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young fence^ as the layer is only intended to 

 ferve the purpoie until the young one gets up 

 again. Thofe who praflife chopping up hedg- 

 es may Hiy, " Why not chop up the hedge ?'* 

 But I fay, who would prefer adead fence, when 

 he may have a living one ? It is to be ur ler- 

 ftood, that the healthieft and beft fhoots are to 

 be left for the purpofe of laying down to fill up 

 the thin places ; and a fufficient number mud 

 alfo be be left for the purpofe of (takes, which 

 are better of a fmall Hze, about the thicknefs 

 of a walking-ftick; for, as they are to be left 

 growing, they will foon increafe in bulk. — 

 They mud be cut off to the height of the in- 

 tended fence, as they will grow v/ith it, and 

 are to be left at a proper diilance from each 

 other. The hedge muft be thinned of all 

 wood but that which may be wanted forplafh- 

 es, or (lakes j and in thofe counties where fu- 

 el is dear, the fuperabundant wood pays the 

 farmer amply for the expence of pla(hing» 



It has been an objedion of long (landing, 

 that the farmers in the northern parts of the 

 kingdom, and particularly in Yorkfhire, lay 

 their plafhes too high. It is certainly a wrong 



practice 



