74 THE YOUNG FARMER'S MANUAL. 



the other row tinder the other end of the rail, and so on. In 

 order to ascertain whether the block is in range with the stakes, 

 stand in range with the stakes, and set a stick, about as large as 

 a common fork-handle, perpendicularly, on the top of the block 

 before you, and if when it stands in the middle of the block it 

 is in range with the stakes, the block is in the proper place. By 

 placing the trying stake, or stick, in range with the rows, the 

 workman will readily perceive which way the block, or corner, 

 must be moved, in order to bring the corner in range with the 

 stakes. 



82. There are other modes of laying the foundation by stakes, 

 but they are so inferior to those already mentioned that we 

 shall omit to notice them. 



83. A common worm fence may be staked and capped, staked 

 and ridered, staked and wired, locked and ridered, or it may 

 merely be laid up without either stakes or riders or locks; but 

 whichever mode is adopted, the operation of laying the foundation 

 and of building the fence several rails high is the same in each 

 kind of fence, with the exception that a staked fence does not 

 require as much worm as one that is not staked. 



LOCK AND RIDER FENCE. 



84. Fig. 16 represents the manner of finishing a worm fence 

 with locks and riders, which will resist the wind as well as some 

 staked fences. The fence is first laid as many rails high as is 

 desired ; and then the largest rails are laid in a straight line, 

 from panel to panel, as in the figure. The locks may be good 

 stakes, or pieces of FIG lg 



rails, placed in the 



nook of the fence for- ^^s^ XX<ONV Xx' 



med by two panels, c ^ 



and inclined into the 



corner formed by the 



top rail and rider. The LOOK AND EIDBK FBNCE - 



dots in the figure show about where the foot of the locks should 



be placed. The locks are not usually set in a hole in the ground, 



