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CANADIAN FARM YEAR BOOK. 



be placed so that the top anchor will 

 bear against the ground in the direc- 

 tion the fence is to be pulled, as 

 shown in Figure 2. Tamp every par- 

 ticle of earth in filling the holes, so 

 that the posts will be as solid as a 

 tree. The second or brace post, also 

 anchored, should be set about eleven 

 feet from the end post to permit the 

 use of a wooden brace, four by four 

 by twelve, or its equivalent, twelve 

 feet long, placed diagonally to make 

 sure the brace is stiff enough to stand 

 the pressure without buckling. This 

 brace should be set flat against the 

 post, about ten inches from the 

 ground at the second post, and the 

 same distance from the top of the 

 end post. On the second post flatten 

 the post just enough to allow the 



brace to have a solid bearing surface. 

 Do not mortise so as to weaken the 

 post, spike both ends of brace se- 

 curely. The brace now having been 

 set diagonally between the two posts, 

 use No. 8 (or larger) soft galvanized 

 wire for a counter brace, winding 

 and stapling it around the bottom 

 of the end post, close to the ground, 

 and round the end of second post, 

 about six inches from the top, using 

 a wire stretcher to draw the wire as 

 tight as possible. The rest of the 

 work of building a fence is familiar 

 to most farmers, except perhaps the 

 method of posting in hollows. Posts 

 in hollows should be anchored as 

 shown in Figure 6, so that the fence 

 shall not pull the posts out of the 

 ground. 



Roadmaking in Newer Canada. 

 Good Roads Are One of a Nation's Greatest Physical Assets. 



CLOUDS AND WEATHER. 



The following brief description will 

 serve to identify the principle types 

 of clouds and their general meaning 

 in the forecasting of weather condi- 

 tions. 



Cirrus clouds are the filmy, fibrous, 

 often thin clouds. They look like 

 strands of hair or like horses' tails, 

 or, as if a denser cloud had been 

 drawn out into fibres by strong winds. 

 After several days of hot weather this 

 type of cloud is apt to be seen ex- 

 tending in long thin strands across 

 the sky in a general east and west 



direction. Under such conditions 

 these clouds indicate approaching 

 rain. After a storm, scattering 

 strands of Cirrus clouds indicate fair 

 weather. 



Cumulus clouds are heaped up piles 

 of white or gray masses. They have 

 a level base and are apt to extend 

 more widely some distance above the 

 base. The edges are lobed. When 

 clouds of this description increase 

 rapidly at sunset, the indications are 

 that rain will soon fall. When Cu- 

 mulus clouds pile up in dark, ragged 



