Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-07-26

had once or twice since this country has been ~.
tied can be, to very great extent checked By
| these fences. If the winds are hot when passing
through a hedge fence, will lose that burning
power and become to great extent cooled The
| hedge fence will check the snow from blowing
for miles uninterrupted. and protect the winter
wheat from freezing out, and retain the moisture
| in more equal division over the country.
| No man can excuse himself on account of pow
| erty because, if he can sell few chickens, he
can buy seed and sprout it himself. ard have suf-
ficient sprouts to furnish township. He can Get
it ont when it will not interfere with any other
| farm work. Eastern Kansas to-day presents .
living example of the facts, and when we are fly
ing through the state with lightning speed we see
the advantages derived from this Objectionable
addition in Iowa and Illinois, and unquestionsbly
determined that this is the country for hedge
fences. 1t is the country for hedge fences. We
have no timber to manufacture boards, we have
more time in 1a months than any other country
to do the work The editor of the TINES was my
companion when travelling through the eastern por.
tons of the state when we discussed this question
and he suggested, that he believed that our farm
ers had, having much to think of, not thought Of
this matter seriously. The Usage hedge plant win
grow, ana the close observation Will snow tn4t IL
is an overlooked matter of great Importance. Will
farmers think of it: VIII they discuss the
question as to the propriety or this movement at
once: We plow our fire break, when in fact we
do not care much about that as We care to see,
and have everybody what land belongs to us.
That fire guard should be the beginning of our
3rd preparation for hedge fences. Our custom is
plant sorghum. That will do the first year, but
should not be repeated. The care which neces-
sarily follows is to keep the tumble weeds ard
other distractions from gathering along these
hedges and then taking fire, and burning up
fences and every thing else. The question now
opened for the farmers discuss and either act in
that direction, or show some tangible reason for
not doing so.
We are not sanguine to the Usage fence, il
the farmer prefers the mulberry all right. The
end designed to be accomplished is the impor-
tant thing. 1t would require but little work when
these fire breaks made and the weeds s,
begin to grow, to plant the hedge. Three years
from the very first breaking of the sod. would be
seen these green borders around every farm in
Ford county. The monotony would be broken,
and the farmers home beautifed by the same.
There is no avocaton known to mankind that
surpasses il. independence and happiness under
ali circumstances, that of the industrious and
thoughtful farmers life There is no class Of
men that has the advantage the faEmer has to in
form himself upon all the topics of the times.
While the professional men compelled to study
lay and night in order to be prepared to meet the
which come up daily, and which in
he right spirit mostly in cases to protect the
armer, the person upon whom look for the
beginning of the very foundation upon which all
society is sustained. and all capital derived. The
rood farmer can dispense with the professional
mems services, but the professional men cannot
10 without the services of the farmer. We are
estin@ the fact now in this county. The cities
re here but to great extent the farmers are not
ere. We want them We must have them. II
lot we might a. well pull up stakes and 90.
Yours truly, IsA 5. RICHARDS.