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fence. This is important only when the lower rider is placed 

 with one end in the crotch of one pair of stakes and the other 

 end under the next pair. For the lower riders, rails of small 

 size should be used. When no cross rider is used, the first or 

 lowest rider being laid, with both ends in the stakes, each pair 

 of stakes may set just alike. Let the outside stakes all be set 

 in a line, as nearly as may be, so that in plowing the plow may 

 be run straight along by the foot of them. Set the foot of the 

 stakes at a right angle with the fence, and not diagonally, either 

 way, because, when set so as to lean on the fence in a diagonal 

 direction, the spaces between the riders will often be rendered 

 wider, and a fence will not stand as firmly as if the stakes were 

 standing at a right angle with the fence. The height of this 

 style of fence, before it is staked, must depend on the size of the 

 fence blocks, the size of the rails, and the ultimate height of the 

 fence. When the fence blocks and rails are of a good size, and 

 animals orderly, and riders heavy, four rails high before staking, 

 and two after staking, will make a good lawful fence, and any 

 animal that would pass it by leaping over it, or by demolishing 

 it, should be hampered without delay, or placed in a field which 

 is fenced with a 



DOUBLE STAKE AND RIDER FENCE. 



107. Fig. 27 represents the manner of staking and ridering a 



FIG. 27. fence in a twofold 



oi p, manner. The fence is 



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on the top of the 

 DOUBLE STAKE AND RIDER FENCE. riders, and staked as 



shown in the figure, and heavy rails or poles are laid in the stakes. 

 It is very convenient sometimes to have a yard or small field en 

 closed with such a fence, where a bull or stallion may be turned 

 loose without any fears of his getting out of his proper place ; and 



