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HOW TO GROW GOOD FENCES. 



TABLE OF ADMEASUREMENT OF FENCES. 



1. Red Sandstone ._ 



2. Lias .- 



3. Oolite 



4. Oxford Clay 



5. Coralline Oolite . . 



6. Kimmeridge Clay . 



7. Chalk 



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The average of the above quantity occupied by fences is. . . . 

 A wall, 2 ft. wide, with 1 ft. 3 in. on each side, between | 



arable fields (oolite) . . . . \ 



A wall, 2 ft. wide, between pasture fields (oolite) ....... 



The above calculations do not include the strips which are so 

 often found alongside fences, covered by brambles, blackthorns, and 

 other rubbish. Now we have seen what is the quantity of land 

 occupied by fences, it will be our province to ascertain to what 

 extent they may be reduced in size, and yet remain as useful to the 

 agriculturist. 



The following table will exhibit the saving per hundred acres, by 

 reducing the width of fences : — 



TABLE OF REDUCTION OF FENCES. 



* Including one-third added for angular sinuosities. 



