Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-03-27

TESTIMONY OF THE ILLINOIS GARNER
AND THE FARMERS ADVOCATE.

From the Illinois Farmer. Jan. 1861
Mr.. Pike has an abundant supply Of tn
genuine White Willow, and no green-horl
need fear TO be imposed upon by him. Blu
we have this to say, do not take the word o
any agent, however honest he may appear
but demand the authority. 1t is not tn,
agents of Mr.. P. who may cheat you, but tn
villains who would palm themselves off al
such. Remember, then, that you can get th'
genuine White Willow of E. s. Pike and hi
agents, while you may get some other worth
less Willow of other parties, or Of pretended
agents. This we think is worth looking after
for beyond the cost of the cutting, there is ,
large account to settle the labor of putting
them out-and the deep bitter disappointment
when the deception presents itself, a yeritablt
living fact. Better, far better, that you pay
ten, or even fifteen dollars thousand fol
genuin: cuttings, than to receive-as gift
spurious ones In this connection, we can.
not too strongly urge the Importance of plant
ing an acre or two for wood lot in addition
to the farm, for though the fence itself will
alternately furnish wood and timber, yet you
can cut it sooner, or at least will be disposed
to do so, from the wood lot. 1t will require
to the acre at four feet each way to plant the
large amount of wood, while more or less
can be taken the fifth or sixth year.
1t was truly said by one of our farmers at
the Bloomington meeting, that few people
woull buy maple and other trees for the tim
Dor lot, while with the willow, the cuttings
could be so readily set out that few would
now do without them. and timber growing
might we'll be said to date its real beginning
in the spring Of 1868.
We would further state that the cuttings
of Mr. P. arc mostly from hedges ofthree and
four years old, and the most vigorous that We
have seen. The tips and pithy portions are
not included, consequently will require no
further asserting to insure good stand.
From the Farmers Advocate, March 4, 1868.
WHITE WILLow-SALlx ALBA.-Since the
first settlement of our broad Western prairies,
and the almost incredibly rapid changes and
improv emepts that have been wrought in the
notwithstanding the naked prairies pro-
ductive fields, and old tavern stands, now places
of trade and commerce, there has not been
any one instrument employed that promises
such great results as the White Willow now
beiag'so dissemated for grove trees, timber
lots, windbreaks and live fences, 1t is the
desideratum that is to further change and
materially improve and beautify the appear
ance of the Northwest, by clothing our farms
with groves, furnishing our houses with fuel,
our orchards with screens, and farms with
permanent live fences. Its rapidity Of growth
and easiness of propagation will demonstrate
in very few years the correctness of our
opinion. But in the dissemination of this
willow. as in all other new things, we learn
that imposition is being practiced by the sale
and delivery of spurious cuttings Farmers
should be on their guard and buy only of par
ties they know to be reliable. E. $. Pike,
Esq of this city, is owner Of nearly all the
white willow in the country, and parties buy
ing had better purchase of his authorized
agents, or of nurserymen with whom they
are acquainted.