Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1869-01-22
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The natN1al ,t3,ra'aior would be
IN these 3a1~ nt money making
schemes, lhst a ur iaQ TIE lloae,
locust or nio properly three
Il .ued Acacia, u 4 bed e plant up.
on he lfplior land holders, iha,
we hSye au axe 20 gaiHd. True IN
raising I'll seedlings at fcnr dollars
Ye hoasana. ,heic is little profit,
hui not ha. as much as IN raising
os.ga oraune plants or any other
nurser, stock i!orin, to make Ben.
ton coaHty permancnt home, we are
lu5v srNious So SEQ a system OF he.ig.
inc b, ga, a, ance. tnal W i be per.
lnaaeue Few iull, realize how differ.
vat place 10 live in our prairie
oaautv Vii, leco,nc, when our terri
ID wintcr wiads are broken up and
Offered " - comple'c system OF
lisa eng Tpar very tarm. Ii will
nt a. difference in climate
~ ~ - two degrees OF la,i, i,ade.
,ap- potlnG ot thc comfort of dis.
ns II ,hat TtcNSe, steady,
etl6na WA Which We can now
81 7 ee~ly aay winters day upon
oa ~ ra,ris between Ninton and
Ia, Ren Read Ag7in, not much
luelo MI he t,quirel, io compute tho
iao.ease,. uroat q ouy farming un.,.r
the rev 0, der OF things. oa iie one
hani tie immense cost OF our tink-
eve,:-up wooden fences will be taken
of; N The other hand the great gain
Of q rlyel farming vii! be added.
Goodalc noted English farmer said
be considered animals as machines
Tor converting the coarse provcnder
and hcrbase OF our lansle into dollars
AID cents AS it now il With our
fara.s in the one big Geld. how little
chance we have for taking advantage
VI this immense source Of profit.
Wiiheu. a change we are bonnd 20
rend he very cream Of our land II a
dis,an, and uncertain market. Our
wheat eaters and wheat growers
should live io.eikcr, and with >
mixed sys.e,n Of farming how soon
this would be realized. Now a Ii tie
talk about tho reasons why the three
thorned Acacia is our natural hedge
plani-why, We are asked, do We
object 10 the Usage orange. 1t is soon
told. The osage does well through a
wider range Of latitude than nearly
any other tree.-From the equator "a
the 4oth parallel of latitude north. i,
may be said to be perfect success
Bat i, is the laet pound that breaks
HE camel's back. Go anywhere ir
,,or;hcrn Illinois and you will be told
this story. By covering the osags
10, Two winters after being planted
OH any dry grouadr good he,lgs
can DC made OF the esage in Eve
years. Ifup 10 this age it become.
Killed Ia the top il sprouts mp again
before The old wood drops off te
make gap in the hedge row; and
even after this il will continue q
spront np, though not so vigorously,
until the hedge has been eight or ten
years sct-aiier this it has less vigoI
and vitality in the root and Il killed
at the top the roots fail 10 throw mp a
sufficient top-year after year the
dead spots in the hedge extend until
the whole thing becomes an unsigh,ly
nuisance, that has 10 be grubbed up.
I hope our farmers viii make . note
Of this prediction, which is founded
npon IA years Of close observation
and experience in northern Illinois
and Iowa. Twelve years from this
time, Of the thousands of rods oi
Usage now being put out in this coun.
,ynot eighty consecutive rods Of good
hedge will be found. Well, how
about the Horey Locust? One man
says it is too big = tree. another man
says it will sprout and the locust bo.
rers will eat It up, another that II has
too big thorns, il becomes dangerous
Sc.
The facts, however, ar ethese. Or.
ange Jadd. Peter Barry, J. J. TLom
as and DR.. Wardner, 10 fact our mos
competent authorities, say the mos
perfect specimens Of hedge in thu
United T,a,es are OF this plant. A
hedge of Acacia =, Elizabethtown, n
J., one mile long, which has been .
perfec, barrier to man and beast fol
over thirty years, has never had /:
plant to sprout, nor to be attacked b,
any insect, and the hedge has gives
tor raoy years but very little troubl,
to keep i, in shape. Prune it abou
the same as is required TO form Al
Usage hedge until ii is six years old
and the dwarf habit becomes fully es
tablished. The leaves become small
the branches fine, making short annu
al growtLs, and the whole plant be
comes by pruning SO intensely thorsy
that nothing can, or will pass it,
Even the plaats, that if left to grow
up in 3 thrifty way, would be des
titute of thorns, when pruned annual
ly for hedge. become as thorny rs th,
thorniest. We do not expect tbi.
kind OF talk will stop the setting o
the Usage. But We hope here ant
there hedge Of the Honey Locus
will be started. Experience must b,
our schoolmas,er. Twelve years a.e
A. B. Whitney Of franklin Grove, III.
q we'll known farmer and fruit grower
ofnor.hern Illinois, hedged his 40t
acres into beautiful enclosures with
tie Usage. Go now and look at III,
broken remnants Of maclura. He j,
now setting Honey Locust. Thou
sands more ia Northern ILL.,, did tht
same thing with the same result
Can We not learn from their expert
epcc J. L. EuDD.
She,ishnrO Iowa