PRACTICAL FORESTRY. 



When a more elaborate fence or guard is required four 

 posts 7 ft. long, 4 in. square, and sawn from crooked 

 oak branches, are used. The posts are quite straight for 5 

 ft. in length, the upper 2 ft. being inclined outwards 



TREE GUAKDS. 



which not only gives the guard a neat appearance, but is a 

 great preventive against the encroachments of farm stock. 

 The posts are inserted nearly 2 ft. in the ground, and so as 



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