The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-08-29
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Of Pzalie Revenue
I'D No vet 80 rare II this county,
81 we are obliged 10 cultivate tat
- tt- borders Of cur highways nj
- tzue / n.9s far distant when eoHai-
- tsrs IN this respect viii nzeEe
-s-rrr s-.uroxiu.afe those CT older eeuE-
- then thev do At present, and re
max lezr1 8 lesson from tie limit o
- Of rhOse -e-ete desFotisns- !
An article in La Nature Oars, March
IA. Emmanuel Ealo4iu tells nov the
rozds56ez in many parts Of 6eIEsaI!
have been made 70 g-e-z rich return 2
the state or to municipalities y beLsss
.sszlls,i with ir1iI trees. We translate
aaFt q his article below:
IN foreign countries orchards q
fruit -rezsalozE the roads have gwen tie
besr results. In Eurte1lberg. saxoHy.
E.zrarsa. Hanover. the grand daeby Of
Luxembourg and il Austria the freit
trse reads hzgs brought ii important
SUMS 10 the treasury. II sazoAY The
fruft Tree budget is especially satisfae-
torr. and the benefit realized y The
sac under This head has been esfi-
mated Is nearly 2,g01,519 francs &C.
c1eI for the 1st Il years.
IN WurtezlbeEg the planting Of for
ct trees along the roads has been en-
TREY gwen I'D. = law has been passed
au1.rinz 20 all fruit orchards and So
tsnsztiziug their working. The owner
Of The neighboring land taxes charge Ct
cha orchard. and the road official sees %
the.r protection and care. Ills service
! very well organ 5zed and does is work
economically. II has been established
under aimost identical condition u
the Palatinate and in Bavaria. In ihs Sc
I localities each rozdsman mas his CORE.
spending 'sylyicuItor' Every facility
j. given 10 these agents for fnereasiiag
their agricultural knowledge. TheE
are placed under the surveillance q
their rural inspectors, who direct theil
labors. This special corps is recruited
IN part, BY competition. These sroae
/ sylyicuitors' pass an examination ant
follow courses Of instruction. Ih6s
sometimes are given tire neeesSaT5
funds TO complete their studies.
The course Of study that is offered a
Laudschut. IN Basse 8iviere. las gixeI
the opportunity Of enlisting men espe
eiaIly adapted FOR the care q trees. L
/ Austria, Moravia and BOHEMIA the or
+ chard roads, which are very numerous
are IN general planted win PUN trees
/ in these fertile plains there are orchards
| Of considerable sic along The borders @
/ the roads. The trees ara set about s.,
meters I'D % feetlapart; they are tn
/ object Of exceptional care, aHd i is Nc
rare 10 see, especially in the region Q
Hradisch, young apple trees covered
Nith straw Ip 10 the middle Of fhs.i
trunks. The old apple trees are care
fully eltaned and painted with white
wash TO preserve them from moss an
from fungold growths. IT Dressing. il
| Moravia, along the roads the acacia al
/ ternates with the cherry and the aplpe
IN the Tyrol, where the culture o
fruit trees IS highly appreciated. ii
road orchards are numerous. L IS no
unusual to find in these regions. esTe
eialiy al Hofgarten. orchards Of :. Go L
/ 5,ode apple and pear trees. And not on,
are the carriage roads utilized thus. On
the railway companies have fallen int
line. Many Of them have planted tn
! edges Of their embankmcnts and III
/ spaces left between their tracks ar
the ueighbOring properties.
he efforts made by foreign nation
in this matter Of road orchards cal
scarcely be described without speakin
Of the grand ducby Of Luxembere
which is the chosen land Of she frui
tree. Tie efforts made by the govern
ment Of the grand duchy to develo
/ fruit culture are most interesting an
remarkable. Nowhere have resource
been better employed and encourage
ments better distributed. The stat
has established an agricultural service
which has for its special object the fos
tering OF agricultural work, and the
rection and execution Of most of sue
public work as the planting of fru
trees, drainage. irrigation, experiment
stations, the establishment of road
| ete."-Literary Digest.