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is coming to maturity. At the points where 

 the wires start and end the posts should be 

 stout and well strutted, to enable sufficient 

 tension to be put on the wire to make it taut. 

 The intermediate posts may be lighter, but 

 should be firmly planted to ensure their re- 

 maining upright. 



Barbed wire is an invention of the enemy 

 and should never be admitted into the garden. 



Fig. 58. — Stretching wire fencing 



The ordinary galvanized iron telegraph wire 

 (No. 8 gauge) is the most suitable. It may be 

 attached to the stretching post by "screw- 

 eyes," which should be galvanized, or by the 



