The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-19

The season OF the year viii
.ooD be here when farmers think
about fencing and the repairs Of existing
fences. says che Practical Furmer The
season OF comparative leisure ln winter s.
the proper time for This Would o. NOT 900
well TO consider whether you cannot DO
Win less fencing n many Of the oi1ar
and thickly settled sections We still see
farms cut w into a muisitudc 81 nelir
and h5ts aN % which entail au annual
hll for repairs. and many Of which could
he aboile he'd with advantage 60 the farm
and the owner ~ the farm. Fences mean
pasturing Would Il not be well 10 COM
slider WHISTLER q pays vou 90 ever pasture
your cultivated fields The Cd system
OF long rotations and the running Of the
hand for years in meadow ana then .n
pasture has been the cause OF the great
multiplicity OF fences lei many sections
where considerable numbers Of cattle Ire
kept and whore they have been cousia-
cred III. chief item Bus modern meth
DDS require a change. Land near tibe great
cities IA too valuable for p1sturago 20
paw. and tho soilnE OF cattle o. q matter
that should interest the dairymon Oh
such lands ASIDE from the facs Thar soil
ing increases the capacity Of the farm for
carrying stock. and enables the dairy
man to tide over dry seasons better then
by depending on pasturaEe there Is the
further large item Ga the saving Of fences
In many OF the Northern states tine far
mers are stlll bothered by the ola our
of-date laws on the statute books iu re-
gard to lawful. fences ana division fences
are a fruitful source OF neighboI hood aun--
rels Would Il not b. better to 10 AWAY
with an these obsolete laws and require
every man to fence his own stock aud
relieve those who 40 not want fence
from the necessity OF building line fences"
In the southern cotton states tho
planters have long since rot-
ten out Of these old ruts. and IL is only
la Isolated districts that fences ar. a.
be- seen ia the South. In many sections
n the cotton belt IL IL true that there is
little stock 10 fence out or 90. buf tho rule
Is good one Notwithstanding. which
makes everyone responsible for his own
stock and relieves him ~ the necessity
Tor fenc.ng out his rcighhof's Why should
] be compelled 10 keep up a. fence where
! do not pasture any stock. ard wh,r.
the only need for a fence o. 20 keen ouf
cattle belonging 10 Others. II is statut.
law which Is IN the way ia most lorallucs
II there were no statutes in regard TO
fences. the common law doctrine would
rule that every man Is rcspen sihlo Tor
mis- own stock. The land owner dcdicatrr
= part Of his land along SIS front ~ tho
public rs a road FOR travel This Is au h,
gives The grass that grows uy the road
side belongs 10 he property ana Ia eIy-
Ing the right Of way. rho owner of tho
adjoining laud did not give 20 the publi,
the right OF pasture on that land Whor.
ever the "no-fence law has been en-
acted 70 has greatly benefited tho land
owners. They are not only saved the ue-
cessity for fencing which thcy 10 uot
need but they soon abolish poor stock
when they have to provide pasturace.
and the result Is manifest Improvements
of the character % The cattle ken, The
az the farmers IN many sec.l Ions pav
for fencing that b. uselcs- 60 them would
soon give them good roahs % their mar
kst town and keep them in the finest ron-
dition. and with good roads ana needless
fences done away With the pront. OF
farming would be- greatly Increased Then
the keeping OF only permanent pasture
would enable the farmer to Erow more
crops by adopting short rotation. ana
his land would Increase la fertility faster
with the abolition o. pasturaca on tho
cultivated fields Think on these thing
and get ready for a war on useless
fences.