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on by a -waggon, or, more often, put into convenient 

 heaps, a chain shpped through the butts, and then 

 dragged into position. This is, of course, the cheapest 

 of all fences, but it is always decaying and constantly 

 needing rc2)airs ; in high winds, too, it is very apt to 

 blow over and leave gaps. But where hard bush, such 

 as prim, baboon, &c., are plentiful, close to hand, or 

 on a hired farm, or where the bush is so thick that 

 there is a secondary object in view, viz., getting the 

 bush thinned out, it makes a fairly efficient fence, and 

 is specially well adapted for young beginners. But if 

 used to a great extent, the time comes when, from the 

 scarcity of labour or other reasons, it cannot be kept in 

 repair, and the farmer soon heartily wishes he had gone 

 in for something more expensive, but more permanent ; 

 and, if it is a fence intended to be kept up for a number 

 of years, the constantly recurring expense of repairs 

 will soon aofgreo^ate a larorer sum than what the orio^inal 

 cost of wire or stone wall would have been. Bush- 

 fences made of mimosa or other soft woods will only 

 last about six months, and are quite ineffectual for 

 cattle. 



The prime cost of bush-fencing is about sixpence a 

 yard. 



Wattle Fences. — These are principally used on the 

 coast lands where the bush grows high with long 



