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FIG. 46. 



SECTION OP WIRE FENCE. 



fencing against horned cat 

 tle and horses, there is no 

 necessity of having any of 

 the wires less than eight or 

 ten inches apart, and they 

 should never be more than 

 ten inches apart. The bot 

 tom wires, which are de- , 

 signed to turn sheep and: 

 swine, may be no larger! 

 than number twelve or' 

 thirteen, as no sheep nor 

 swine will be able to break a wire of that size. The strongest wires 

 should always be placed about as high as the shoulders of horned 

 cattle and horses. 



162. There are several modes of straining the wires of a fence 

 besides the one noticed in paragraph 154, but for convenience, 

 cheapness, efficiency and practicability, they are inferior to this. 

 Straining wires by having a small iron screw and swivel in each 

 wire is a good way, but is usually too expensive. There are 

 modes of having all the wires pass through holes in an upright 

 roller, and then with an iron lever the roller is turned round, and 

 the wires are strained from the ends of the fence towards the mid 

 dle of the fence, by being wound up on the roller from each way. 

 But this is a very inefficient manner of straining wires, and he 

 who adopts it will be glad to abandon it before he has been able 

 to bring all the wires to a uniform tension. There are several 

 other very neat modes of fastening wires to the posts, but some 

 are too expensive, and others are not worthy of adopting. 



THE LOWELL WIRE FENCING. 



163. Fig. 47 represents a style of wire fencing which cannot 

 fail, ultimately, to supersede every other style of wire fencing. 

 Wire of every size is woven into cloth, or network, by machin 

 ery, with the meshes of various sizes. The meshes are usually 



about eight inches wide. After the wires are woven, the whole 

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