The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1890-07-26
:. of The Gazette's Investi-
,., of the Fence of the
/ Future.
NH, to Dayton, o., and the
Lang Endorsement the Enter
prise Received.
manufacturers and Business Men
e ,., their Compliments of Those
~ ,noaped in Planting Hedges.
,,,neru Hedge Company, of Little
~ :, control the Same Patents Which
Y" Made the Work of the Eastern
Companies Success.
Al Enterprise Worthy of Universal
Indorsement.

al Enterprise Worthy of Universal
Endorsement.
tne Little Rock (Ark,) Gazette.]
ohodience to instructions from The
w left Little Rock last Monday
;ng u for or Dayton, o., to obtain his
~ " the Hedge Company, the parent
,onv VI Of all other hedge companies
~ls |.rbsout the United States and
"a. to investigate the system OF
ai, fence planting, and to ascertain
Nethods by which these companies
oct their business. Live fences, or
~ as they are called, belong to an
Tosd state of civilization, and have
nsed in England ever since the
Ms Of Caesar planted the Roman
aupon the cliffs of Dover. In those
and I'D to a very recent date, they
nad much time and labor to make
PRACTICAL as we'll as ornamental.
radaptability to any country, and
powledge that when once made
would last forever. more than com
ted the farmer for the labor and
1e extended in their care. In
early days the thrifty husband
regarded the hedge as one of the
Valuable gifts of nature Since
has given the subject his attention.
pyerted years of his time and talent
eyising schemes to subject the
III of the hedge to his will, many
ovements have been made which
Asses the durability OF the fence,
nr it an improvement coveted
rerv progressive farmer, and one
Is less expensive than any that
et been constructed.
hen the purchaser of a ticket in
pOol Of a racing event discovers
he has over-estimated the quail
i his favorite, and that the chan
his winning the pool is against
he adopts at once a system known
porting parlance as hedging, y
is, he bets againsts himself, and
securely protects himself against
possibility of any loss. When a
er has for years been putting his
in the rail, the picket and board
and has figured up the expense
Peping them in repair, Of renewing
after seeing them melt gradually
in decay before his eyes, OF the
to his crops, caused by the ravages
Ock always prepared to discover
Weak places in them, of the great
b in reconstructing them after the
lard or cyclone has destroyed theil
uness, he looks about him, and
the sportsman, begins to hedge.
Oking around for some materia
which to build fence that vii
forever; that will successfully re
all attacks of the elements, protec
crops from the merciless four
ed foragers, and relieve him from
uture annoyance and an expense
ch, in some season, exhaust th'
Rts of an entire years labor. Hi
remedy is a hedge fence, construct
|n modern principles.
investigate everything pertalnlns
bis character of fence was the ob
Of my visit to Dayton, O. Arrlv
at Dayton, | called upon severa
ninent manufacturers and busines
!, all of whom appeared to be famll
with the operations of the Dayto
ge Company, and whose statement
be found further on in this article
President of this company is MI
sley Young, a gentleman OF abou
years of age, and of wonderfr
rgy and industry. He is said to b
th 100000, every dollar OF whlc
has made out of planting hedg
ces. He first engaged in the bus
sat Bloomington, ILL.,, in Decembel
!. At that time he only had Sl.t
pash, and owed $40. He carried Q
business at Bloomington for thi
years and then removed to 90
bus, O., where he remained 81
rs, removing from there to Dayto
but eight years ago. When he fir
barked in the business he imagine
tall he had to do was to plant
Of hedge and that it would SOC
|elop into a fence. In two or thrt
|rs he discovered his mistake, for
efforts were failures. There is n
man in 50,000,0 600 who would n
se abandoned the business after 10
so many years Of labor and time
|enture which the Oldest heads al
be Of the best farmers in Illinois d
red to be the nonsensical idea OF
INK. Wesley Young, however, W
one out Of the 50,000,000 who b
Fed he possessed genius enough
omplish an object that would be
petual blessing to the farmers OF b
ntry, and his millions Of wealth, b
utiful residence at Dayton and b
sl!ent standing in commercial c1
throughout the country, testify.
correctness Of his Judgment. Att
eral years Of failures in Bloomin
he came to the conclusion that i
OVements had to be made in t
altlng Of the hedge before a succe
lence could be made. The first i
Ovement that suggested itself to h
' TO cut off the plants near t
Ound, on the theory they wo,
amen out and fill up the gaps. II
meme also proved a failure, and
y denounced as a fraud. The nc
va mat occurred to the "Father
y hedge Fence" as Mr.. Young