, 1869-06-02

" years shcartug, cents per rutI.. 236
Ts,sl 81 ,nss
Cost Of l,oarl, fencing nR..........,.........I IDou
yas4
The ,,tf1crenrc ior the nras twenty years Is $50
per apnuu, and thnE, Instead Of having o. poU in-
ves,r,t "a utg!uni cnrltal laye but &4eo In the
hedge It Wilt require at least 10 per cent To keep
the 'tcah fence in repair, willie Ut for each iarm
will keep the hedge nicely shcarcd. In one case
VIC linTc reliable hedge, anti In the otter m tn
certain one Of pine boards. II farmers would
stop 10 use few Simple figures, Il appears 70 rue
that twenty thousand, inatcad Of ten thousand
bushels III reed. would have been plautud lD the
he,1yc nurseries OF the Northwest this aprlnK.
Ten ,hbusanl bs,she1s Of t'sa4c seed, ht ',0t}9
1Ian!s to the luahe would make o0o, 000, ,0tO, md
ut h,n<yp rlsBta 10 the mile Of hedge, they woulh
be,Tu 60,en mlc'. or at B4H rods 10 the Auhrtex
sucl,ot farm hedge for ~ 100 Of these FARMS At
this rne uls The asms III The Htatc cgul 10 heKe1
IB len years Uns VIC lnsc SGbras&p, fuwa, D
part ii Wlsconsttl. stIr!ERn, tnliRta and onto 10
draw on this slork VI plants. 10 ray otfE VI tho
cotton srs Illat niuss usu tissa llaHl iRs9uly nj
| MI rAfly s1ay.
a mrRu A,tnru Ut 1tlcaa plA,.a viii 10 grown IN
| ll4s har. fItlr hA'trtsl nrrra 0f Whlr1 Ia TOW
ts,uu pIaI,st'tl lY Mr. sRnH. II wn cHsit'lntr thr
nj "tlu dUllsr R.hl ,pisrtrr vt Tit AHtsrry, Wa
bhse tho !otpl u,nnut Ut tJ|o.uo1 II lpla lu,, If
| ynEhl lalmr. l,r.iAct thr tlM'0HI Ial1 far tile
htr,t, md VIZ have tnr tie product 0f savan thnsls.
an,i ncrrA ot hedge p!ans thu nh. 0t t:Ia.istI 0r
| uboHi tsU ttf auIe Thu f!Ant-l.atera aud tsans-
ptstAt!oH companies nAse tutleh more, mRl1ng
the proceeds &6p>,ktA, When VT take into c0nstd-
| csattn the Immense saviug 10 tho State by the
Of this plans. We may feel sonic little gratl-
tule 10 Mr. Mann Tor the parL no took III 1ts INTRO
| dnct,un In le+h, aud hts subsequent efforts in is
| dissemination. TWenty-thrce years have made
wonderful changes, hut none more Important than
| this single item OF hedging.
| The leading temB Of rural economy in the
worlds progress during the rast thirty years har{
cmauatc.! or becn perfected in this State. The
! s1eel p}ox, the reaper and mower, the Mazsh hsr
vcs.cr, hedging and tIilt growing Oh scale nescl
ttlorc attempted
| NO LOSS BY GROWTH TO TUE SOIL
It's charged that 9 1--we hedge draws from tls
soil largely for lts growth. 1t Is certainly yer,
Inconsistent charge to make. We Wlu Huppos'
that the $40 rods OF hedging occupy eight acre
or strip Of twelve feet each side Of the hedge
| This strip when the lot Is IN small grain gives u
the necessary head lnnis and roadways that ar.
absolutely required, and wc have the saEc area Il
plant as though dead fence etood .n fts p1&ce
| When In meadow or pasture no one thinks OF und
! ing the grass less lnxuraant near the hedgc. II
fact the hedge returns more to the iand By its an
nuAl crop Of leaves than 1t dTaws tom 1t u 1t
growth. Besides this hedges hare IN effect OF
the climate, furnish o home for numher1ess In
| sect eating birds, hold the snow covering, aud Il
I 1nan5 ways im,Mcvc the condition Of the crops
| Int TIN M,st potent atgunent ss found IN tn
original Capita. luvestc1 and annual cost Of &c