<p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Kevin,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">There is a website </font><a href=www.osageorange.com><font size=2 face="sans-serif">www.osageorange.com</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">
that is intended for people making bows for hunting. If you will
type in this address and then go to the bottom of the page and click
on the link that says "roughing out osage bows", you will find
quite a bit of information on the history of Hedge trees. Hopefully
you can glean some helpful information from this article and decide whether
or not the hedge fence row is a commitment you are ready to commit to.
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Good Luck,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Grant Phillips</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Adair SWCD</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">"Kevin N Carpenter" <kevinc@mysticplains.org></font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">09/13/2009 10:54 PM</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">[Carpenter] Osage Orange Hedge Rows...</font></table>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Just curious if anyone has information on establishing
and maintaining <br>
old fashion Osage Orange hedge rows? Its my understanding that it
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takes about 4 years to get a fence sufficient dense to be able to <br>
contain cattle, with an established fence described as "Horse High
and <br>
Bull Tight". These were apparently VERY popular prior to barb-wire
fencing.<br>
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I've been considering replacing my eastern most fence with a 5' <br>
electric, but the idea of a "natural" fence caught my fancy.
I have the <br>
time to grow one, although I'm a bit concerned about what it takes to <br>
maintain one. Still, if they could do it in the 1800s, surely it
can't <br>
be impossible today.<br>
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Thoughts? Links?<br>
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Kevin<br>
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