New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-19
PUBIC MEETINGS.
AMERICAN IysITTuTE-FARMERS CLUB.


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The subject Of the Day then taken ap snd dsc1s 81
a, length, nuoh to the Z, srifcsf Of The meeting
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soIoS RoBsaoy sid b. had proposed 'his qnssf5ai 70
The Club for The psrpoe CT awakening discussion not ocy
here bu. among farmers generally that they ri ht bs IN
duceo ti1k OF TIE tax selfin1,ctet upon
themselves fr ree6is fences The late Nicholas Bf1e
made out case from censss hgETes, provn, thai the
annual wasted in ana TO keep fences 10 re-
p'l, was more than ten millions OF dollars year a11
there E doubt but that rsy be multiplied by tao
umber Of State ip the Union nssiny more tnan ss9o
COOCC worth OF labor Annually pended upon The fences
Of the United States The question 10 be c9nsilerei
IT, Row much Of h- IL wasted LocS AZ these "A tree
items In tie general account Within an hour of this
room have seen farm divided into lots OF one 20 ave
aCTes ty heavy walls. IL il moderate 70 cacuHe
ten feet ost cultivation for esh line Of fence and that
they cellar rod % build, and ten per cent upon
that ever sttr Il keep in repair Bat say tns some
wall advocate. they built 70 get nd OF the stone
nothing else could be done with them nat = not -
Half Of that very farm has wet soh ana every sore
wond be doubled In value by under framing
and If every foot Of those stone walls hal
hen buried AT the same cost Of baiEling the farm
would be worth this day twire az much "a could be si
for will IT, miles OF fence Farms are common AL over
thr county where the fence worth more than the land
let start south from here and look AZ .,
New Jersey Pennsyl ania snd Delaware II is NJ w'n
der they poor for every hundred ofra- cost The pos
taxed farmer from Sven to ten dGafs AM keeps 9n
poor 70 Keep BIZ farm fenced. For what ina rev
roor pigs or kangaroo cows. NAV staNe AMI
steal in tie highway. breeding mischief among neigh
hor Ard OCCASIONALLY offering sacriice Of their worth
le lives 10 The railwsv deities but claiming fw hu nan
lecs end arms token Of remembrance that IN TINS
country tie liberty Of the highway for cattle hell OF
higher importance than legs arms or heads or hinAn
beings In Delaware gre efforts have been m lis 10 es
care the fence tax BY planting hedges the County OF
Newcastle pr baby les thorn hedges than anyoher
County in the Union The Effort has been good d,al
lie that of who undertakes TO In himself by hii
own psnta ous-he does not ct up much lonce "a o
Delaware farmer that had never seen thorn hedge
that was n good ftnce. Come with M, then. md
! will show YOU ons.' We were soon alongside
Of H. End certainly there good fence-a good pot
ard rail feDcen the field alongside of the hedge "a he
said TO keep the cattle from eating up the hedge plants.
We had Guilty in finding an opening t. get through
into N roao aud there we found board fen e. What
"thet for W "Oh said be- my neighbor LET their hogs
run in the road and tried my hedge or years, stop
"Irg hole here and there pretty often a. every o0iys
81" would be good fence when grown, bui u grew wose
"every wear ard so built board fence which keepsthe
hogs NJ rail fence keeps the cattle OF and the hedge
"is ornamental don't you thuk it is end The whole only
take I'D about rod WIDE OF the richest land on the farm
However hedges are the fashion and that o7
Ueve i the only in the State that isis good
fence. THIS is in accordance with all my experience
with thorn hedges. The late A. j Downing hah ono
around his beautiful place al Newburgh When i vas
in lie prime. il was passsble substitute for tence.
zig. calf, goose that would hesitate now 10 WAX
through il j. poor goose and so any man who thinks
thorn becg in this country good -manent fence Ia
Virginia | have good deal OF rel cedar hedge
hen you9 end thrifty i Is very pretty ana being dh AZ
il. until they try. Then they do Afier
it gets old they do not try they go through without half
trspp better hedge is made Of the dead boughs Of
cedar woed between stakes This kind OF fence - very
common in Lower Virginia 1t ia frequently built on top
Of bank thrown up from Glitch two t. touTeet deep on
each side That makes good fence True IT taxes up
some laud hut what If that land is plenty in America
ard if il st we would soon fence IN the Slni"sn
Isords II makes ODDS that country has been de-
nuded OF fencing timber, like parts OF New jersey Deia
ware Maryland and virginia or like the prairie land that
II never had people III fence II they perish in tue
k-c.gu Obliged ttnce Ehen tneF IN H'l re
quile il for their know one farmer in North
Carolina WHO has 20 keep thirty miles of fence 30 keep
Other Il *, cattle of of his land without being ben f'ei
thrty yer far a. his own stock concerned
IL Mississippi there h kind Of hedge that n an etec'ual
LsIrer t. Ill domestic animals. negroes included IL IS
mad. of he Cherokee vine-nOt bush-fnr the
brar,les grow thirty or forty feet long. The flowers are
white single with large yellow centers AM when IN
fun bloom. amid tie dark green foliage the hedge
i very beautiful. IL you AK il have any OBJ
iGc,ion to this Kind OF hedge, l none in
lie least ss | lana south OF latitude 3!
degrees ard il will not flourish north of that, and
en- quite willing those who do should have edge that
grows Is feet high and 80 feetw wide and affords good
shelter for rats and other yermn and occasionally taxes
fire, and being full Of dead wood inside. 4 leaves
tie heGge in clean condition TO build ran
fence aud set out a new hodge NJ .pAt OF me
country eXIends 20 much letor in fencing ~ MIS-
sssirri ard Louisiana. The cotton plantations are
erced with zig fence Of oak rails generally stake and
ered 10 TO Is rails high Owing to heat AMI damp the
durability Of rails does not exceed years. On some
o. rich lends ami elder grow large enough 10
nekerais II commonly calculated that it takes all the
1afo "a A n
pce some Of the sugar lands along the river are fenced
NJ at expense with cypress posts and rails to keep out
lie cattle which run in the road. Upon the prares OF
the West Thousands Of miles Of sod fence have been MADE
Int not ore rod in a mile remains. When drst built,
sed fnces pretty good barriers against ali stock bGt
iley soon crumbe TO dust 1t is strange thing that
ueotle viii hbul ras mes, and boards htty miles to
build fence Very few any attempts have been made to
dispeIse with ell fence upon the prs'rie land hastchu
ses i about the only sensible State know OF Tor there
you can rae crop along side Of apubic highway WIKI
out fencing il.
Prof hAPEs said II appears by the last census that We
had then lis 100000 of Of land in cultivation Il
fair calculation that this lard divided into an
average If twenty field and that tbs labor OF fencing
exclusive Of materials is worth 80 cents rod This wond
b sll3 .! for every field and s60 pa for the whole
he iurle interest Of which will asionish any who
will make the calculation This Is monstrous M upon
industry beside the loss Of land upon which the fence
stands don't know how it il with others, but cannot
afford lose the OF srp SIX feet wide rleds are
cut I'D into small lots just from custom, without any
reason Cattle pemte ed TO run IN the road by custom
no law sanctions IT, AMI no Legislature dares to make
sucL law cannot afford pasture cattle because 1t
i cheaper to soil them it may not be eyery"nere
hut that il subject for Calculation. 20 one
can afford il, unless upon very low priced Ianis
Usage Orauee Hedge i becoming common lu some
lace. bu, lat in matter Of calculation whether can
be Afforded MI Randa told Us here The oiner dsy mar
be has long lines of upon his farm in Maryland but IS
obliged cutting pow along eide 10 keep the ROOFS
within bounds the roots run out Twelve feet esh way
believe tbs Kind of hedge wiz make good tence II you
can sord the room Walls may be built prohi-by
in Places by making underdrain under the wall
All walls shCnld have deh hlled with eoop.e ston,
10 prevent the frost from bearing down the wau
WcOc Posts for fence should all be kyanzed a. ne Dol
tom reversed from tie way they greE Win coro
sive sublmAie plugged in the upper end Is oe'' 70
Ky6r ard gensse The sleepers OF the 4n1e
and AutOy Railroad h snZed and nave -et.d
twenty three wears The wood treated with cor sve SUD
Innate never slrinks and SWELL cracks The best way
20 chsr pcfs 10 VT them with cheap resin oil and burn
of Copfers about post IN the ground preserves them
Wire Fence las net yeE snsseredthe expect At9n leon