158 THE BOOK OF THE LANDED ESTATE. 



be set down as follows, presuming that the timber has to be bought 



FIG. 36. 



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the calculation being made for a space of ten feet, or the full length of 

 the rails : 



Two and a half posts, six feet long, at 6d., ..013 

 Two rails, ten feet long, at 5d., . . 10 



Eighteen uprights, at Ifd. each, . . 2 74 



Eighty nails, at 6d., 006 



Men's time erecting, 010 



Total, . . . . 6 24 , 



This is an expensive kind of fence, and is not generally used for 

 estate purposes. It is only used for cottage gardens, &c. A similar 

 kind of fence is made with young larch thinnings ; the root end of the 

 stronger trees are split up for posts rails are also made of the same 

 material and the smaller trees and top ends are split up for uprights. 

 This makes a good fence, and can be erected much cheaper than the one 

 formerly described, but does not last so long. 



Another description of upright wooden fence is in much use in some 

 parts of the country. It is what is termed the stob fence in Scotland, 

 and Scotch fencing in England. It consists of a row of small trees or 

 posts driven into the ground as close as they can be put ; a rail or spar 

 is put along the top of the posts, and a nail driven through the rail into 

 each of the posts. This is a very expensive kind of fence in many 

 respects. The amount of timber used in its erection is considerable ; it 

 takes a great many nails ; and from the posts being inserted in the soil, 

 it does not last long. 



