History of a small area: a roadside fencerow 1920-1940. From Wordnik.com. [Tributes to Aldo Leopold] Reference
A low line of greening hills formed a fencerow over which sheeplike tufts began to bound. From Wordnik.com. [Shadow Games]
These are a farm pond project, a small wildlife refuge program, and a fencerow cover restoration proposition. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
She held clutched against her belly a bunch of goldenrod and ironweed pulled from the fencerow of the cornfield. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
In denser habitat, get closer if necessary and sit in a brushy fencerow, an abandoned building, or a high tree stand. From Wordnik.com. [Deer Guide Rick Kreuter on Scouting Trophy Bucks] Reference
From a fencerow he gathered a wad of the feathery leaves of yarrow and tied it to his head with the stripped stem of the plant. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
At the edge of town, the riders who had followed us turned off and disappeared behind a fencerow overgrown with blackberry bushes. From Wordnik.com. [Ramblers and Spinners] Reference
At the edge of town, the riders who had followed us turned off and disappeared behind a fencerow overgrown with blackberry bushes. From Wordnik.com. [Ramblers and Spinners] Reference
Dew was in the grass already, and Ada was damp at the hem by the time she got to Waldo, who was lying in the tall grass along the lower fencerow. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
Back in the early 80s, when fencerow to fencerow farming was devastating pheasant populations, I can remember going hunting with my cousin one day. From Wordnik.com. [Uncategorized Blog Posts] Reference
In the third undertaking, which is research to determine the best methods of restoring or developing fencerow food and cover strips; nearly a thousand hazelnut hybrids have been planted. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
Nixon, in an attempt to secure the farm vote in the 1972 election, directed his Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz, (who was often referred to, among other things, as "Secretary of Agribusiness") to instruct subsidized farmers to plant "fencerow to fencerow" with soy and corn. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Yager: Corn Sugar or High Fructose Corn Syrup? Which Is Worse?] Reference
In order to compensate for the loss of the chestnut, and at the same time restore some of the food and cover destroyed through pasturing of woodlots, and the removal of fencerow cover in clean farming, the Division of Conservation instituted its popular tree and shrub unit planting project four years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
Yet Iowa's fewer farmers, planting (as government has exhorted) "fencerow to fencerow" and deploying an arsenal of chemical fertilizers, can tickle five tons of corn from an acre. From Wordnik.com. [detnews.com - Metro-State] Reference
Industrial agriculture with its "fencerow-to-fencerow" monocropping techniques and mass applications of synthetic fertilizer further exacerbates the problem (although there's a peak for fertilizer, too - Peak Phosphorus). From Wordnik.com. [Energy Bulletin -] Reference
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