1905.] 



Fences and Hedges. 



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barred fence using sawn morticed oak posts and larch rails can 

 be put up for is. id. per yard. If four-bar, is. 6d. per yard. 



Protection is absolutely necessary next to pastures, but 

 adjoining arable land this expense is often saved, as no other 

 stock but sheep are, as a rule, fed on the clover math and 

 turnips. Temporary protection from the sheep must be given 

 to the quicks, as they damage the thorn not only by nibbling 

 it, but by leaving their wool on the lateral growth, which is 

 often entirely destroyed. One of the greatest drawbacks to the 



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Fig. 3.— Cutting and Layering of Neglected Thorn Hedge. 



forming of thorn hedges is the fencing required for protection 

 and certainly the outlay is heavy when it is found necessary 

 to protect the fence on both sides, and occasionally wire-net- 

 ting must be used to ensure success if rabbits abound. Assum- 

 ing, then, that protection from stock and rabbits is necessary, 

 the expenses work out as follows : — Trenching, purchasing, and 

 planting thorn, 5d. per yard ; two guard fences, including cost 

 of erection, 2s. 6d. per yard ; wire-netting, 6d. per yard, making 

 a total expense of 3s. 5d. per yard. Of course it is seldom found 

 necessary to go to this expense. The prices quoted are for 

 first-rate material, which ought to last until the hedge is in a 



