26 MY VINEYARD. 



SO cheaply and easily made, served me all the purposes 

 of a barn for four years, requiring in the meantime one 

 renewal of straw. 



FENCES AND FENCING. 



The fence along the front line of the farm, bordering 

 the street, was good. The division fences were poor and 

 needed re-building. I found, on inquiry, that the owner of 

 a farm is expected to build half of each division fence be- 

 tween himself and his neighbors. Accordingly, an agree- 

 ment was entered into with the farmers on either side of 

 me, as to the portions of division fence which I should 

 build. The old fence was taken down completely, and 

 such rails were sorted out as would do to lay again. 

 When the farm was purchased, there was a fence, nearly 

 new, dividing it into two parts. This fence I determined to 

 dispense with, and use the rails in building the division 

 fences. It furnished all that was necessary, besides hav- 

 ing already furnished those used in building the barn. 

 Two other fences were also built ; one inclosing the woods 

 with about two acres of cleared land for a pasture ; the 

 other formed a yard for cattle around the hovel. 



Most farmers would have disapproved of my plan of 

 dispensing with the di^dsion fence to which I have refer- 

 red. Rather than take one away, they would have con- 

 sidered additional ones desirable or altogether indispen- 



