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THE LOWELL WIKE FENCING. 



THE LOWELL WIRE FENCING. 



This fencing, manufactured by J. E. Butts & Co., Boston, Mass., we are dis- 

 posed to think, would be found very useful in many places where it is unknown. 

 The proprietors say : — 



Our Wire Fencing, represented by the within diagrams, for economy, strength, 

 closeness, portability, elegance, and durability, may challenge competition with 

 any fencing in the world. 



Figure 1 is a diagram of a section of our fencing, with the roll from which it is 

 unrolled. The posts are of wood, set from eight to twelve feet apart ; but they 

 may be of iron, or stone ; or trees may be used in lieu of posts, where convenient. 

 Rails are entirely dispensed with. The fence is raised from 4 to 12 inches from 

 the ground, and is drawn straight and tight, or kept upon an exact level, or regu- 



Fig. 1. 



lar inclination, from end to end. Care is required to put it up substantially and 

 neatly. Staples about three inches in length secure the fence to the posts ; each 

 lateral (or horizontal) wire being clasped with a staple at every post. But bolts, 

 or screws with hooked heads, or wire twisted round the posts, answers every pur- 

 pose. There are several descriptions of this fencing. 



No. 1 is 3^^ feet high, with meshes (or open spaces), 3 inches square ; 4 

 lateral wires, of No. 10 wire (one-eighth of an inch in diameter), run through the 

 body of the fence, which is No. 14 or 15 wire ; and the weight is 10 lbs., and the 

 price $2 per lineal rod (16i feet.) 



No. 2 is precisely like the first kind, except that there are but two lateral or 

 straight wires in it — one at the top, and another at the bottom of the fence. This 

 lbs., and $1 15 per rod. 



