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The hinges may be also cast with the gate. The pattern for latch 

 stile may be made of stuff an inch and a half by three-eighths, and 

 the hinge stile a trifle heavier. The posts should be of very small 

 stone, with the joints pointed, and the top mounted with a square 

 cope stone, with any ornament on the summit of these. Should a 

 wire fence be attached, the post should be most substantially 

 braced, so that the frost would not move the posts by lifting the 

 ends of the braces. 



257. Fig. 94 repre- FIG. 94. 



sents a very cheap but 

 durable farm gate^ which 

 has one quality to recom 

 mend it, of which the 

 other gates noticed are 

 destitute, which is, it is 

 adjustable on the hinges, 

 and when snow obstructs 

 the way it can be raised 

 as high as the top of the 

 hinge post, and fastened 

 there by putting a small 



iron pin into the round A CHEAP WOOD AND WIRE GATE. 



part of the post, under the end of the upper arm. The top 

 end of the post is turned round, not less than three inches in 

 diameter, and, instead of passing through the upper arm, a strip 

 of band iron may be bent around it, and bolted to the end of the 

 arm. The lower hinge is made of a tough piece of hard wood 

 plank, not less than two inches thick, of a form corresponding to 

 the size of the post, with a gain in one side. The lower end of 

 the heel stile is fitted to this gain, and the hinge is bolted to the 

 stile, and plays on the outside of the post. A gate hung in this 

 manner will swing entirely round the post. The slats of such a 

 gate may be of narrow boards instead of wire, or pickets may 

 be nailed on the arms. Let the hinges be kept well greased. 

 Sometimes an iron pin is put through the end of the arm into 

 the top of the pos', instead of letting the post extend above the 



