The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-06-21

westerly and nOrtnerly SlutS " @ 1"A @
garden which had been very mucn eA'
posed to the sweep of blasting Wlnos,
sometimes to the destruction OF nearly
all the early plants that IT contalneu.
These cedars, set out some two or three
feet apart, all grew luxuriantly,, ana
they now form living wall ABOUT
twelve feet high, as impervlous to
the winds as if built of brick or stone.
affording a complete protectlon 70 6ile
garden, and more than doubling It's
value for the purposes OF It's use. Del,
icate plants, that one blast OF coid
wind in a MAY morning would chill
and destoy, now, no matter no" pleah
| the gusty day, seem to nestle IL VIC
warm sunshine, unconscious o. n.Iii.
This is cheaply obtained refuge
that one may profit by, and an mex
pensive ornamentation in when one
may indulge. When rough wlntry
tempests seem to shake the eartn'
when YOU hear them howl about your
window panes, driving December rains
almost through them, when your 1ires
burn briskly, but do not warm your
house; then you may reflect that, mad
you a few years before planted your
grounds thickly with a variety OF eve
green's. in the direction whence come
the prevailing storms, the trees would
oyertop your dwelling and afford you
a sshiding place from the wind.
If, in the place Of our fences, all the
roadsides, and the dividing lines be-
tween all fields or divisions Of owner.
ship, were lined with rows OF
evergreens twenty to fifty feet high,
it is probable that we should hear no
more of winter killed wheat, or very
little. The expense would be small IN
the first instance compared with fenc-
ing. Ten evergreens to the rod would
be sufficient, and would cost fifteen
cents, and the labor Of planting about
as much more. But how about the
cattles Well, that is question OF
con siderable magnitude. 1t is our
opinion that they should never be
allowed to leavethe Enclosures provided
for them about the barns and sheds.
It is not likely that many in this
hall will live to see the day. yet we
believe tits not very far distant, when
there will be no fences in Michigan,
except those provided to keep animals
away from the fields, rather than tc
confne them in them. Farmers
themselves, severely as they feel the
weight of the enormous burden OF
them, and how much it costs to per
petuate the incumbrance. II to the
westward and northward OF each
farmers farm and cattle yard belt
of evergreens were planted, they
would in ten years form as complete
protection as stone wall fifteen feet
high, and be better every way, afford
ing a hiding place from the winds
that sweet-breathed cows, and oxen
and gentle sheep would regard as
special providence, and for which they
would repay their owners many Told
Belts Of evergreens planted on the ex
posed sides Of orchards afford such
hiding place from the winds that trees
80 protected have been observed to bt
fruitful, when others in bleak sltua
tons have utterly failed.
When these truths shall be fully
J appreciated, and the further trutf
that every three acres will sustain a.
much stock in the yard as five acres
will in the field, then farmers will be
gin to inquire il fences cannot 81
dispensed with; and when they shall
realize how destructive to crops 1t
to let the winds go wholly at larg
! then they will begin not only to deco
rate and adorn their homes an
gardens with evergreens, but Wi
extend them along the highways, an
; make landmarks of them between a
neighboring possessions and property