Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1897 — Reclaiming Welsh Wastes. [ARTICLE]

Reclaiming Welsh Wastes.

r ifirg“ tracts of sand wastes tre now it'll!?? reclaimed along the Welsh const -cries of par- llel fences are put up sen w.ii-d, - closely interwoven with wire* srid furze, and spaces between thess posts are filled with earth and road scrapings. In these various treea, suck as sycamore, willow, pine and aldect are planted, while the ridges or# sown with gorse and broom seed and ptuM with bnlar