Hedges and Evergreens: A Complete Manual for the Cultivation, Pruning, and Management of All Plants Suitable for American Hedging; Especially the Maclura, Or Osage Orange, to which is Added, a Treatise on EvergreensA. O. Moore, 1858 - 291 páginas |
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Página 157 - Article 2496. 2431.—Every gardener, farmer or planter shall make a sufficient fence about his cleared land in cultivation, at least five feet high, and make such fence sufficiently close to prevent hogs from passing through the same, but it shall be unlawful for any persons whomsoever, by joining fences or otherwise, to build or maintain more than three miles, lineal measure, of fence running in the same general direction without a gateway in...
Página 159 - ... any kind, and either of the parties shall think proper to vacate his part of such inclosure, or to make a lane or passage between such adjoining inclosures, such person shall be at liberty to remove his share or part of such partition fence, on giving six months...
Página 154 - ALABAMA, all inclosures must be at least five feet high, if of rails, well-staked, and ridered, or otherwise sufficiently locked ; for three feet from the ground, the rails shall not be more than four inches apart ; if of palings, they shall not be more than three inches apart ; if with a ditch, four feet wide at the top ; the fence must be five feet high from the bottom thereof, and three feet from the top of the bank, and so close as to prevent the passage of stock. If the fence be not lawful,...
Página 69 - ... trifle higher than the surrounding surface, to throw off standing water. Harrow and roll the ground well, and set stakes in a straight line with those at the ends, every five rods. Stretch a line of cotton cord, six inches to one side of these stakes, for a guide in setting the plants. Prepare the plant for setting, by thinning off all side roots, and cutting back the main root to about eight inches in length.
Página 163 - that no person shall recover for damages done upon lands by beasts, miles in cases where by the by-laws of the townships, such beasts are prohibited from running at large, except where such lands are enclosed by a fence, &c.
Página 223 - In very truth, a fine tree near a house is a much greater embellishment than the thickest coat of paint that could be put on its walls, or a whole row of wooden columns to adorn its front; nay, a large shady tree in a dooryard is much more desirable than the most expensive mahogany and velvet sofa in the parlor.
Página 182 - The soil on both sides of the hedge needs thorough cultivation, and the hedge-row should be kept clean during the whole of the Summer season. No stock should be allowed in the inclosure where the hedge is set until after harvest.
Página 150 - All fields or inclosures shall be inclosed with fences at least five feet high, of sufficient rails or logs, and close at the bottom...
Página 15 - The mode of inclosing, as here practiced, and the urgent necessity there is for the strongest fortifications, in consequence of the barbarous practice of suffering stock of all kinds to run at large, keeps the farmer poor, and groveling, and ignorant, and creates more rustic quarrels than any other thing — whisky not excepted.