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Mr. Morison feels that after the trees are 10 to 12 years old it is perfectly safe 

 to remove the fence, 



Mr. Robert B. Farnum, Concord, New Hampshire, states, "Up in this country it 

 is impossible to raise a young orchard without a fence. To date we have the 

 entire orchard fenced with about 2 miles of wire. Our latest method has been 

 to go into the woods around the edge of the orchard, cut a path and use the 

 standing trees for posts. The fence is not straight but it saves the time of 

 digging post holes and setting posts; also your posts don't rot off. There is 

 danger of the wind blowing down trees over your fence and breaking down the wire, 

 which means you must patrol the fence every few months through the year. The best 

 check on deer can be made after the first fall of snow for the tracks. I would 

 certainly hate to start another orchard in our area without a fence; it sure pays 

 off. Be sure to pick a level path for your fence, for deer can crawl through 

 very small holes. Also use a good grade of wire and it will last many years. 

 Some of our wire has been up 20 years and still looks good." 



Mr. Robert T. Burrows, Manchester, New Hampshire, had the post holes for his 

 deer fence dug with a post hole digger attached on the back of a truck and found 

 it saved considerable labor and expense. Mr. Burrows states, "We used a woven 

 wire fence which I think is six feet high, with one strand of barbed wire above 

 that when the ground outside is about level with the ground inside, and two 

 strands wherever the ground outside is higher. We have used ten foot cedar posts 

 and because they are set in the ground at least two feet in some parts of the 

 fence we have nailed on a two by four inch extension for two feet extra in order 

 to get a supplementary barbed wire up to a height of 8 feet. The fence requires 

 some maintenance each year, such as replacing a few posts and general tightening 

 up to keep the deer out. Finally on the question of gates we have used heavy 

 wooden gates, but have come to the conclusion that light weight metal framed gates 

 are more practical because of their lighter weight." 



A New Hampshire apple grower reports that stringing rope, coated with creosote, 

 on three stakes driven into the ground close to young apple trees seems to prevent 

 deer browsing considerably. The young trees were replacement trees in a bearing 

 orchard. 



The blocks of young apple trees in this same orchard were fenced with a six 

 foot woven wire fence. The grower was late in getting fencing around one block of 

 trees and the trees suffered considerable deer damage but since the fence was 

 erected no further deer dcunage has occurred. 



-W. J, Lord 



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