The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-03
KANSAS C0AHENT
TRIM THE HEDGES.


| There has been law on the pages
| of the statutes of Kansas for rs or
80 years requiring that the hedges be
kept trimmed down to five feet above
the ground. But this law has never
been enforced. Some farmers, prob
ably more from taste and a sense of
pride, than a compliance of the law,
have, now and then, here and there,
| trimmed their hedges, but there were
many left to grow high in the air, not
only presenting an ugly site, but
checking the wind and making it hot
for horses in the hedged lanes of the
country. The law reads as follows:
owners of real estate in any county
of the state shall keep all hedge
fences, along the public highway, cut
and trimmed down to not over five feet
high, except trees, fifteen feet apart,
and hedges around orchards, vineyards
and feed lots. And the brush muse
be burned or hauled away. Also all
owners of real estate must cut the
weeds in the public highway before
they go to seed. At this time there 10
a growing disposition among the farm
ers to do away with the hedge fence
entirely, and if they must have a fence,
make it of posts and wire. A big
hedge fence uses and renders worth
less at least 10 feet of the ground on
each side of it. At the present price
of land and its money producing pow
er, every acre is valuable, but there
are many acres on each section, rem
dered useless by hedges So it is a
good time, now. to enforce this trim
ming law to the very limit, and the
effect will be, not only to remove that
part of the hedges that obstruct the
view of the fine farms, but it may in
duce some farmers TO take the hedges
out at the roots, while they are at it.
which is better and will soon be
that the hedges in every township of
the county are trimmed up or cut
down. The farmers have improved
their farms and are improving them.
Fine crops are being raised on them
each year. and it is desired that the
stranger, the visitors, land seekers and
public generally may be able to look
over these fine farms and crops as they
pass by.-Abilene Reflector.
AMBITIONS THE THING.
Jim is the name of horse owned by 4
smart horse. His knowledge, however.
isn't of the snowy kind. He doesn't do
genee to iu more practical p %se He assists
his owner in the act of Harvesting to such
na extent that his master s jim
his knowledge the owner of the horse
says the animal would never succeed If
ing. Jim has no end of ability he said
II know his language and he knows mine
word 1 say to him, but he has most griev-
Gus faults at that 1t isn't his temper but
ratner MS temperament When driving II
attempt to urge him to greater speed
after we have been travelling at a fairly
good clip for while. Jim will refuse to
respond to the light touch of the whip.
oh, no; I'm going fast enough I'm tired
What's the use? is what he would say II
he could speak. He is lacking in loyalty
and initiative. And that horse is just like
lots. of men I know. They are a great
deal wiser than other men who are far
more successful than they. They are
abundantly supplied with native ability,
but they lack ambition, Willingness and
SticItOltlVeneSS, reason
they never get very far in the world. -
Parsons Sun.