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i new mode of setting Post and Bail Fences, By 

 Isaac Conard, 



Lampeter^ Townships Lancaster Co, fPenn,) 



\st mo, (Jan, J 21th, 1823. 

 Respected Friend, 



Having been informed by my friend William 

 Buckley, that thou desired to have an account and model 

 of my new mode of fencing, I herewith send a model of 

 two panneis. The process of setting the fence up is 

 as follows : — First, fix flat stones on the spots where 

 the posts are to stand. Secondly, set the posts on them, 

 and put in the rails. Thirdly, fix on the spots for the 

 holes in which the ends of the stakes are to stand, and 

 dig the holes. Fourthly, fix the stakes, holding them 

 at first, in a horizontal position, while the pins are driven 

 in ; then press the stakes down, until they pinch hard on 

 the rail next below them, to prevent the bottom of the 

 post from moving off the stone. The stakes are to be 

 set about one foot in the ground. Fifthly, place the 

 earth round the bottom of the stake, and pound it hard. 



Three years since, I made about sixty panneis of 

 fence after the manner just described, and although they 

 have been much exposed to horses, cattle, and swine, 

 they stand as straight as when first made. The posts 

 were made of such twisted timber, that they could not 

 have been split into fire -wood. I have since put up a 

 quantity of fence, made out of old posts that had rotted 

 off at the surface. By leaving the stakes long enough 

 to admit of a second hole being made in them, they can 

 easily be taken off when they rot at the surface, and 

 may then be re-set without disturbing the fence. 



I am, with sincere respect, 



Isaac Conard. 



Dr, James Mease. 



