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roots were removed, are found in a fresh and sound condi 

 tion. 



Let a pit be dug -say two feet deep, the roots carefully 

 disposed in it, covered with soil, and the whole protected 

 by coarse litter, straw, etc. We do not advise any to ad 

 venture their whole stock in this manner ; but we design 

 to select the inferior sorts from our stock and treat them 

 thus; and if successful, we shall, another year, try our 

 whole stock. 



HEDGES. 



1. WHERE a hedge is properly made and carefully trim 

 med, it is the most beautiful fence that can be made ; and, 

 as an object of beauty, it may be \vell to form hedges in a 

 wood country ; but as a mode of general fencing we deem 

 it totally inappropriate to the condition of a country abound 

 ing in timber. The labor of setting and tending it until it 

 is established, is tenfold more than is required for a timber 

 fence ; a hedge requires from five to eight years for its 

 establishment ; and every year of this time it must be well 

 tended ; when grown, it requires annual shearing ; which, 

 on a long line of fence, is a labor to which few farmers will 

 submit for the sake of appearances. It is liable to get out 

 of order by disease, or the death of particular parts ; and, 

 if neglected a few years, it becomes ragged, a covert for 

 vermin and mischievous animals. In yards, gardens, and 

 lawns, hedges should be grown for ornament, and to serve 

 as screens, and backgrounds. 



Upon the estates of the affluent where money is less valu 

 able to the owner than decorations, hedges should be estab 

 lished. Hedges may also be economical in a prairie coun 

 try ; the labor and expense of making and keeping may be 

 less than would be the cost of timber ; but on farms in a 



