CHAPTER XXV. 



FENCING PLANTATIONS. 



BEFORE commencing to plant almost any piece of ground, 

 it is absolutely necessary to have it securely fenced against 

 the inroads of farm stock. Many different methods of 

 fencing are adopted throughout the country, each one, no 

 doubt, possessing peculiar advantages according to the 

 circumstances in which it may happen to be required. 



In hilly districts where stones are abundant, very efficient 

 fences of such may be made, turf dykes on high-lying 

 grounds where stones are not readily procured, and iixm or 

 wood wherever fancy dictates. 



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

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

 previous chapter is devoted. 



To describe even a tenth part of the various fences now- 

 adays erected would be a by no means easy task, but typical 

 examples of each kind will be explained. 



(1) Stone Walls- These make capital fences, but 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 plantation fences 

 in the amount of shelter afforded to the young trees. Two 



inethods of building are usually adopted ; first, where stones 

 are abundant, the entire wall may be of these ; and, second 



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