs. fence of wood, OF stone,
MS commonly made, is, at the best, bLl Il misera.
be and touerlng affair; soon needing repairs,
which ure u constant drain upon the rursc; Of.
ten liable 10 be broken down by lrespassing Phi.
IiSInes; and, before many years, decaying, or
So far falling down, US to demand u complete re-.
ncwal. Now good hedge, made of tho plants
we shall presently recommend, will last FoREv-
ER; ills an "everastng fence" III least in any
acceptalion Of the word known 10 our restless
and changing countrymen. When once fully
grown, the small trouble Of annual trimming
COSTS not a whit more than the average expense
of repairs on wooden fence, while its freshness
and verduro are renewed with every vernal re.
turn of the "fower and the leaf"
As a protection TO the choicer products Of the
soil. which tempt the spoiler of the orchard and
The garden, nothing is so efficient as good
hedge. Ii is like an impregnablc fortress, nei-
her TO be scaled, broken through, nor climbed
over. Fowls will not fly over il, because they
fear TO alight upon lis top; and men and beasts
are not likly TO make more than one attempt TO
force its green walls. 1t shows fair aud leafy
shield to its antagonist, but it has thousands Of
concealed arrows ready at the moment Of as :
saut, and there Al few creatures, however Told,
who care to "come 10 Ihe SCRATCH" twice
with such foe. Indeed well made and per.
feet thorn hedge is SO thick that bird cannot
fly throughit.
"The hedge was thick as is castle wall,
So that VINO lis without to stan! or 60,
Though he would all the day pry to aud fro,
He could not see if there were any wight
Within or no., Chaucer.
"This is all lrue," VIC hear some impatient
reader say; "hedges are beautiful, excellent,
good; but what an age they require; four, five,
six years; to cul down, the poor things, once or
twice; 10 be kept back every year with shor-
tening and shearing and only 10 reach the height
of ones head, with such an outlay Of time and
trouble. Ali it is TOO tedious, must build a
puling; shall never have patience 10 wait for