Account of Wire Fences. 



trees as have occurred to us, as forming a sufficient vari- 

 ety, either in regard to the consumption of the farm, or to 

 the supply of market. We consider that after ten years 

 from the time of planting, 



24?4 Apple trees will annually produce at g 1 each. $244 



30 Cherry do 



20 Pear do. - 



10 Plumb do. - ' - 



10 Shellbark do. - 



50 Chesnut do. - 



20 Walnut do. - 



5 Butter nut do. (Juglans Cinerea.) 

 5 English Walnut do. (Jug. Regia.J $1. 

 250 Button wood will spare from tops 24 cords } 



fire- wood at S3, cord. J 7 ' 2 



Multiply this annual amount by the 40 years 



given _ 815,840 



From which deduct the cost of the fence, as 



as above. 1 751 



Producing a net profit of, g 14,098 



To the credit of the wire fence in the period of fifty 

 years. 



The interest on the annual produce, it is presumed, will 

 be sufficient to keep the fences in repair, not only for fifty 

 years, but a period beyond calculation. 



An additional advantage, will accrue from this dispo- 

 sition of the fruit, and other trees, as the soil they have 

 hitherto occupied, may be thrown into arable and mea- 

 dow land. 



With regard to the strength of a wire fence, we do not 

 hesitate to express our belief in its sufficiency to resist 



