The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-09-18

FAhM AND oARDEN.
} ne employment OF Living Trees for Support.
ing barbed Wire in Making Farm Fences
Other NOfpa
Trees as Fence Posts.

P " otu wire came Int
use as Il substitute for boards. Tn
boards were nailed to the trees in In
same manne they were to posts. Thi
method OF supporting fence board
GA not often prove 10 be satisfactory
me boards needed n support ever
eight feet, and the trees generally Sc
u for ornamental purposes were or
d1narlly sixteen feet apart. 1t wa
accordingly necessary to set a post, o
stfong stake between the trees. /
fence thus supported generally pre-
scented an u%nsightlv appearance. |
was rarely the case that the trees al
stood in line. There we're other DIM
culties in the matter. MANY of tn,
trees were inclined by the action o
the wind. Some of them had crook
trunks, that made it difficult to faste,
the boards tn them. A large propor
tioh OF The trees used for posts wer,
iocusts, OF white NAPLES, which wert
liable to be destroyed by borers. Thes,
and some other kinds of trees blew
over during severe storms and broke
the boards that were attached to Them
In some cases the injury done to tho
trees by driving nails into them
caused them to become deforn,ed n,
to die.
When wire "a introduced ms a sinh.
stltute for boards in making farm
FENCES more attempts were made to
use living trees instead of posts.
lhcre was not as much difficulty in ut
taching wire as boards to them. 40
supports are only needed once Il rod.
win wire 1t is not necessary to have
the supports ut Il uniform distance
apart. Still, difficulties were found.
Many all trees were swayed TO the
WIND so that they broke the wire that
was fastened TO them. In some eases
the staples were drawn out, and in
theirs the WIRE was stretched so that
II hung loose between the trees. OF
course the amount of land that could
DE lhciosed by using growing trees for
supports for fence wire was
lively small, as trees had not been
planted on the lines where fences were
wanted. In the ncwly-settled portions
OF the west, where the greatest amount
OF renee was required, the trees, cx-
cept those Intended to produce fruit
mad been set out. Supports for fence
wire were IN great demand in those
places, and cedar or other wood suit.
able tor lasting posts is
experiments We're accordingly made
IN putting down pieces of the trunks
OF poplar or white willow trees. with y
view of having them take root and
grow IN northwestern Iowa MANY
miles OF fence have been. made bv
fastening wire to green poplar or will
low posts. which will probably take
root and grow.
Several landowners have set cut
of willow or cottonwood on the
lines where they expect to make fence
the course of a few years. They
place them on an exact line ut the dis
of a rod apart. They think that
they will be of sufficient Size to sun
port fence wire in the course of about
five years. They will emove the limbs
from the trunks for the space of five
SIX feet from the ground, and en-
deaVor to make them grow stuight.
They will cut off the tops of the trees
so that they will not grow more than
ten feet high. BY keeping them short
they will be less likely TO be swayed to
the wind. The portions cut off can he
used Tor forming more supports.
Farmers who have large quantities of
and are in no need of inclosipp
all OF 1t would find it to their adyan.
age to set out trees of slower growth,
ont OF more lasting qualities than any
variety OF poplar or willow. The kind
trees should be suited to the soil
and climate OF the locality where it is
wanted. Trees that have straight
trunks and which are not likely 10
split or injured by insects should
selected. Trees that will make
good supports for fence wire will be in
in all the western states and
within Il few yea
Minor Notes.
Dairymen the country over are suf-
'erlng from unusually low prices of
outter, cheese and milk.
Beans produce an enormous crop in
ieeply trenched soil, and arc much
improved by surface manuring.
Peas are recommended rs q
GOOD crop to smother wire grass.
grass can not thrive in the dense
A Dakota farmer is said to
lave raised seventeen bushels of
wheat IN three years from one grain of
seed.
Eight and ilye.tenths pounds per
gallon is rapidly becoming the stand
lrd weight of milk in this country and
europe.
There is no doubt that the slight
'weating of hay in the cock adds ma
e1ially to its value. especially if clover
a portion.
1t is interesting to know that
rec plarting is Systematically fos-
cred in China, and $4,000 trees
we're set out last year in Hong Kong
lone.
Never let a bunch of hay
l%engthwisc around the outer
dge of the stack, but by a skill
ul motion throw it so the ends
vlll oe out, as in stacking wheat or
'ats.
Turpcntine. coal oil and vinegar,
quail part, well shaken together, and
ubbed on the eggs of the bottly on
orses legs, it IS claimed. will kill
after about three applications.
Two years ago a farmer in Deland,
Ia, bought a hive of bees. Since
he has had enough honey for
tmily use, and his stock has increased
, sixteen stands, which he has just
Did for $50.
Oil cake and cotton seed are valua-
adjuncts to other feeds when in
diligently used. The large exports
these commodities show that the
OF them in this country is not SO
rye as it ought to be.
The bronze is the king of turkeys.
hey are always beautiful, arc pretty
God toragers and it costs but little to
use them where grasshoppers and in
cts are plenty. They are No. lay
$, hardy and easy to raise.
high grade cattle are those having
preponderance of pure blood, such
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