CHAPTER XXIX 

 FENCING PLANTATIONS 



MANY different methods of fencing are adopted throughout 

 the country, each one, no doubt, possessing peculiar advan- 

 tages according to the circumstances in which it may happen 

 to be required. 



In hilly districts very efficient fences of stones may 

 be made where these are abundant. Turf dykes may be 

 constructed on high lying grounds where stones cannot be 

 readily procured, and iron or wood used wherever fancy 

 dictates. 



The term " dead fence " may be applied to these in 

 contradistinction to " live fence " or hedge, to which a 

 special chapter is devoted. 



To describe even a few of the various wood or iron fences 

 erected nowadays would be by no means an easy task, but 

 typical examples of several kinds will be explained. 



Stone Walls. These make capital plantation fences, 

 but they are at first rather expensive, and unless well 



built require a good deal of attention in the way of repairing 

 breaches. They possess a great advantage over most 

 other fences in the amount of shelter afforded to the young 

 trees. Two methods of building r.rc usually adopted : 

 firstly, where stones are abundant, the entire wall may be 



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