Jan."] TOP DIKES, DEAD HEDGES, &C. 21 1 



will do : for any of thefe may be made fufficient- 

 ly fubftantial to {land, with occafional helping, 

 till the hedge becomes a complete fence. Such 

 walls, however, require to be built in the fpring 

 months ; which fee. 



In fituations where none of the above materials 

 can be got, recourfe may be had to pales or rails, 

 or to dead Itedges, formed of brufhwood. The 

 method of making brufhwood-hedges, is as foU 

 lows : Having flattened the earth thrown fron^ 

 the ditch, as directed for the foundation of the 

 top dike, cut a trench a foot fquare, turning the 

 earth inwards. Set in the brufhwood, fo as to 

 ftand three feet above the furface, taking care to 

 intermix the great and fmall together, and ram it 

 firmly in, returning the earth, and firming the 

 ends in the trench as well as poflible. When the 

 placing of the hedge is finimed, clip the fides, fo 

 as that the fide next to the quick hedge do not 

 interfere with its growth, or hinder the operation, 

 of cleaning, or the like ; the other fide may be 

 drefled in till the dead hedge be about eighteen 

 inches thick, and the height three feet. 



The pofition of the rail is in a great meafure a 

 matter of indifference, provided it be fo placed as 

 to protect the young hedge, and the plantation or 

 field. Perhaps the mofl terrific manner of rail- 

 ing, is by ufing rails with a great many knaggy * 

 O 2 ftmnps 



* Sharp and rugged. 



