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few years, or if the wind does not turn it topsy-turvy, and inside 

 outwards, it will stand firmly until it rots down where it was set 

 up. In the event of a hurricane, stakes might be driven in the 

 ground at each corner, and the fence wired to them. It is a very 

 good design for hurdles. When such a fence is made up and 

 down hills, there should be a brace nailed from one rail to the 

 other, to keep the panels in their proper shape. 



POULTEY YARD FENCE. 



175. Fig. 53 represents a very good style of picket fence for in 

 closing the kitchen garden or poultry yard. It may be built of 

 any desirable height. It is best, usually, to have a bottom board, 



FIG. 3. 



POULTRY TAED FEIfCE. 



nine or ten inches wide, close to the ground, or a little ridge of 

 earth may be thrown up under it, to keep chickens and ducklings, 

 and such like, within the inclosure, and to exclude skunks and 

 other "varmints" from the yard during the night. There is no 

 necessity whatever, of building such a fence more than six feet 

 high. Our domestic fowls do not need wings any more than they 

 need fins ; and if they are disposed to fly over the top of such a 

 fence, let two or three inches of the end of one wing be clipped 



