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which could be split into two or four parts, a trench was then dug about 

 two feet deep, into which the timber thus prepared was set, after which 

 the dirt was thrown in and packed closely around the stakes, and the 

 fence was complete. By placing the best sticks at intervals of six or 

 eight feet apart, when the smaller and poorer portions decay there will 

 remain a set of posts upon which .to nail boards, if desirable, and thus 

 perpetuate the fence for twenty years or more. This we denominate 

 "timber fence," and it is so formidable in its appearance that cattle da 

 not approach it. 



Another very good and rather cheap fence, we have made from ten 

 feet rails and shorter ones, say two to fourt feet, alternating first one 

 and then the other, much in the style of a Virginia or worm fence, stak- 

 ed at the corners with perpendicular stakes, held together at the top by 

 caps with two three-inch holes in each ; thus securing it against cattle 

 and high winds. 



For a cheap and quickly made fence for inside purposes, we have 

 used rails and "crotches," setting the latter in the ground about one 

 foot; the distance apart must be governed by the length of rails used, 

 always having them so near as to allow a good lap to the rails ; after 

 laying one set of rails there should be a pair of stakes over each crotch,, 

 into which lay another tier of rails, and the fence is made. We have 

 various other kinds of wooden fences, the result of circumstances and 

 necessity, but will not now describe them. We have about one mile of 

 locust fence, which promises eventually to be very serviceable ; this 

 we made in the following manner : 



The seed was sown in the nursery, and when two years old, planted 

 out into " fence row." The ground for planting out, was prepared as 

 for any farm crop ; then with a plow, a furrow was turned from the 

 centre of the row outward, into which the trees were set, at from eight 

 to twelve inches apart. They grow finely and bid fair to make an 

 impenetrable "timber fence," not a "hedge" as they have never beeu 

 cut back for that purpose, but they grow as a line or row of trees. 



We have a piece of about twenty rods of native thorn fence, upon 

 which we have been experimenting, but think from what we can thus far 

 discover, that its growth will be quite too slow, and require too much 

 attention perhaps to be of any practical utility for farming purposes. 



Our own experience in " sod fencing " has not been as extensive as in 

 other kinds of fence, yet we have built somewhat with that material. 



