410 Expense of live and dead Fences. 



It is to be observed ; that one should know the prices of labour 

 in each section of our country, when comparative calculations are 

 made. 



Mr. Quincy has been, for some time past, in a laudable course of 

 improvement in hedging. He has conquered, by actual and visi- 

 ble evidence, the prejudices of the farmers of his neighbourhood. 

 Several mean to follow his example. Stone fences are common in 

 New England ; and their necessities and the over abundance of the 

 material, have rivetted the prejudices of the farmers in favour of 

 this mode of enclosure. But on Mr. Q.'s farm, there are no stones. 

 He has no fear of hogs, for the reason he assigns. He is begin- 

 ning a plan of soiimg his live stock, of every species ; and never 

 permitting them to run at large. He can, therefore, dispense with 

 the otherwise essential additions to the expenses of thorn hedges,-— 

 protecting fences ; — which, when cattle, horses, or hogs, run at 

 large, are as necessary, (and as expensive,) as any part, or even all, 

 of the operation. R. P. 



