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Gorsc. 
If the fences of iLc enclosures arcmatle with stone, the cultiva- 
tion of the gorse on each side of the walling, where the situation 
is raw, bleak, and exposed, and the land is cold and poor, will 
prove serviceable in other respects besides being a source of 
profit. The ditches on either side of the wall, and the gorse 
growing between the inner edge of the ditch and the foundation, 
will protect the wall against being injured by cattle. 
This latter mode of raising gorse as food for numerous teams, 
and also as a safeguard to stone fences, has been adopted for 
many years with eminent advantage by Mr. Hughes of Madyn, 
in the neighbourhood of Amlwch, in the county of Anglesey. 
The former method is very common throughout the counties of 
Carnarvon and Anglesey. 
On a small property in the county of Anglesey the owner, 
Mr. Williams, of Fron goch, constructs his fences by forming an 
inclined plane of earth up to the top of the walls. 
A row of quicks is planted close to the top of the wall, and 
even with it. The rest of the elevated earth is sown with gorse, 
and the plant thrives to admiration. 
To cut gorse some persons have recommended the use of a 
strong short scythe. This instrument answers very well where 
the land is even, and when the gorse is to be cut at one year's 
growth. 
The most effective implements, however, are a hook in the 
shape of a reaping-hook, but stronger, and a stick about 2 feet 
long, and of the thickness of a common walking-stick with a fork 
at the end, 
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"With these simple tools a man will cut with case, accor<ling to 
the nature of the ground and the state of the crop, frona one to two 
cart-loads in a day. 
