The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-05

IAs 0Sage orange 10 grcwu oyer |
ss-x large pCeEhan 81 TIE 4ni61ae x~st
~ late pears Il ssmz2s 10 have fR.isf
INTO 6lAeAT1rA wAlcA, Ia fhe osiEicR 1l
tA@ mrat@r. ID ASEday Arsefgea ii "A
0niy zn0sasr Illustrated ct the waves
0t peAsie feeling wAarA are agt 70 I'd
tevstFe wSfh correct gadEeaents Fwty
Tears agp the Dsage ng4nxa was her
aided - tAe regemeratoT ~ tAe SEM
arid wess TIE Agricultural papers o
xest sslxa a. ccMEa sne'a gsawNg articles
as how easy IL as 10 rAssa Ao~ fta'
a gre@. h0w valuable the wood was
from tAe stsndpOlHt 81 eitAer stneng :
az durability. bo~ if c5ald H. raised
~ hedge AEA3 tAAs serve ~ sence
saa geutsr gToss ~ TIE salhs time.
ete.
ia Fr4rgses TIE Usage orange 5as
hAeM s0Gn1 s8 ae probably the m0st
successful tree ~ e4sh for hedge 9ar-
possS. hat Eae whoss hedge pFoposi-
tt0n has fallen Into dssfaV1r Tbs
early boomers on the CSaEs orange
hedge said n0shssE 0s the fact that
fhis hedge would gap the ground Tor
from twenty 10 fifty feet Into the ar
s0sning field They forget IA mention
that 3 hedge wauld require trimming
and shzt this work would come IN lie
Summer. q time when every farmer
~ the middle west Il overloaded with
woyk already. II never occurred 20
them that an ever grown hedge along
side = public rrsad wcuid make snow
drifts IN the winter. and I'm the snrl-
mer would make ? drive along these
reads a operation similar In iss re.
suits 10 The taking of Turkish bath
pr. II thew failed 10 indicate rheEe
skings the people who planted these
nAdges soon found them ont,
Many Of the states Witch had had
shs Usage orange fever the worst later
passed laws designed to alleviate the
nuisance. These laws were laxly en-
forced hut they Indicated the feeling
az the public toward the whole hedge
proposition. Unfortunately. people
generally did not distinguish between
the faults os ths system Of planting
ana the faults of the tree planted The
results was that for years the Usage
orange was bmf little planted. In
many instances the other trees plant
ed are not nearly equal IN either Tignr
or growth heautv OF tree. or value OF
wood to the Usage orange.
The Usage orange is a native Of the
west which means that II has put tn a
million or so o. years adapting itself
10 the msd-wesfern climate Ia the
early days when the French settled
the southern part OF the United States
they were impressed with the strength
aud durability of the wood Of this tree
On this account they gave II the name
os Bots dare. or wood OF the ark,
With the story afloat that this was the
wood that Noah used In constructing
the craft that sailed for forty days and
rights with q turbulent roo on board /
This name usually corrupted into 1
.bowdark.e is stiil commonly used |
throughout Missouri Kansas and 4
many parts or Oklahoma
The Usage orange IS of Talne 5ath /
i0r its wood and for shade Some 1
people obiect 10 its presence in the
gard owing TO the thornss but II Is not
% bad In this respect usually as the 4
loney Tor ast. and the fact that the
ranches are so armed as 70 dis I
courage the climbing of samll boys
las its bright az ven az It's dark side
The dark glossy green Of the foliage
makes the tree yegy noticeable on SC
oRnt Of its differing from our other
rses
n. o BOOTH.
department. og Horticulture. A. & Vi
College. saltwater. Oklahoma