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RaISJSQ TiMBKl ON’ TEE PBAUUE.—A da? or two since tvesaw on the farm of Mr. Jason Bartholomew a practical demoifttrauon of wlint could begone in raising timber on the prairi^S.and we think it worth making a note of* Four years ago last';Spring -Mr. ’Bartholomew, planted a hedge of the.whita-pillowaround ;three sides ^dfiia orcbardh-con t ain-i4 - 7 -in? some four-acres, we think, ia very sandy; soil, and at present the height of the trees • • ■ will average twenty fut and the diameter at least four inches,mxry of them being as much; as six inches through. These trees-received iid more than ordinary care, yet his orchard; is pcrfeqjjj!projected from .our severe^winds in w i ter /and' b y - on o th er. spr in g h will have a.perfect.fence, and iLheseea fit to cutk it down To Tour fcc^ . can iav* ilargo 4 nan-^ *tity of fire-wood, We observed one tree 20 feet high from the single stock of which had grown fii««4!eparate sh oots or . trunks. ’ the larges*, we should judge, was -sis. inches in diameter :and.,the ,smallest,. twc;:v Judging from this .we; feel, assured thatr‘d£Afy sods,; of• • w S * • • /’lt;this willow, improperly cared ■■ forT would after jiyt years^gWe all the fir e~ wood :-on of~dinary. family/.would .use; ^wfltehedand new cuttings put in. where the first planted did not live or grow vigorouslyt make a a’ perfect fcnce besides. ’■But leading thefencc out of the question^ there is^na doubtin our mindkasfto the practicability 'of this tree for waod.k C*aw*tT* Cd goH by all Onlt;-FJow,.««.-**--• Wheat-------Otfl ,. a. « ■PoUtOQi--___*Oa»oai,,--— —;Ezsrfl-,-------*TSattexv.......Lard-(1H»ck«ni per ; Tu rk«y*} par H ! Wfloi .........Lftth.p^r M.-■• ‘Siding, per ML. -Ktoorlofr- * !:Com* Luster, Cl *m.t « F#ijciaf .. . CWHSA7-Fi*UOK-T-C1lol • • @IO.0a „ ‘ COkw—Vo;i,:OATS—HARLtY—PriBRFj'.CITTKro-js-^wSHHKP^.0oI1-fiUT.TEK—Pri = rfi:f»fl£-44£frl8 LCTtfBRK— Fit ; 30: cnronion $20to*22, co % linir anfl.tlral HrN:GLRE-A, LATfi^$3.2*£
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Cedar Valley Times
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Thu, Aug 08, 1867
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Judith Z.
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