Sawn Wood Fence
For park clumps, particularly where a substantial and neat fence to keep back horses, cattle or deer is required, the following, though rather expensive at first, is largely employed. The entire fence is made of oak or Spanish chestnut, and is shown on following page.
Posts 7 ft. long, 6 in. by 4 in., and run out with the circular saw. Rails triangular, about 3½ in. to the side. The uprights are rent from oak or chestnut trees of straight grain, and are usually about ³/₁₆ of an inch thick, and 5 ft. high. The posts are erected 6 ft. apart, the rails being mortised into these, and the rent uprights fastened about 2 in. apart by patent rose nails to the horizontal rails. A fence of this kind, when properly erected, will last for upwards of forty years, especially if the butts of the posts are charred before being inserted in the ground.