FENCING PLANTATIONS. 



Bustic fences for small tree clumps may be of almost an> 

 design, but the following is cheap and easily erected. It is 

 formed of larch posts 6 ft. long, and about 4 J in. diameter, 

 driven into the ground at 6 ft. apart. Two flat or rounded 

 rails about 3 in. by 1 in. are nailed horizontally to these, 

 the lower at 9 in. from the ground and the other flush with 

 the top of the posts, which when driven are at 4 ft. from 

 ground level. The uprights are also of larch, split up the 

 centre and nailed on the horizontal bars at 2 in. apart. 

 They extend above the top rail for 7 in., and so as to be 

 unclimbable are sharply pointed. 



(5.) Wire Fences. These may be erected either with 

 iron or wooden standards and straining posts. The form 

 most commonly in use for enclosing woods is that with 

 wooden posts and strainers, these being made of mature and 



WIRE FENCE WITH WOODEN POSTS. 



thoroughly seasoned larch or oak. The strainers are 7 ft. long 

 and 6 in. square, or, if round, about 7 in. in diameter, while 

 the intermediate posts are 5 \ ft. long, and 3 \ in. by 3 in., or, if 

 round, 3J in. diameter at smallest end. The strainers should 

 be fitted into the ground at 150 yards apart, and the posts 

 driven firmlv at 6 ft. from each other. At every sharp curve 

 along the line of fence a stout post, say 5 in in diameter 



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