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CANADIAN FARM YEAR BOOK. 



smaller than the outlets. At the Ex- 

 perimental Farm, this system Is in 

 operation in the main cattle bam in 

 which the milking herds are housed, 

 a bull barn, a barn for fattening cat- 

 tle, a horse stable and the piggery. 

 The main cattle barn 120 feet by 50 

 feet accommodates one hundred head. 

 It has three outlets for foul air each 

 2 feet by 4 feet, and nine inlets for 

 fresh air, each 3 feet by 10 inches. 

 The fattening barn, 100 feet by 30 

 feet, which accommodates 50 head of 

 steers, has two outlets, each 2 feet 

 square, and three outlets each 3 feet 



by 20 inches. The bull bam, 100 

 feet by 30 feet, has three outlets 

 about 3 feet square and three Inlets 

 about 3 feet by 20 inches. The bull 

 barn outlets, although considered too 

 large, are stated to work satisfactor- 

 ily under average conditions. The 

 horse bam which accommodates 25 

 horses, has two outlets, each about 

 2 feet square and three inlets each 

 about 3 feet by 18 inches. In all 

 these stables the ventilation is good 

 under all conditions of weather. 



Dimensions of 1, 2, 3 and 4-AcTe Lots 

 and fence required to enclose them. 



The Fence on the Farm. 



lAcre 



Requires 

 MRods 



of 

 Fence 



1 Acre 



Kequlres 

 52 

 e| Rods of 

 Fence 



1 Acre 



Requires 



50 Rods 



10 ft. of 



fence 



lO rods 



8 rods 



16 rods 



12 rods 10 ft. 9 in. 



22 rods 



2 Acres 



Requires 



72 rods of 



Fence 



3 Acres 



Requires S8 Rods 



of Fence 



No matter how up to date the 

 buildings and how well bred the cat- 

 tle on the farm acres, there can be no 

 satisfactory execution of the work 

 unless the farm has good fences. 

 The old snake fence, the old stake 

 and rider fence, and the picturesque 

 stone fence have no place in modern 

 farming. The wire fence is the fence 

 of the modem age and its classifica- 

 tion should come under the head of 

 Farm Buildings. 



First class posts and the proper 

 stretching of the wire fence are two 

 prime factors in the building of such. 

 The best fence that can be made will 

 give poor service If not adequately 

 stretched upon sound, rigid posts. 

 It is a good thing to stretch fence un- 

 til it appears to be tight and then 

 stretch it again. 



The illustrations accompanying 

 this information will explain more 

 than words can do the method of 

 fence l>uilding. (Page 233.) 



Figure 1. Shows an end wood post 

 properly anchored, and Figure 2, the 

 correct method of anchoring. Figure 

 3 shows wood and wire braces, and 

 the other illustrations explain them- 

 selves. 



As the anchoring of the end posts 

 Is very Important the following In- 

 formation is in order: The anchors 

 may be made of any solid pieces of 

 wood, with a bearing equivalent of 

 two inches by six Inches by twenty- 

 four inches long. The posts should 

 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- 

 Dimensions Siven are exact, so that in buying ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^*^ *^ filling the holeS, SO 

 fence, safficient allowance should be made to that the pOStS Wlll be aS SOlid aS a 

 cover fence taken up in wrapping around end and tree. The SeCOnd Or braCe pOSt, alsO 



corner posts. anchored, should be set about eleven 



20 rods 



4 Acres 



Requires 104 

 Rods of 

 Fence 



25 rods 5 U. 



m 



4 Acres 



Requires lOl Rods 



3^ feet of 



Fence 



