Incbfwg of Land.-—Hedges, 139

Tire grown up, the wall may be pulled down, and the materials be converted toother ufes.

There is another mode of fencing, which is fometimes adopted in expofedfituations, where the foil is fufficiently good, which is that of planting full-grown floe, or black-thorn, pretty thick, and mixing with them hazel, withey,the large briar, &c. cutting off their tops to the height of about three feet, on abank raifed from two to three feet, with ditches fufficiently deep. This is not,however, a method to be recommended, except in fuch kinds of bleak fitua-tions. The black-thorn abounds in mod: places, and may therefore be eafilyprocured. The loppings of the plants may be ftuck along the fide of the bank,being well fecured by fuitable flakes, fo as to guard the flocks from being in-jured by cattle or flieep. This fort of fence is made at an extremely cheap rate,from the low price of the plants; and from their throwing out (hoots very ex-tenfively, with the affiftance of the briar, in fuch fituations, fometimes foon forma clofe and impervious hedge.

In this way this fort of thorn does not, indeed, grow to any great height, butfufficient with the bank for the purpofes of confining and flieltering animals.If the fields be in a ftate of arable cultivation, the ditches, when made of a gooddepth, will prevent the running of the roots from obftru&ing the plough * f.

». d.

Brought forward, - 066

Sets - - - - - 008

One dead fence on the infide - - . - o 1 2

Weeding - • • - - 002

086

From which dedu£t the value of the ftones, at three pence per cart-load o 1 6

070

• Agricultural Report of the County of Somerfet.

I One good waggon-load of thefe plants, it is obferved in the fame work, will be fufficient for twelve rope.

The coft is thus eftimated :

£. s, d.

Making the bank

-

-

-

0 1 0 per rope,

Digging up and planting

-

-

-

016

Carriage of plants

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-

m

009

° 3 3

In refpeft to the carriage, the price tnuft vary according to the diftance, and other circumfiances.