Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-10-01
4ancaster f1telIige1,rer.
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1880.


The White Willow ~ q Hedge.
From the Germantown Telegraph.
Some people are recommending this va
riety of the willow for hedging purposes,
and say it WILL in its fourth or fifth year.
"turn any stock ever kept upon farm
There is some truth in this. We have
some little acquaintance with the article.
We think in about its sixth year all told,
or fourth or fifth from the nursery, it will
turn cattle if planted sufficiently close to-
gcther-say from fifteen to twenty inches.
It is a rapid grower, and in early spring
its early blooming is very beautiful. But
wo to those who plant it within fifteen
feet of well or drain! The roots wander
in every direction and will scent soater, we
believe, at twenty feet or more. They
exhaust the soil also for many feet Oh
either side of the line quite as completely
as the Usage orange, without being
nearly SO valuable as the latter for hcdg-
ing.
Some years ago we planted two speci-
mems as ornamental shrubs, about eight
feet from stone spring conductor, eight
inches square, four feet under ground. In
about four or five years after planting the
spring stopped running. Suspecting the
CsbuSC UllC CUAIuCIOI "dIo AIuCu, bLu
it was found for distance of fifteen feet
completely chokcd with the roots /! They
were 50 crowded that it was with some
That was the last OF the white willow seen
about our premises.
Cattle at the Fair.
Any one attending the late state fair and
noticing the number of contributors in the
cattle department., must have been struck
with the very few farmers and owners of
fine stock who felt enough interest in the
exhibition to counterbalance the trouble
and expense of aiding in the display Of cat =
tie that always attracts SO much attcn-
tion. 1t is one Of those parts in farmers
exhibition that more than any other in
wolves an amount of interest that even the
very children are brought up to estimate
and regard as something particularly wor-
thy their attention. No doubt the cx-
tremely warm weather for some ten days
previous to and Immediately up to the
opening of the state fair kept many away
ON account of the risk-as two valuable
animals died as it was-but this was not
altogether enough as the actual cause of
the deficiency. One prime cause was the
labor and expense of driving the cattle a
lOuH uiSIathCC, oi VA SHCIu ny
rail another was dissatisfaction with the
awards of previous exhibitions. Another
in disturbing the milk or butter arrange
ment with customers. For, it is clear that
if the contributions were to be confined to
only Montgomery, Bucks Lehigh, Lancas-
ter, Chester and Dclware counties, the dis
play of cattle ought to have been five
times what it was. Without an extensive
display of cattle at Seattle show" it
seems to dctract from everything else.
Big Horses.
Within the last ten to twelve years there
have been a considerable number of Perch
erOn horses imported into this country,
and not a few Clydesdale. The first is a
gray or mottled animal of great weight
and heavy proportions, and sometimes rs
much as IL hands high. Few indeed arc
animals with stupcndous legs and quarters,
and some Of them-contrary to their ap-
pearance-are quite active upon their feet,
being very good stcppers. Yet people
would not be favOrably inclined toward
work generally, one would suppose them
burthcns and cndurin great hardships.
The Clydesdale horse is generally very
dark bay, with black points, and perhaps
fully as heavy as the Perchcron, but not
SO high. They are Scotch, while the other
is French, but resemble each other very
much in form. The Clydesdale has been
very much in demand for heavy work in
London and other large cities up to a very
recent period but strange to say its popu
larity is waning. At a late public meeting
in relation to them rs we'll as to use of all
very high and heavy horses, after a full
discussion of the question, a resolution
was adopted in opposition to their use as
street draught horses, and an agreement was
reached to introduce lighter animal not
over 16 hands in height as being more
available for street ard road service gen
orally.