, 1869-11-17
) THE FARM AND GARDEN.

THE FARM AND GARDEN,
TfotninK OsnKe Hedges The Dts.
-tnA CO to sor tue -l4&nx&-Dl s-susn
! AE-WhsEc Willow EcAcu-SplFa
TsAIhsnH OF tho ExApo-FFopuSMs.
anE aho Qushcr.
fpkoh uux AGRICULTURAL eoxAksrpspRSr1
| cuAxrAl0S, III Nor. 1e.
| akAlktS0 usAGE HEDGES.
/ ! FAhvIxH Fam, HOLDEN,
=. JOHNSON CurArr, Mu., Nov. & f.
have recently came 1fua Allegheny Coaz.y
teLtiou VI nxAAK it my peru altes home Wlr
ixinitR AID s'eck fa..iaE tor nuzi.es.. Silce
l h0nyht ot eun'b0 Weat have Iesu IL tor
sa.e, sto u tact Ii some E4ltern joust...s Al
the ARTICLES Wf1tIeo on 0.Age hedging, and
go & &hss't e'eIy xnies differing u 1aali
nslne sd ert1ssins e1.e M fes nsss before 'sS! ns
NJ article n iha Jatrnoi II Ayrtsut1rs Of OcoA.s
teeH% u u tioa, he hands u prscacsi u.sa spd
EuitA ny !ne1s better thAu sny xrlcie have cvel
feaa On the suh}ecf Of hcoxtnK. hAve four mile.
tsd thouRht u ,opplax Or plsshlng nc1s spuox,
not tltRir ntlxnpor Of ntao s2feea with me. Iii
ending tha It y TOO yoana aaa snall, out stis,
With u, Il has II! had txo 3taM gfu*tn since
oeitR planted ouL TIRES from tho ae*a1.
| 1A% - ~ = 4Ak4 u IL II GlCIs aud &EfuQ.
by. nd 40, AFRAID can ncrer be msca Nhas
c. rn0 s1tn'. OWING 10 The ttld te,pE p42t lrr,I
tnls .st,n and tho Tops bitten ou ~itn The Cattle
,ou: eonseqael'Ij, can Do 1oshipg Win it 10 1 :
bur ttfp ls cseau and eAcn aide veil WORKED. me
pin thas Design looping II nos,ly Yer, nnr,
etSh' teet The height rasRes from three to n,nr
fe* and the thiekneaa Of me s1k ~ 10 j, inches
chea Last wturez a,,lI pisnIs petsned trom irr,z M
ue out a1d other camet, nj Of ahlch wese n.
| placed Ii Aptu with Lew ones, but ow,ue to tda
yer5 ANAL grow1n. Noz pieaae o. I,nj envu. il
| IL lttl ue how 10 fotm tbl1 Icpce Al It s1auds
toH It Y se1y hlQshv and qat,e Wide lsom ta.t
sone cases. two uain ssema Oh each atsik} spread
itE CUT aid tne Amha dropping And.uuEzoutaI.
III ~ es's a 'hess @ imns :; snd sss o. Or
on entirely Of eating them &GAy or not9 Ovisg
70 Al TIE trat cDes being 70 healthy aud vigorous
lhioen out nAei5 70 cau.e dead 1ood Id c1ersns
| Hg,fpu1 efp"th OF the whole next season I
Ahof 2 one Lroae there are Rreat number ui
stsud'tx tltnS iee, of T. VII laey x' ne t1ssy %
toi, 1nien: VII, either Of both sqifGr By fna !.
iIiluu Ing and rrarntng up a hedge pant sas esr7J
fnriJ Jeet tor Ornamental trees WGa, do 5ou lhiox
| OF Il! Please tescIibe plash1pE, I don't UNDER
shte ieey s.s e;sps.ed 70 .ssad - ,eo else'. snd
how nat sasu isy thems fou ztis, trust, az
H. e
cent lJtug isrm, ard have 4 de=lfu to naye
esery,o,cE rRat n ias As possible from the BEGIN
LIE, LIZ, 7o rnss ~ !eH 1eafA can lave model
| T. r Mcquts1ox.
Toe efssy alluded to waa written for the A9r-
cuTnr4l.Report of Alhous,, sud pnblizhcu on pare
~, Rept Of 1885,, and xas lately e1docset1 by the
FSsmers Ctup, 0t St Lonta Prof. Turuer. Enn IL
the tatosr Of ossge heostua, takes exception to
Int dAtsaco q setting the plznts recommended In
tlo easaJ, rtcte7to9 Six to twelve iuches, and
al.o to lhe plashibg pfeteE1ipE to mako toe hedge
| closc, ~ catua8 back and by 4Ennzl Trimmings
F1of 7. formerly pnnted tRelye lrches, pu. nov
p1eiers Ax.
The making Of hedge does not depend ppon
tbeosJ, hut upon WtIlAscertained lacta; and we
Rene1ar 0nd the road to succeas hosdered with
,unuHefzbe fallures The theory Of setting close.
~. eating back to thfckeo up Ard with ANNUAL or
&smtannY0 aheatfnsR, Ia \ plealtng orc, and the
old pctnfes dTawn o5 The dealers In Oaago plants
Has really pEEttJt and, In fscf for soma years 1o.e
ATlng raHttJ; bot uae. that ruthletsly tries an
things, destroyed this ,iuston, and ne are seut
back 10 study nature ~ nature will pessIst Ia
doing. After thr~e years mora Of observation
and experience, an saktxned that tbs direction
10 The cssas, refaupx 10 The hedge, is not COM
fiett, 5et ~ II AtAndN, u OF mora practical yolun
thHn the 1ixn proposed b Prof. 7.
AL parties are sRrEet upon nearly OF AL points.
except the distance Of the plants and The after
Ae0kAC ACuLv- viii QE{E1DFG, LINT consider these
Two POINTS, Beginning with
TEE DISTANCE TO rLAk1.
nave 4 hedBo OF dozen 1ods In length On one
Eide ol ny AFn that Was set In The spsing Of 1885,
lhe piAut3 were set Six tEcdes apaEt Esefy ptsnt
grew, foFsheI were terded very ca1cfuily. At
thtte Jc1ra o!d It Eax turned OUT, having been
taeared the previous summer In the most approved
style. h1y,og h1pad hare, thus e1po-tng MI the
leaves TO tho SUI and sir. People admired thta
GG1RE aEd 6fnnaHrrHE I = hrrp
ptouhe hAs failed. 1ta9 but = boulder thrown out
Of INC highway Of ptpRfess 4, showing that II was
hot Nne ftgnf material IN the night place, The
tnlc1IJ roNdtd plants began TO die out leaving
gaps to1ouah which aoRa OF al hzea mar fere,y
patt. while to horses ana ssown.up stock 1t ia a
wall Of lecufily,
The farm hedaep ses At The aatre time md Ia
tse tame way, were DOT 80 fortuna ,&sn hay.as
lhc ttants tive, and presented gaps OF one, Two
a1o thrtt feet. Fur sIx years these hedge. grew
und'stp1beo, - they Eele Intended to answe.
tEo pofpoEes, oce Tor fetce and the other for
ats!:er- bur some OF the plants ~ould not xtox,
and the csalo found that leAtI barrier vas ro
tair'ef At all, amt patkel through It. Ono OF ny
fetShtols had hedge plashed at three sears.
piaLts foot apa,t, wsta many gaps ol TWO and
AHe 2tes- 1hiA has ttree Hfuwu 70 Thoroughly
matted, that Eetthef Pig nor chick coald pass
fa1orsh It: pscsertet toid wall OF living woot,
50 3rtef&ced a. 70 lid de1apce to Hslrg htrd or
ooneatsc amin H. That hedge IL to-day . aocoea,.
I: or rLAsHIA0.
The 0Im hedge wha p.aaned At etren veaFa,
old anE n now : Substantial 1euee. But 10 p1aka.
tcg cqnm1t,ed an error. The plants Or tree,
should hsse had AL the sids branches cut on 70
laat ttfy would lie Ia = compact Inc, ono over
tne othu ara c1ose TO tAe Exourd. A they now
thAo tefS are At N angle OF to1t..1ye degrees.
Cate nntt be iaten tnaa ait this Flashing be
done eefote the cnmmeneement Of growth. Tor in
lhak caee, IN binding Al The point Of cutting the
eafk = II be 1oosered and tho plaut ahoyo the
cutting will dse, and Tins the benen. be Iost.
II Il ioand In practice that broad bsse 10 the
hedge haa this disAdyAntaze: the III .th being on
he ontside, the whole inside becomes hollow. II
3LofS 1eu On ae ontade, bur ts no protection
afa!use boss Or eSeu STOCK. Unleas there II =
vail oi wood Of sufficient eao<epess and g,renstn
to naAe barrier, tie Leaves and thosns make m
Afn III FaTt aI tho efficiency OF tho hedge
In e.aHe planting It Is Impossible 70 obta,,
n1'fotm growth on the Scong tees, and pa9t OF
them ssu 100 weak 10 Withstand tbs pressure Of
Aock and they pass through It. For this reason
the htdct must be gTo1n 20 taAs The tTunta VIII
OF shes7keEes oEer IT 1de:r0t ba1ner.
TIE Gase !*A fot.ss ter. and made tnto a
bsake fnuss have ccnslS1t attention or It x1J
hitnk atofe ION Ill snca hounds and ssaune II.
forA fzo~tn- We al know the resols nl ,hls Is
10 dvstf OF kln cut pniitoo Of the PLANS 10 p,se
trsee tos the stronger. New, II nc &c, these
riAn's toos spar ID = single row s1d allow then,
TO MAKE vigorous upward Srowtn, they kul craw
quae uadcrM In Atze. n TIN e the lover branches
ee1se 10 efoT, and hua nothing hut the bare
tTau51Ne pfeetnled to fotm tne betse, Iisnesc
IRE q soch flze that stock c&nnot p7sa them
asloe. r VII anaNer car purpose. hut ~ We can.
cot ceRs1 On thi*. We HuE. .ezort t. squue means
10 sufpatten tie position.
Thd wood Of the Osage Is amorS tie most
du1Abae, rats'ug next to red cedar. arsa and
ea's1pa. bat We need not destroy 1t, bat give
II k3oW &roHlh At.t ne bare pal 1t In position
to sbkueY cur purpose.
In The f1t place, We nuEs depend o. TIE m.
Yielding nstuse OF the timber for the fence, and
nc2s k1Ee Just enough x1UHta 70 II to Keep Shtx
~ ood In \ healthy co1du.on. We tneu tatc the
hefFe At II. right, o. ten yeass Old u:s1 growth
Of IRON obe 70 two incoes n diameter, srz1p this
growth Il al Tho atda branches End With N up-
E1ru blow or ehaIp Ratchet peaz ,ns eround.
cot the tEee two thirds On On the s4de Opposite to
which 4 d to Ia laid do41. 4 iex yelIo1 willow
.bAncz viii keep them IN placs untd sae new
rro.1AM eunlc.enr 10 bind toem together; ,
httee bf tats stte. wat1 laid down, xfu be about
tcEee RET high. and IN few weeks tho &roElh
will be sufficient to make II effective. YouuE
sprouts will sta11 up fro n re point OF the raat
when cut, a. veil n alo:1g the whole length OF the
tree THIS new growth vii ntad tie unols 20
firmly That the old wood cAnrus BE- moved fnou
III place By any effort Of the farm stock.
TIE hEtt summer after p,asn,pg no 4aeartnC Ia
required: bur, Attsr thar, It should have annual
&he.ssrz. during tho month Of July or August
FtE 1HEs ieet Aoote the ground ne mat depend
On the eertre VAL Of the hedge, and, sacreiore
this ne0uld be trimmed. The ton Of tho hedge
may be cut of It four feet aud kept At about thai
het1ht. Tu1 annual cutting EiTcs = stunted
growth 10 the hedge Iast enough 70 Keep Is IN =
good healthy condition. The trimming EaJ be
dane By band, or with mAeh!nerY.