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Re: Hedge Apple Market [Re: TurkeyWrangler] #7019572
10/17/20 09:06 AM
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Picking up hedge apples would make a good job for kids......quick way to make $200. Only other person I know who would do it is a lady in her 80's, who probably has over $1M in CD's in various banks......drives an old beater Chevy S10, but will still walk across the room to pick up a penny. Probably why she has that much money.

Rows of hedge trees dates back to dust bowl days......they were planted in fence rows.....generally around 40 acres tracts......to help with wind erosion. Wood is magical stuff for a lot of uses. Long bows are one. Fence posts are another. A big corner hedge post will outlive the guy who set it. Wood probably has highest btu value of anything around, but if you use it for firewood, and have a long beard, better stand back. Sparks will fly.

Re: Hedge Apple Market [Re: HayDay] #7019596
10/17/20 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by HayDay
Picking up hedge apples would make a good job for kids......quick way to make $200. Only other person I know who would do it is a lady in her 80's, who probably has over $1M in CD's in various banks......drives an old beater Chevy S10, but will still walk across the room to pick up a penny. Probably why she has that much money.

Rows of hedge trees dates back to dust bowl days......they were planted in fence rows.....generally around 40 acres tracts......to help with wind erosion. Wood is magical stuff for a lot of uses. Long bows are one. Fence posts are another. A big corner hedge post will outlive the guy who set it. Wood probably has highest btu value of anything around, but if you use it for firewood, and have a long beard, better stand back. Sparks will fly.

Sparks will fly off a chainsaw, too lol. That stuff is hard

Re: Hedge Apple Market [Re: TurkeyWrangler] #7019614
10/17/20 10:19 AM
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I planted a thick row on our property line about 4 years ago. Real thick intertwined branches full of sharp thorns. Hopefully it will keep my neighbors on their side.

A good straight grained tree with a 6 foot+ length log is very valuable for bow wood. It is a lot of work cutting it down, splitting off the staves, and sealing the ends with paint. There is good money to be made though.


Re: Hedge Apple Market [Re: TurkeyWrangler] #7019619
10/17/20 10:21 AM
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Yup.......better cut it green.......once it dries out, it's no fun at all. Can't drive a fence staple in it then either.

Re: Hedge Apple Market [Re: 330-Trapper] #7019627
10/17/20 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by 330-Trapper
Originally Posted by rex123
An Iowa chemist is extracting the seeds and making a cosmetic oil called pomifera oil. It is sold in the cosmetic industry for 85 dollars a half ounce.

I didnt think Iowa had any chemists shocked


When I moved from Iowa to Minnesota, some friends joked that it doubled the average IQ in both states. Took me about a month of living in Minnesota to become concerned that they might be right.

Re: Hedge Apple Market [Re: TurkeyWrangler] #7019634
10/17/20 10:46 AM
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Right now. I am selling unprepared scrap at .04 per pound. 80.00 a ton. 200.00 a ton is good money. It wouldn’t take long to gather a few ton working all day at it. I have areas here in Ohio that are loaded on the fence lines. Would need 25 to 30 ton to be profitable to haul to IA from here. But someone close could make good money. Volume. Think big. Bigger !!!

Re: Hedge Apple Market [Re: TurkeyWrangler] #7019693
10/17/20 12:30 PM
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In the right place with a good silage fork it wouldn't take that long, if your not lazy.

Re: Hedge Apple Market [Re: maintenanceguy] #7019735
10/17/20 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by maintenanceguy
I know of three spots with Osage orange trees in the two counties near me. Each patch has only 3 or 4 trees. All three are along the edge of a field or unimproved road. I always assumed they were used for hedge rows along farm fields since that where they seem to be.

I have also seen one other tree in another county. Unusual tree here. We call the fruit "Osage oranges". Tried to cut one in half with my pocket knife. The sap in the fruit is so sticky I couldn't get the glue off my knife blade. Even soap and water struggled to get it off. Turns out native Americans used it for glue.
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That map is incorrect. Clarke county Alabama is blank ( the triangle shaped one just above Mobile bay. We have a big one on our homeplace there.


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