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a a are two standards, made of 1 J inch lumber, about seven 

 inches wide at bottom and three at top, with gains sawed in the 

 edges for receiving the ends of the fence boards. & is a sill, 

 about three feet long, two inches thick, and four inches wide. The 

 two standards pass through the sill, and are fastened with keys on 

 the under side of it. Keys are preferable to pins, because, if the 

 standards shrink a little, they can be tightened a little with keys ; 

 but with pins through the sills, they could not be tightened 

 so readily. The tops of the standards are fastened with a band, 

 or small carriage bolt, after the boards are put in the gains. 

 The ends of the sills are supported by flat stones, or blocks of 

 wood, and kept in place by stakes well driven into the ground, 

 as at c. The gains in every alternate standard may be just 

 wide enough to receive the thickness of each board. Notch 

 es are sawed in one side of the boards to prevent their slid 

 ing endwise. This style of fence is made without any nails, 

 and it can all be made in 

 the workshop, and carried 

 to the field, and put up 

 in a short period of time. 

 If it is preferred, stakes 



FIG. 36. 



FIG. 37. 



STANDARD FOR 8UKFACE 

 BOAED FENCB. 



GABRIEL'S PATENT POBTABLE BOARD 



FENCE. 



can be driven through holes near the ends of the sills for holding 

 them in place. 



