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In the prairie sections Il Illinois The
highways. which ~sr properly lad OUT
and plotted when the land Was fir-t sur
veycd. run upon al scci'oa Lines and
are sixiy-~ix fee: aide. In some local.
titles. however. the highways wcsr not
laid out when the land was sur eye d.
and the farmers who Tough; the land
ses ,hci. hsdSrs and fences ten %
twenty feet from the line. leaving .
space o. oaly twenty 'o forty fret IN
u dih for the rad In townships where
this IA done ,he farmers. rather than
move ,h.ir hedges and fences. manage
by book or crook To- .iV, Rad com
m~is..oncrs who Will allow things TAI re-
man - they arr. AMI eou-e ~urntlv
the, have M road, ut for travel except
IN the drycs portion Of the wear.
When = person driving across the
country passes ogt Of a township where
all the roads arr sixiy-siN feet Wide INTO
one ~hcr ,hc other short sighted pole,
bN y l't TAT - ~ hae+
with the vast difference In the general
appearance Of the country. Where the
lanes are mario. the pcopl, sem mar
ro~ aud sclh.h in their ,cw.. Their
roads are chron calls bal. and they APP
pear 10 b. similarly affected Their
lawns when the, have any. are made
"a match their highways. and eyers-
thing about them seems to be- on tho
same pattern except the army OF curs
they Keep. and they arr constructed. ~
10 Tee h and bark. on a = ncrous scale.
To talk To such people abou; plant NJ
fores, and fruit trees along ,hrir high
wa :. is Ike throwing i~aris before
swine. because they have no highways
tina, u respectable tree could live. much
less grow. upon. To those who live
where the highway, are Wide. or who
have been generous enough Ia widen
them. a few hints NAV not come amiss.
That a man owning u farm of
hundred and siNty acn,s with . high
way On two sides Of !, NJ grow about
all the fence posts he need, with very
little cost to himself j. a fact often
overlooked. even by thrifty. -n,erpri--
ing farmers The law gives him per-
nilsson Z % plant forest OF fruit trees
his farm The stock law prevents own
FRS Of stock from perm ting them tai
run ut large upon tho highways. and
thus in>urcs his trees against injury
from that sourceL AL he has to do i, To
plant the trees and bes,ow q reasonable
amount of care upon them
Fore,t-tress for planting along the
highways shouid he al least sis :ect
high They may bc planted in either
spring or fall. whenever other work 10
not pressing. 1bo~e planted on the
north sides Of the road may b. set eight
or ten fee, apart; eight feet Is not too
close for ash. On snc south siic. how
ever. they should be placed fully
twenty-five feet apart II set closer
they so shade the road a- to prevent its
drying readily. and thus do more harm
than good Tn east and west sides they
may be set twenty feet apart without
injury To the road.
The cultivation aud care necessary 10
. good mulch Of wet or bali rot,ed
straw OF other material placed around
them in the spring o< the tirsi. third and
iiftn ear after they are ~~t. and tho
shortening in or cutting Oh OF useless or
struggling brauchc, and s~ip~riiuous
leaders early each spring. With such
care they are sure To make tine trees.
The mulch should cover "a spac. around
the tree three tn tive fee, from IT, Iruns.
in order to Keep the soil mellow and
kill out the grass and weeds.
As soon n the trees will make ono
post. each alternate one should be cut
and another planted close by it,
When these are larg. enough
one pest. those left standing 81 TIE
previous cutting viii make three ,sDsts
and an enormous quantity Of fircwoot.
and they should he cut down and others
immeJ ately planted by the stump&
BY alternating in this manner the sup
ply Of posts and wool will be constant.
the attractive appearance aud
Of the highways will IA 10
impaired in the least
The primo pal objection tn trees along
the highways lies ia their being allowed
attain such a ave A. to completely
exclude Tn. sum ght from the rouis.
and thus prevent their driving quickly
By pursuing the method ] have outlined
this trouble will be entirely obyiaicd.
IL is not generally expedcnt Ia liant
trees along highways. except IN
in front IL thu house. n they
IRE apt TO be neglected. and thus be-
n hartor tor insect pests. which
are null Piled by ~holesalr. To the graf
ietrimeni os tire fruit interests Cor.
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