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top wire at about 5 feet from the ground. In 

 that position it hinders transit by trespassers 

 and pushing by cattle and horses. Two plain 

 wires between the barbed wire and the rail and 

 one under the rail make a useful fence, and 

 cost as much as can prudently be allotted to 

 making a fence. 



Galvanised wire has in recent years almost 

 superseded ungalvanised. It is almost certainly 

 much more immune from destruction by rust, 

 but there has not been sufficient time to 

 definitely decide how it compares with ungal- 

 vanised in strength and duration. 



Wire netting, 4 feet high on stout supports 

 8 feet apart, is very convenient as a temporary 

 fence on ground with a level surface. There 

 should be a barbed wire at the top and another 

 4 inches from the bottom of the netting. The 

 netting is more expensive than wires, but costs 

 much less in the labour of erection, and can be 

 removed and used elsewhere. 



The objection to small woods is confined to 

 those which require new fencing, and is based 

 only on expense. As regards the growth of the 

 trees small woods have advantages over larger 

 woods. If instead of clear-cutting and replant- 

 ing a block of sixteen acres in a large wood two 



