The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-05-28

Yellow poplar and red hickory could
be deadenedby girdling them to the red
but white poplar and white hickory
could not be killed so easily. The bark
of the hickory was cut around near the
ground, and again as high as a'mSh
could reach, and then peeled off and
the tree hacked around near the middle
Of this peeledspace, The bark Ofthe
white poplar was torn in strips up the
tree from ten to twenty feet. Trees
thus peeled would generally die in the
succeeding August. There were many
beech tees, and these were killed by
hacking them around in August, and
they would die in August, and they
would die year. or two aflewardsro
ia 1t was sometimes difficult TO burn the
old logs, and this required much care
and attention. Especially was it diff
cult to burn chestnut The only way
to got rid of chestnut logs was to split
them up like rails, andthen they would
burn witha tremendous cracking, the
GOALS flying of at great rate. Oak,
maple, ash, beech &C., burned readily.
Beech is solid, heavy, fine grained
wood, and made beautiful furniture. l
have often wondered That tits not more
generally used. 1t wasmostly used to
make plane stocks and the bottom part
of yiolins. Ithas been used to some
extent to make bedsteads. i9....p 80.
Burning the brush heaps on the
cleanings was q nice thing, This was
generally done after night. The light
reflected on the under sides ofthe young
leaves of the trees-the cracking and
roaring of the fres-the whippoorwills
telling off their wild and mourn(ul
chant in tho surrounding woods, made
these brush burnihgs thing never to
be forgotten w D''' ''i " 4" '''f
Often the wind would rise during the
burning of the brush or log heaps, and
the dry leaves in the woods would take
fire. When very dry, and the wind
high, l have seen the fire run up hill
almost as fast as a~horse could runt but
generally tho fire Travelled soslowly that
itoould be checked. The best way was
TO 90 some distance in front Of the ad-
Vancing fame and rake heleaves away
for the space Of q couple Of feet, and
then fire and lot it run back and meet
tile advancing fame. lAfter trOesIhad
been deadened afc@ years they would
burn readily, and from the g,log heaps
made Of those which had fallen, tho
staudingtVees would often take irsnanh
burn to- the top. The wind would
sbmetimts carry pieces Of fight rotten
burning wood to the dry fences, aud
then It was. diaioultto save the fences
i have seen the fences around entire
fields thus destroyed in hour or two.
la0ur pioneer farmer has now got his
little field Of four or five acres ready for
the plow. The brush, and aaost Of the
logs are burned, part of the standing
trees are deadehcd, and the field is sur
rounded BY a,fehce Eve Or six iailshigh
The Geld Is full Of stumps, and the soil
completely woven together with roofs.
II lis question ] cannOtonow decide
which kind Of timber had roots most
troublesome to the pIoysn,, Bgtasbad
~ any were The roots of the hickory.
Long, tough, aud Just beneath the sur
face, they sorely ttiedathe patience ol
my man. ! once heard ananecdoteBI
aman Who wasplowiSg ip one gfth09sse
new fields, and every timearooL would
break and the ends spring back and
strike him on the shinshe woltld dance
with pain and dswoar d horrid oath, A
preacher was riding along, aud hearing
the oaths1 he stepped andremonstrRled
with the man; ;iandtold him tlAtiit was
no ussto s%ear, The man told him
that no man coald plow ihat ground
and not sweat, Iheprsapber dispptei
this, and to proverbs point got down
fromhih horse and plowed afew foands.
Every root that struck him1almost hoist
ed nm from the ground, and withteat,
in bis eyes he would e4claims ,'s,well,
never saw the like Of thisN When h,
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