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at once, after they have attained to fnfficient ftrength, 

 and the banks levelled in. The dead thorns are placed 

 to the front of the quick-line, about two feet from it, 

 which effectually fecures the young growth from cat- 

 tle, till it becomes fufficiently ftroog, which is moft 

 commonly the cafe in two or three feafons. This an- 

 fwers very well, where there is no temptation to carry 

 off the dead thorns for fuel, but here turf is in great 

 plenty. In placing the dead hedge, it leans fomewhat 

 outwards from the living hedge, which makes it more 

 fecure againft cattle, and admits of more air, as the 

 living hedge advances ; a circumftance which fhould 

 always be attended to, from the moment the hedge is 

 cut down. 



In fome inftances, hedges have been cut down 

 within about three feet of the furface, and the fide- 

 fhoots of what remained worked in to thicken it. I 

 am not an advocate for this fyftem, as a complete fence 

 afterwards is with great difficulty infured, fince a re- 

 gular taper-fafhion, from the bottom, cannot, without 

 much trouble and expence, be accomplifhed ; whereas, 

 by cutting down the hedge at once, all this inconve- 

 niency is avoided, fince the young growth may be 

 eafily managed, and kept within bounds. However, 

 where perpetual fences are neceffary, which, in pafture 

 and meadow grounds, muft be always the cafe, and 

 where there is a hazard of carrying away the dead 

 hedges for fuel, the cutting down of hedges, at a cer- 

 tain 



