Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm elementsofpracti00lowd Year: 1838 In a very short time after this operation, shoots will spring from the old stems with vigour, and thus the fence will be re- stored, when it will appear as in Fig. 201. There may be cases, indeed, in which shoots Fig. 201. will not spring from the old stocks. This indi- cates that the hedge has lived its natural term, and is the irremediable effect of age; but in all cas
Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm elementsofpracti00lowd Year: 1838 In a very short time after this operation, shoots will spring from the old stems with vigour, and thus the fence will be re- stored, when it will appear as in Fig. 201. There may be cases, indeed, in which shoots Fig. 201. will not spring from the old stocks. This indi- cates that the hedge has lived its natural term, and is the irremediable effect of age; but in all cases in which the hedge possesses sufficient vigour, this method of re- newing it will be attended with the effects desired. And in cases in which a thorn-hedge is seen to have suffer- ed from previous neglect, this simple mean may be employed to restore it. In this case also, the opportunity is taken to fill up blank spaces in the line of the thorns. For this purpose, the earth in the blank spaces should be completely taken out, and the spaces filled with fresh soil; and in place of the haw- thorn, the crab may be planted, as being better calculated to succeed under such circumstances. In place of planting new thorns to fill up a blank, a prac- tice sometimes resorted to is, in the second year after the new shoots have sprung up, to take one of them on each side of the gap, and, bending them down, to fix them with a crooked stick, to the ground, in the manner practised by gardeners. Some earth being then laid upon the twigs, they will soon spring up, Ss2
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