212 FENCE S. g. 



The labour is confiderable, but by no 

 means exc-jfTive. In this one inftance, the 

 expence of labour appears to be greatly ex- 

 ceeded by the advantages obtained by it. 



The pruning fhould be done in winter or 

 fpring, while the lap is down; not in the 

 f'jmnier feafon. 



5. Aftermanagement. In this depart- 

 ment, the Diih'ift under furvcy excels : not 

 in the manner of cutting, but in the frequency 

 of it. Many young hedges are cut before 

 they arc twenty years old ; and the cutting 

 of fucb as are thriving at leail:, is uTually re- 

 peated every five or lix years ; a practice 

 which ought to be univerfally followed. No- 

 tlup.g is more irjurious t;o a hedge than un- 

 irccjucnt cutting. 



The prevailing method of cutting is that of 

 ^' buck- heading;" — namely, cutting theflems 

 ■otr level, about three feet high above the le- 

 vel of the inclofure ; generally winding a 

 few (Iraight boughs horizontally between the 

 lieads of the ftems, to prevent flock from 

 forcing thiough between them. A more 

 fimple, or a cuespcr method th.an this, 

 ci'.nnot pcrhiips be deviled ; efpccially as the 



ditch 



