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<DIV><FONT size=4 face="Lucida Sans"> At the former farm I had
near North Lewisburg I had a Caterpillar D-4 dozer. There were a few osage trees
to clear out. One tree I attempted to push out with he d-4 resisted my first
efforts as when I pushed on it, it would spring back when I relaxed on it. I
finally went to the other side of the tree and was able to push it right out.
Discovered when I pushed from the first side, there was a large root and was
directly under the track. Pushing from the other side revealed a root that was 6
inches in diameter and barely under the surface for 18 feet where it finally
broke off.</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT size=4>Gene</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dean@vinsonfarm.net
href="mailto:dean@vinsonfarm.net">Dean Vinson</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 06, 2019 4:48 AM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [AT] Osages to maples</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Thanks, Cecil, and no doubt,
osage orange is some tough stuff. I cuss it all the time but have to
admire its tenacity. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">A month or so ago, while getting
ready to have these little maple trees planted, I discovered that one of the
spots where I wanted to plant a maple was practically right on top of where a
medium-sized osage tree had previously been. I’d cut it down two or
three years ago, burned the stump down below ground level, smoothed over the
area with new topsoil, and have been mowing the area as part of the lawn ever
since so it was long since forgotten. But I found the remains of the
stump again when I was setting stakes for where the new trees would go, so I had
to dig it up and pull it out. I couldn’t get it to budge at first,
so I continued digging and found the main root (about 5” or 6” in diameter)
extending off to one side. I dug around that root until I had enough
room to cut it with the chainsaw, after which I was able to pull the stump out
with no problem.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">But here’s the thing that
surprised me: When I cut through that big root, it pumped sap
out all around the edge just like a newly-cut tree in springtime.
Stump burned and then buried two or three years ago, but that root was still
full of life.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Dean<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext"> AT [mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com]
<B>On Behalf Of </B>Cecil Bearden<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 5, 2019 8:26
PM<BR><B>To:</B> at@lists.antique-tractor.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [AT] Osages
to maples<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P>That is a great change. Osage Orange or Bois DÁrc (Board Ark) as
they are called in this country is the biggest problem around water lines.
The roots will compress the pipe and find or start a leak in a joint. A
new shoot will start from a root sometimes 200 ft from the tree. If you
start pulling the root, it will lead back to the tree. If the root is
large, you can form it into a cane or any other shape and let it dry. I
made a cane from a root and it polished up with a great grain and beautiful
color. Otherwise they will take over a good pasture in a few years.
A 6in Osage orange will give my 30K lb trackhoe one heck of a pull. The
D6D will pop it out then I spend the next half hour chasing the
roots.....<BR>Great Work Dean!!<BR>Cecil<SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal>On 11/5/2019 5:52 PM, Dean Vinson wrote:<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>About five years ago I started clearing out an old osage
orange hedgerow, maybe 150 yards long, that hadn’t been tended in many
decades. Lots of time with the chainsaw, lots of bonfires, lots of
work with the Super M dragging logs and pulling roots and hauling firewood,
lots of work with the JD 620 and rear blade grading and smoothing.
Yesterday I had a crew plant eight new red maple trees on the same line where
the osage trees had been, and this afternoon I got the Super M out again to
haul trashcans full of water back to them.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>The top half of the attached photo is the 2014 view,
showing one of my first bonfires as I began clearing out the osage and
honeysuckle and briars. My goal back then was just to clear out
some breathing space around a nice mature walnut tree that I’d discovered
earlier that year after noticing its top sticking up above the canopy of the
older but shorter osage trees. It’s not visible in the photo but
it’d be to the right of the bonfire. After a couple of years of
occasional trimming and cleanup and thinning out, I set my sights on removing
the hedgerow completely. (There’s also another one, but I’m just
cleaning it up and will keep many of the big trees).<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>The bottom half of the attached photo is the view from a
few hours ago. The mass of trees and brambles from the top photo
had been just to the left of the little gravel lane behind where the tractor
is now sitting. The tall trees behind the tractor had all managed
to survive despite being engulfed by the sprawling osages; the dark one in the
middle is the big walnut I’d first started clearing out around five years
earlier. Interesting that those trees all lean slightly away
from where the osages had been. The new maples, hardly visible
since they’re small, are dead on the centerline of the original
hedgerow.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Will be interesting to see how the new trees do over
time. It’s been fun, sort of, plugging away at that scraggly old
hedgerow over the years, and darn nice to have a couple old tractors to
help.<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Dean Vinson<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Saint Paris, Ohio<o:p></o:p></P>
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