. The American farmer. A hand-book of agriculture for the farm and garden ... Agriculture. 562 FARMER'S HAND-BOOK. nearer than ten inches asunder in the rows, and the rows should be at least eight inches apart. Many of the hedge-plants will require to be planted at even a greater distance from each other, or they will not thrive. First Year. — Keep the ground mellow, and clear of weeds. Throw a furrow against the plants on each side, and subsequently plough from them when weeds and grass spring up. Repeat this operation as often as any obnoxious vegetation makes its appearance, and late in the
. The American farmer. A hand-book of agriculture for the farm and garden ... Agriculture. 562 FARMER'S HAND-BOOK. nearer than ten inches asunder in the rows, and the rows should be at least eight inches apart. Many of the hedge-plants will require to be planted at even a greater distance from each other, or they will not thrive. First Year. — Keep the ground mellow, and clear of weeds. Throw a furrow against the plants on each side, and subsequently plough from them when weeds and grass spring up. Repeat this operation as often as any obnoxious vegetation makes its appearance, and late in the autumn plough two heavy furrows against the hedge on each side, to protect the roots from the frost. Trim frequently during the summer, keeping the shoots down within three or four inches of the ground. They will thicken under this treatment, and will stand the winter better than if allowed to run up to a height of several feet. Second Tear. — Replace all the plants which have died, setting them .carefully, so as to insure their successful growth. Cultivate as during the first year. Cut the plants down to the ground in the spring with a scythe, and in June trim all the vertical shoots down to four inches, but allow the horizontal branches to extend as far as they will. A thick growth will follow, and thus will be established a good foundation for the future hedge. Protect the plants from the frost by throwing a fur- row against them, and leave them until the spring of the Third Year. — Trim down the plants to within five inches of the last cut, and cultivate as before. The hedge now being very wide, but little vegetation will grow beneath it, consequently so much labor will not be required in clearing out weeds. Prune again in June, within five inches of the spring cutting, and trim the hedge in a pyramidal form, so as to Fig. give it all the benefit of sun, air, and moisture. Trim again in August, leaving six inches more of the new wood, and again in September. Fi
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