FENCING. 169 



1. Timber 



36 straining-posts (7 ft. x 6^ in.), at 80 



yards apart on average, at 2s. each . 3 12 



36 stobs used as stays, &c., at 3^d. each . 10 6 



439 stobs (5 ft. x 3 in. ), at 18 ft. apart, 



at 3d. each . . . . .680 



475 long droppers, 40 x 2 x 1^ in., at 9 ft. 

 between stobs ; 1900 short droppers, 

 23x2x1^ in., at 3 ft. apart; 2375 

 droppers = 109 cubic ft. of 2 x 1| in., 

 at Is. per cubic ft. ( = over |d. each) 590 



15 19 6 



2. Wire 19 cwt. No. 8 galvanised wire, 7 cwt. 4-barbed 



wire, and 3 cwt. galvanised staples . . . . 17 10 4 



3. Labour in Construction 



1 man for 12 weeks, at 22s. . . . 13 4 

 1 man for 5 weeks and 2| days, at 20s. [5 8 4 



18 12 4 



4. Carriage of Material ; estimated, but not paid for . 150 



Total . . . 53 7 2 

 Fig. 33 gives some idea of this cheap fence. 





Damage by Game (Fig. 34) often causes great loss in wood- 

 lands, because in most parts of Britain more attention is paid to 

 game-preservation than to growing timber for profit ; and game- 

 preservation means disturbing the balance of nature, and thus 

 (by destroying their enemies) favouring many kinds of animals 

 that damage young plantations and polewoods. Yet in some 

 parts of the country shooting rents are often higher than the 

 ordinary profit hitherto derived from woodlands. But if 



