Nebraska advertiser., 1863-07-25

norm sue u Every Fralf 4a'" AZ
grows rapidly q dry ground but more
SO in meist-hehee by its use, the slough
lands, hitherto worthless. iii speedily
be transformed into timber belts.
4lh.-n planted eight inches toa foot
apart, Oh any ltllable land, witch should
be deeply and hOropghly phIyerized-if
for hedge strip, il should be at least five
or six feet III WIDTH, cultivation same as
for row Of corr il Will in } few years
form a live fence equal TO apy s.ockade
in restraining the most unruly animal
The cuttings, which may be st 70 ten IN
ches 10 .engsh, should be at least three
fourths inthe ground, the dirt firmly press
ed around the lower end, and left loose
at the surface. For hedge, le body Of
J the plant is relied on for its efficiency.
and the limbs within a few feet Of the
ground are trimmed off. I'd very wei
land The surface may be moIched. cover
ed with straw deep enough Q kill the
grass, and the cuttings stuck after the
mulehing IS applied. The largest end
Of the cuttings should be shar3 ened, 10
facilitate the operation Of setthgi The
largest sizes make the mOgt wood the
first year (; the smallest, even the tips
grow with equal certainty, Improperly
managed, and make the finest plants in
~hedgerow, assuming a straigher form
than those Of larger size. Whre there
is danger from drought, the yOuPg plants
should be thOrou bly, mulched with straw
or other liter.
From extensive researches, wsare sat-
isied hat the honor of its first htroduc-
ton to this State belongs to Mr. Geo.
Ducan, of Fulton County, who bought it
to Illinois in 1885.
The undersigned, with a few others,
having cultivated this tree for a number
Of yearson the prsirissa and fairly dem
onstrated its value, did, with the recon-
m%endation of the Illinois State Horbcul-
ural Society, Eat the last three annual
meetings which its merits have been free
ly discdssed,J set before the farmers Of
the Prrairies on it9 own merits min
ating the first Of any considerable amount
the past season. It's value was SO Appa-
rent to the public, that an immense de-
mand suddenly, sprung up,
Certain shrewd sharpers the princi-
pal one, anOhio bankerJ seeing at once
the magnitude this enterprise wouk as.
sumo, with cunning design e~ndeavored
to purchase or control the entire crop in
the West and2thus secure a Monopoly
of the trade, forcing the farmers to pay
them their own prices.
In this they solar succeeded as to Sc
cure, on vaneus false p~retences, a large
quantity of the cuttings, at prices merely
nominal, before the GAME was under-
stood so far as they could, laying under
restriction in regard to retailing he
parties from whom they purchased.
BY thus reducing the humber o.
ers and traducing the balance. they have
already cody ~pocketed tens Of thousands
of dollars. al their extOrlionate priees.4
But we. the undersigned, still have On
hand a few millions Of cuttings Of he
GENUINE VARIETY, and, because we sell
them at some dollars a thousand les.
through their lying agents they are con
stantly asserting that they have purchas
ed all the genuine White Willow in the
West, consequently, if any others offer
It for sale. il must be spurious.
Having been established as Nursery
men on the prairies, and dealing with the
public respectively from ten to twenty
two years, we are willing to leave it with
them to Judge (Which would be most like
ly to impose on the community, ourselves
or the itInerant spectators.
From the "PrGiris Farmer" Jan. 1OtA, 1868.
"WHITE WILLow-DoN' BE DECEIVED.
We learn that a tract of swamp land 10
DeKalb county has been cleaned Of its
growth Of common Willow by ~speculators
IN the cuttings, which will undoubtedly
be offered as genuine. Again we say,
be careful of whom you buy. Don't buy
of itinerant and irresponsible men,"
If! the farmers of the Northwest are
not in too much haste to be hunlbugged b.
the worthless and lying gueFrIIIas en-
ployed by these sharks" to Scour the
whole Prairies, they can all be supplied
by regular Nurseryn1en and Farmers
among them, who cuItiUatsd what they.
sell, and ~caFrant ii genuine.
We also have a supply of nursery pro.
DUES adapted TO the West, Tor sale Al
reasonable prices qg0Tr
Orders may be addressed to- ether of
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