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bus cut back will do to set new fence, 

 nd the saving in making another mile 

 tie second spring will be reduced to less 

 ban eight cents the rod. When we 

 ake into consideration that a fence can 

 e grown in five or six years at so small 

 cost, it is the worst of economy to 

 ut it off to another year. 



COST OF OSAGE. 



1,000 plants, |6 per thousaBd $66 00 



ulture same as willow 19 00 



Total $85 00 



At a cost of twenty-seven cents a rod. 

 >ut this is upon the hypothesis that the 

 md is all well drained. In ordinary 

 edges we see no need of cutting back 

 ither the willow or the Osage, but both 

 m be thus treated at about the same 

 3st, though the willow will not require 

 itting more than once in two years, 

 nd If the cuttings are of any value this 

 ill be in its favor. 



The more we examine into the va,lue 

 f the willow fence the more are we in 

 s favor, of which we intend to show liv- 

 ig facts. 



Hedges are sometimes cut down on 

 le division of estates, and the chang- 

 ig of the boundary of a field, in that 

 ise our willow fence will be worth one 

 r two dollars a rod beyond the cost of 

 3moval, while the Osage will be of no 

 alue, and will cost largely for its de- 

 ;ruction. 



We cannot close this already long 

 rticle without urging the necessity of 

 lanting of live fences, as the first dog- 

 la in the creed to profitable farming. 

 ^e have much more to say in regard 

 ) timber planting for fuel and other 

 irm nses, but must forbear at this 

 me. -'":''y ■--'.:,:■ - '','L': 



is rail, board, wire or any material 

 that has not life, it begins to go down ; 

 but when a hedge is set it is constantly 

 becoming better, ^v - : : • C V 



The Difierence. . 



As soon as a dead fence is made, that 



v: - ■ .;; ■: From Field Notes. 



Lines 



Accompanying a JBouqvM of Seed-st-ems and Ever- 

 ffretns, gathtred Inj tTie road-gide 



BT MRS. FRANCES D. GAGK. 



Think of me, friends! 

 Not as of spring time flowers, 

 Born to make beautiful life's sunny tours; 

 Shedding their rose-lighl o'er 



The cultured garden, ' 

 And wilting 'neath the storm 



That comes to harden . • 



These rougher plants of ours — ; \ 



Think of me as you go 



When autumn winds sigh low. 

 Among roadside blooms we christen weeds, 

 Which scatter o'er the wastes of earth their seeds, 

 And on whose breast the wild birds gaily feeds, 

 Which cheer the weary laborer on his road. 

 And help to lighten e'en the beggar's load; v - 



Filling the laps of children as they pass 



Barefoot upon the grass, ;..««: 



And pause to share the beauty that is free — 

 Thinking, perchance, of God, all rev'rently— 

 Knowing full well "the Father" placed them there .. 



For all alike to share — 

 To lift their glowing love-tints still unfaded 

 When autumn's storm-clouds brighter ones hare 



shaded, vr' "i; :■ 



And feebler sunlight warms tiie wintry sky. 

 And fi-osty winds sweep-by. ' 



Think of me, as these weeds "^\ " " .;. a 



Answering life's humblest needs, ': 

 Cheering the lonely wkom misfortune's blast 



Hath overcast; 

 And comforting the struggling, suffering poor _, 

 Forever with us, ever at our door; ;!.;^;n>''^ 



Not poor perchance in gold. 



But poor in hearts so cold * . 



That not a seed o^ charity can grow 

 In the chill soil that lies their lives below — . 



Making no wintry hours 



Bright with its wayside flowers. 



Think of me, as God's weeds. 

 Dropping the wayside seeds 

 Of kindly deeds, 

 As I pass by — 

 Which, unlike those, shall never, never die I 



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