The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-06-16
Orna mental Hedges.

There is nothing that adds greater
beauty to the home surroundings than
well-kept hedge of either evergreen
or deciduous shrubs, adapted for hedg-
ing purposes, says Wallace's Farmer.
There are several evergreens that can
be used and are admirably adapted lot
hedging, If one has a moist, retentlVe
soil; and the American Arbor Vitae is
the best tree to plant, planting the
plants about two feet apart in the row.
II the land is dry, the Red Cedar Is the
best evergreen for planting. They
should have the best of cultivation 1or
couple of years from planting; at
which time, they should be cut to
uniform height of 21s to 3 feet. After
this, the only pruning that hedge Will
need will be shortening back OF the
long growths, so as to induce a thick
ening up Of the branches. In pruning
a hedge after it has got some age, II
is best to use some pruning shear
adapted to that use. The evergreen
hedge should be trimmed at least once
year, and this during the first week
in July. 1t is necessary in pruning the
hedge, that you do not cut back to
where you did the previous year, as
there must be little Of the last years
growth left so as to stimulate and give
health to the hedge. The best decid-
uous shrub that we have Is the Ber-
berry. BY planting hedge of this,
you will have two varieties: The Pur-
pie Leaf and the Green Leaf. They
make a beautiful hedge, by planting
them alternately Of each variety; AID
at or 3 years old, they will make
hedge that is feet high and feet
through. 1t is easily kept in shape by
pruning, and is adapted to either low
or high exposures, as it is very hardy
and we would recommend its planting.
as we know of no plant that will make
as great an effect as the above two
sorts, planted as we suggest.
Soil and Manuring for Sugar Beets.
In selecting soil for sugar beets
the extremes of thin, white clay and
black muck should be avoided. A soil
WHICH, Is oohuy - IA
but any rich loan may be expected to
give a good return. 1t is imperative
that the soil be we'll drained and 1t
must be of such nature that it may
be deepely worked. A hard pan few
inches down will produce prongy beets
which the factories will reject. When
possible the land should be clover sod,
both because of the manurial effect OF
the clover crop and because of the
greater ease Of subduing weeds on such
a soil. Land that has been well ma
nured for a previous crop is better than
that freshly MANFRED. Any complete
commercial fertilizer may be used
freely, if applied broadcast.
Carding and Combing Wool.-The
distinction between clothing or card
ing woods on the one hand and comb
ing woods on the other is an old one
Combing woods are so called because
they are prepared for being spun by
"combing." Carding woods, as a rule
are shorter than combing woods. In
addition, they possess to a greater de-
gree than combing woods the power
which all woods more or less possess
of "felting"-that is, of mating to-
gether into a close, compact mass OF
"felt" when pounded or pressed. Comb
ing woods, on the other hand, are not
only longer than carding woods, but
they are also harder and less inclined
to be spiral or crinkly and are more
lustrous.-Ex.
Practical Foresters.-Practical for
esters in the United States are scarce
Tn foct about the only ones are the