Fencing Plantations 



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Here it might be well to mention in passing that only 

 matured and seasoned timber should be used in fencing, 

 the cost of erection, whether the timber be good or inferior, 

 being the same, and every one knows which will last the 

 longer. 



A good strong fence is erected as follows : -Posts, 5 ft. 

 9 in. long, 4 in. broad, and 2 J in. thick ; bars or rails, 9 ft. 

 long, by 3J in. by 1| in. Four holes are mortised into the 

 posts for the reception of the bars, the ends of which are so 

 formed as to overlap each other tightly. The fence is 

 usually 4 ft. high, and so as to strengthen the horizontal 



SAWN WOOD FENCE 



bars a stake is driven into the ground midway between the 

 larger posts, and to this the rails are securely nailed. In 

 some cases the posts are not to be mortised, so that the bars 

 require to be attached by nails. 



For park clumps, particularly where a substantial and 

 neat fence to keep back horses, cattle or deer is required, 

 the following, though rather expensive at first, is largely 

 employed. The entire fence is made of oak or Spanish 

 chestnut, and is shown on following page. 



Posts 7 ft. long, 6 in. by 4 in., and run out with the 

 circular saw. Rails triangular, about 3J in. to the side. 



