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the ground, the upper one about 10 inches from 

 the tops of the uprights. The upright spars, 

 which can be made of rough larch poles, the 

 trimmings or thinnings of plantations, either 

 whole or sawn in halves with a circular saw, are 

 nailed on from 9 inches to one foot apart. The 

 height of fence may be from 3 feet 6 inches to 

 5 feet or even more. Brushwood trimmings from 

 trees or hedgerows are then interwoven between 

 the upright spars. It may be necessary to run 

 wire-netting round the whole, inside the fence, to 

 keep out the rabbits. Grass and other herbage will 

 grow up through the wire-netting and brushwood, 

 and all combined make an excellent fence, which 

 serves the double purpose of protection against 

 stock and rabbits and shelter for the young trees. 

 Cheaper fences may be constructed of rough 

 stakes and the trimmings from trees in plantations. 

 These are driven firmly into the ground, from 

 9 inches to one foot apart, and brushwood inter- 

 woven between. Cross rails nailed near the top 

 serve to strengthen and keep them steady and 

 upright. Fences of similar construction to those 

 described above may be seen in illustrations 

 Nos. 7 and 10. Stakes of willow in some places 

 when driven into the ground will strike root, and 

 when the young branches as they grow are inter- 

 woven between them, they make useful fences to 

 serve as shelter. 



