190 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FARM 
Study 25. Observations on Fence-rows 
The program of work for this study will consist of: 
1. A comparisonof fence-rows bordering different kinds of 
fences, in different situations (upland and lowland, adjacent 
to woods, pasture and fields), and receiving different care (or 
different degrees of neglect). 
2. A detailed study of the population of selected strips of 
fence-row, as to the larger piants and animals it helps sustain. 
The record of this study may consist of: 
1. Notes as to condition$ obtaining in half a dozen of the 
different fence-rows observed. 
2. Annotated lists of the population of the fence-rows 
selected for special study: 
(a) Plants, with notes on the kind, size, growth- 
habit, mode of propagation, abundance, etc. 
(b) Animals, as indicated by “‘signs” of their occur- 
tence, burrows, runways, nests, borings, 
tracks, hair, feathers, etc., with notes on 
haunts, abundance, etc. 
