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A Lifetime Fence @ Easily Planted © Fast Growing 
Barbed wire replaced with a healthy Multiflora fence, requiring no cash upkeep. Which Raw highway cuts converted into luxurious banks of rose foliage and bloom with 
fence added most to the beauty of this farm? (Courtesy Mo. Cons. Comm.) mass plantings of Multiflora. 
in Bulletin 517 issued by the 
University of Missouri, College of Agriculture 
Your fence may be grown in two years with good soil and culture. 
The first investment is small, and the hedge requires no main- 
tenance. 
It is an excellent cover for wildlife. 
It is useful in erosion control, contour tillage and for stopping 
pasture gullies. 
Helps control weeds. Stops Bermuda grass. 
Aids insect control by harboring birds that live on insects. 
Has ornamental foliage, flowers and fruit. 
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It is strong, dense and thorny. It repels livestock. 
A Multiflora fence on your farm assyres good shooting; on your home lot makes your Illinois State studies have revealed that crop yields are best next to the protection of 
Well suited for line, contour and irregular fencing. 
place songbird headquarters for neighborhood. (Courtesy U. S. Soil Cons. Service) Multiflora fences. (Courtesy Mo. Cons. Comm.) 
Makes a long-lived barrier. Plantings 25 years old are still 
strong and vigorous. 
Does not require clipping, pruning, training or support. 
Multiflora Rose may serve as an effective low windbreak to 
reduce wind damage. 
How Many Plants Do You Need? 
Figure on the basis of one plant for every foot of Now, if you are using the larger JUMBO or 
row. For example, this means 50 plants across a COUNTRY CLUB grades, you will find a spacing 
of 18 inches — or even two feet — will make a 
50-foot lot or 5,000 plants (allowing for gate 
2 P g 9 dense screen or barrier in a hurry. It is much better 
to stretch out the spacing a bit with Forrest Keeling 
measurement of your fence line in feet is the num- quality plants than to use a closer spacing of 
ber of plants you will require. questionable stock. 
openings) around a square 160-acre farm. The 
Across this Forrest Keeling Multiflora sence is a busy highway. Both the goose flock and Here a hedge of Forrest Keeling Multiflora serves as a property line fence and a per- 
children are protected from the traffic. manent highway snow fence. Could a barrier be more attractive? 
