American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . throughoutEngland. The moist nature of the climate hasmuch to do with the maintenance of these fencesin permanence and beauty. In this country sodfences will last many years in moist ground,but severe drouths will brown them, frosts willcrack them where the grass dies out, and weedswill be found, we fear, in many places morehardy than grass. Nevertheless, sod fenceshave their uses with us. There is no better wayof putting a fence across a swamp ; sheep willgo over them with ease, but they should neverbe pastured in low, wet land. Whe
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . throughoutEngland. The moist nature of the climate hasmuch to do with the maintenance of these fencesin permanence and beauty. In this country sodfences will last many years in moist ground,but severe drouths will brown them, frosts willcrack them where the grass dies out, and weedswill be found, we fear, in many places morehardy than grass. Nevertheless, sod fenceshave their uses with us. There is no better wayof putting a fence across a swamp ; sheep willgo over them with ease, but they should neverbe pastured in low, wet land. Where there isa great scarcity of timber they may be used toadvantage; and made broad on the top and sur-mounted by a hedge of thorn locust, even sheepwill not pass them. In response to a requestpublished a few months since, Mr. A. J. San-born, of Ogle Co., 111., sends the Agriculturistan account of his experience, as follows: I have been a resident of Illinois for twenty-eight years and have helped build some sodfence, and have seen a good deal more built by. others. The best is made in this way: Theground is laid off twelve feet wide, with a stripsix feet wide in the centre. The sods are cutwith a spade from the three-foot strips on eachside so that they will match and make a facingfor the bank or fence. [Pig. 1 represents a sec- tion of the ditches and wall.] First a row ofsods is set six inches from the edge of the ditchon each side, being backed with earth, to holdthem in place. Then fill in between, and whenthe filling is higli enough, lay another row ofsods. When it is done, the wall will (or should)be five feet on the base, three feet high, measuredon the slope, and three feet across the ditch will be three feet wide at the top, one
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