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rods on my place, but it is the prettiest hedge I ever saw and is as thick 

 as can be. I never had any trouble about it dying out. I don't know 

 what I would give to have it around all my ground. It is the purple. 

 It is not as strong and vigorous looking as the green, but it looks very 

 beautiful. I trim my hedges four or five times a year. I simply take 

 a scythe and walk along the hedge and trim it myself, walking slowly; 

 I trim often. I suppose my privet hedge is more than two feet over. 



A Member: Speaking of privet hedges. In Omaha there is quite a 

 number of good hedges and they seem to thrive pretty well there. 



A Member: For a hedge to look good all the year round, there is 

 nothing that will exceed arbor vitae. I have one that has been planted 

 for about fifteen years; the calves have broken it down, and it has had 

 a great deal of bad luck, but it grows right up every time. I think 

 much of that hedge and I think it is fully as hardy as any evergreen. 

 I don't think there is anything that will excel the arbor vitae. I am 

 sure I have had enough experience to know that it is perfectly hardy. 



Mr. Roberts: Will the gentleman state where he belongs? 



Answer: Prom Fillmore county. 



Mr. Roberts: In the North Plate counti'y the arbor vit« is a failure; 

 our customers say so all through the North Platte country and I have 

 noticed myself that the arbor vitae hedge has gone down and out. I would 

 not recommend the arbor vitae for the North Platte country. It is all 

 right where it is wet, though a man in Boone county tried to put it in 

 with water, and failed. I would put in the Black spruce. 



Mr. Moore: I have been listening to the dscussion about the arbor 

 vitae hedge. I live in Richardson county, and I believe we can grow 

 almost anything there that is grown in the state, but you will not get a 

 permanent hedge with arbor vitae. You may get one for a few years but 

 it will eventually die out. When you talk of a hedge of evergreen, I 

 want something that will not die out. If you plant arbor vitae it will 

 look pretty well for three or four years, then it will blow out — 



Mr. Hadkinson: I beg leave to differ with the gentleman. For four 

 or five years I did not see an arbor vitae hedge in Arlington, then I had 

 an opportunity of seeing it, and it is better than ever, and is in good 

 shape today. What happens to an arbor vitae about blowing out, might 

 happen to the Black Hills spruce, it might blow out too. It happened with 

 me this summer with the Black Hills spruce. It will blow out in spite of 

 you. But what will you do? I will fill it in and try to make it grow. 

 That is one thing I would like to impress on you, you have got to stick 

 to your hedges if you want to get them in shape. 



A Member: I do not want to make any mistake. My plans are pretty 

 well made for putting in about six rods of privet, six of berberry and six 

 of Russian mulberry, and I don't want to make any mistakes; I want to 

 know what size plants to put in and how close to plant them. This is a 

 request for information for Lancaster county. 



Mr. Yager: In Dodge county, north of the Platte river, my observa- 



