190 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FARM 



Study 25. Observations on Fence-rows 

 The program of work for this study will consist of: 



1 . A comparison of fence-rows bordering different kinds of 

 fences, in different situations (upland and lowland, adjacent 

 to woods, pasture and fields), and receiving different care (or 

 different degrees of neglect). 



2. A detailed study of the po])ulation of selected strips of 

 fence-row, as to the lai;ger plants and animals it helps sustain. 



The record of this study may consist of : 



1. Notes as to condition^ obtaining in half a dozen of the 

 different fence-rows observ^ed. 



2. Annotated lists of the population of the fence-rows 

 selected for special study: 



(a) Plants, with notes on the kind, size, gro\vth- 



habit, mode of propagation, abundance, etc. 



(b) Animals, as indicated by "signs" of their occur- 



rence, burrows, runways, nests, borings, 

 tracks, hair, feathers, etc., with notes on 

 haunts, abundance, etc. 



