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ribbons, are all alike ; but instead of posts, standards are used, 

 one of which is shown at Fig 51. The sills a are made of scant 

 ling, not less than three by four inches square, and thirty inches 

 or more long ; and the standards, 5, after the mortises have been 



FIG. 50. 



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SELF-SUSTAINING PICKET FENCE. 



made for the rails and bottom boards, are firmly united by mor 

 tise and tenon to the sills. Braces c c are then nailed on, or 

 wires twisted together, as at Fig. 36. The standards may be of 

 one and a half or two-inch plank, and may extend above tops 

 of pickets, for holding one or two wires to prevent fowls from 

 flying over it ; or they may extend no higher JT IG< 51, 



than the tops of the pickets. If preferred, 

 the standards may be in two parts, like Fig. 

 35, or 37. The ends of the rails are halved 

 together at the standards. The longer the 

 rails and bottom boards are, the less will be 

 the expense for the labor of building, as they 

 may be run through one or two standards 

 without having a joint at each one. When 

 they are made in two parts, like Fig. 35, 



-,(.,>! ,T vi 1 1^ STANDARD FOR SELF BUS- 



instead Of fastening the tops With bolts Or TAININU PICKET FENCE. 



bands, a wooden yoke, made of two-inch plank, with a long 

 mortise in it, is fitted to the standards, about half way from the 

 tops of pickets to tops of standards. The ends and sides of the 

 yokes are rounded a little, and give a very tasty appearance to 

 the fence. The sills may be staked to the ground, or large stones 

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