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economical for fencing. Vv’e need not resort 
to figures, to calculate the advantages to be 
gained by sliortening daily labour, when set 
in competition with the expence of buildings, 
as the latter may be estimated and fixed in the 
outset, and, when compleated, determines 
the expences lor half a century. 
• It may be fairly presumed, that upon the 
inclosure of wet land, drainasre is one of the 
leading objedfs of improvement to be efledted ; 
and therefore we cannot admit, that in the 
fencing of such land, (p. 3.) Uiiy supposition 
should be allowed of live fences, of an , de- 
scription, being injured by too much wet. If 
that circumstance is not provided against, an 
inclosure cannot be beneficial for any of the 
purposes of agriculture. 
With regard to inclosures being beneficial, 
on account of the shelter thereby afforded to 
cattle and sheep, is not universally a de- 
cided point. In the rich marshes of Lincoln- 
shire, the graziers and breeders are particu- 
larly averse to fences and shelter. From 
experience, they are decided in opinion, that 
