, 1869-06-02
THE FARM END GARDEN.

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IfEoN OCn A0llcrLvCaAL CORRESPONDENT
CHAAPAlHs. H., june l.
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TIE subject Of tencing IL one Of the most prom
inent, and Invites more careful study than any
one Of the present nccls Of onr rural population.
Nearly one. sixth Of the lumber trade Of Chicago
Is devoted 10 this purpose. Pine fencing, cedar (
and oak potts fencing nails, iron post-mnuls sud
postaugers are among the leading staples Of
trade; but, unlike other branches Of trade that
serve TO build up the business Of the country, this
tsaale has tue effect to deptete H. Fencing With
dead material mas be sct down as one Of the great
drains on our agricultural Industry, and ml1st,
sooner OF !aseg, be changed fot more rational
system.
The forests Of the North cannot stand ths
drain for twenty years longer, without seriously
interfering with other demands for lumber Ine
Northwest Is not more tnan one-qnartef Supplied
with fencing, lnd the whole must be renewed
every 1IFteeu or twenty years. To accomplish
this nom tic resources ut hand ls out Of the 1ues
tion
farm OF quarter section, or one hundred and
sixty acres. divided into ferty-ac!e ne1ls, with
road frontage, cattle yarls, garden and orchard
will rc1utrc eight hundred nn1 forty rods OF fenc-
lug. This fcnte, made o1 pnsts an1 hoa1as, Will
cost, on MI average, not less than one dollar
anu TWENTY-FIVE cents rod, OF for the farm
Of q aunt,et section Que thousand dollars We
then hnyc:
Annllnl rcpalrs, ten per cent. 2'4n
Twenty srnrs' total cost, tTn
or an annual coat OF two huntfc dollars, clua! to
rental of onc dollar and quarter an acre.
The State Of Illinois contains $4,000 quarter
section farms. 1t We take Into consideration VII
laKe lots ami small fiUncsteals, we mny safely
nssumc thnt the average will he as above stated.
Taking tic nf'Dyo estimate anu VIC have or shall
have WHEN al1 q! these farms arc put under cu-
turc, the sum Of two huudre'l AMI twenty millions
OF dollars capital lnveste', IN fencing, With nn an.
nuas cost of forty-four million duliara to keep
tAem In repair ana for the Interest at 10 per cent
taking The present coat 0f natcra1 and labor Oh
the tass. The greater part 0f this IA Ia material
that taheo Eo tnpcb cosh out Of tho atatc, mnklnH
eli Immense Annual drain Oh the agricultural re-
suu.ces oi the State.
Antiquity or HEDGES.
The sacred aud classical writings abound In
references 10 ,hcdRca SEQ Isaiah b; Micah I;
SaiInRI .; and Marx IA Homer tells us that the
old 1Ar1ies was planting Il hedge when bis son
UlteEeH returned from the Trojan HAr. AMI az
history repeats itself, let uH, nOw that our Own
UJsses has returned fruIu the war that guarantees
every tnntl tho right tu Ills labor. 10 ~ piAnt-
lnp hedges, that NO may long nnjoy the lat1 thus
fna,9e savreI tu liberty amt tho rrugrCss Of the
nEe.
TIE ulJ 1uaRns introduced hedges III ntg 1tEltRn
nni THY INV stand Na guarantees Vt rsUilsni'it
hnalublty. oity btrot1uCe thcEr tth.leYH Of his
tory 10 show that IsRinR II to t,sw i1hv sm. he
oldest ,nolu nj lrneIhx Ru'l nstn that tas ,,eyrt
tMrti stt asde when Gilco introduced int Erf.ora
Har.
WHY ME tEE ptAp rkhEEs,
IN ta rnEly settlement hf l!u tt,Bry. .lts n,Ht,
ns~tIon MIA ,H u Rc& nj Ut &lIc llsner RrHwsh
nn ~ rlrAr iAn Ialld vi thu t.a r,ka that sIsrs4'
nysr thr hllratt l1loas isralniled fha orF ktate,
viii! cheap naterta. al hnt.i Tor t1tr frnetH. nEl'
fnr II iong ttmu they supplied tha .lrInaI.i Wtauu
Inconvenience. Aa timber Ltcasne hcuF'e, TIT
En9ltsh hawthorn WaA tried, hit failed on Ac
count OF our lGng summer tifanghta aud from tht
HttAcka Of the tuscF. Orr people had 50 loi1g ccI
taught that this waa the only reliable plant TO-
hedging that CT Its failure they RaSc ut' for II tHl
the i.eu ol hedging. At the West sou fences wer
largely adopted, hut made sorry failure, "
luI 10 rock for stonc walls rs ut the East, and sc
the greai rraIrica must bc fenced and farmed, 10
thelr rtthucss OF soil WIS too tempting 10 be r.
| sisted.
HISTORY op TUE osAuE ORANGE FOR HEDGING
| Tits tree, now so well known as u hedge p1an
IL the narluta nrantiGa Of hotautlsts: tos lie nr
NJ the Preach; toT-wood Of the Indians, an
rsaGe orange Of the Northwest
! In 1sl1, William kendrieh, IN his list ot orpl
meutal trees, thus described 1t:
| IA native Of the Arkansas, ~hcEc II rises, |
beautiful proportion, to sne height OF sixty lee
nnJ has bccn pronounced one OF the most bcaut
ful Of our nattsc trees The wood Il perhaps tn
most unrao!e 10 the wofla. ana ior saiI-huiidln
tntn,ies o. as + 1aceiyan tSa ncai nnsh an =,
| Yields o yellow tlyc, 1t is remarkably tougl
s!one anti elastic and preferred by the Indians
aa;rns enn,r ~ M woo eo haortt;n, fnr ~
nurposc,r
n ppeeDa,,er. 1c.o. r3son ua,sness them
nnrtnr,mnn of Peoria Connty. saIf. .tThc Osa.
nr,.vo - t-ao a, ,'oan,ttu, f',t,,o nut ,,aes ~
sso-, - c+,,,, th,e ou,na,a ,vt,h ~, i, h,u ~,
'li1,a1 t,So ssacona IN succes:Ion tnt "a oYrf
s,s-1 vi ao,,n trn1n ,tc Tont .Tn,a rcor II 1oo1
Urc living tbronuh thc wtnfer-" :" rcsn,,s ain
mn. Nj. II. was stnply mistaken.
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f,o,t,, ~ .,.,n,'t ~ NV nvrn 1n,, ~ 1he xo,un
! ~ sn1n,, ror ma nnrnose + h,vc tbouchr
sno,x1,,,c ~ = w,,,''1 i,s oT r,,,c1, va,,c 10 /,
cc,,1crs If ,orr hr..,,ifui siatc,
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sa,'s y. 49, - 49, ~.
n' se4.a us.p'e ,t.as ~ Wv 49," W.
: "S' "st!s FeoP'et ~" e's. va Wv sony VI w.
nltA'' u SUING io' "se' ~ l..l. ~ =, 'st'.
'he eo"tst VI wv os 'Aiee senei-'i'..e ..s' -
tiss Mns Nc 1eacea WIN aeaecs. Wout'a y
Ese'o i'e ~ &c ~ AZ "oaia lo'tea ~ oeAu
III! s'sll--eA' s''' a9c Two are tNo or lnfce gent
, ations too early for that, This i?e1l't:on
tile time has 1'Esved rather premature. Tor sing
, generation Is likciy 10 accomplish t.le result.
III November, 1915, Professor j. II. Turner
. | Jacksonville, stated that the tree had r!us
Ea1as Tor s'S yeata- lle thought l: would make
eoc" hedee, II 'he pants would stand close plat
ing since thai nnc. Professor Turner has 10
Hl''ch 10 htuece tRe piantn9 OF usage hedRes. a
thousands ol miles Of successful hedges are the
suit in Morgan, Saugamon, Jersey. 31acoupn 3
Madison Counties.
: TIE FIRST FEED FOR SAFE.
> Scrcra! partcs had received Snail lots Of see
e nnl llal set or1 tie plants. Mr. Haococs, Of F
s t"n County, set hedge n isH. Mt. Men,
ctoesnnat3. had tr'fsceA quantity OF seed !
fore OF about ire same dalc, pat1 OF "hicn 4
tHTn sent to Ills fa1nS IN Edgar County. )
fhotcau. Of St. Louis, II w:is sa1 lad Planted
! seed US eatly as 1850. and the elder Landrt
. planted small quantity at rntIaflc1phia in Il
the trees OF whtrl ART now Two feet ii diane
and thirty tn for1y fret h,rn. u. !. l,rogn, in
! ..T,,rs or America ;, savs thc scc,1 was sent
England in 1>1s uut Il was 40, uu:tt 1s.c II
/, s,ci, WAS Ero1ch, North for sale, In anv nnsu,]
William II. Mann, now resident OF Irhl
u ! Countr, hut then a resident Of Fanutn Coup
j. Texas, Oh tie Bots de Arr, or Dow-wood Gre
J: was :ar,teA by the report that Osasc secl =
Il worth eighty dollars Il bushel at Cincinnati Ant
!. Northwest to wash out thirty bushels OF sce,l
I made h!s way to Peoria Before starting. he .