Xll LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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248 Three-wire barbed cattle-fence 363 



249 Tool for splicing wires 364 



250 Light portable fence 366 



251 Hedge experiment at Minnesota Agricultural College. . . 366 



252 Buckthorn hedge beside roadway 367 



253 Mold for making concrete posts 368 



254 Different forms of concrete posts 369 



255 Concrete corner posts built in place 370 



256 Manner of building concrete posts in place 371 



257 Cement posts faced with wooden stay 372 



258 Cement posts with wire loops for spacing fence wires. ... 372 



259 Cement corner post carrying iron gate 373 



260 Cement corner posts, brace post, and brace 373 



261 Stretching a ribbon of woven wire to attach it to a cor- 



ner post 374 



262 Cement corner posts and braces molded in place 374 



263 Cement corner posts and braces all made in place for 



woven wire fence 375 



264 Well-braced cement corner post and cement line posts. . 375 



265 One of the very best systems of bracing wooden end 



posts 376 



266 Poor method of bracing corner posts 376 



267 Good method of bracing wooden corner posts 377 



268 Bracing end post with rocks 378 



269 Bracing end post with steel rod and "dead man" of iron 378 



270 Bracing corner post 379 



271 Bracing end post with wire cables and "dead man" of 



stone 379 



272 Common three-board slide gate 380 



273 Rustic and serviceable pioneer gate 380 



274 Swing gate 381 



275 Western slide gate 381 



276 Steel slide gate 382 



277 Single hinged drive gate of angle iron and wire 382 



278 Large gate adapted for entrance to farm 382 



279 Paddock gate 383 



280 Heavy paddock gate 383 



281 Stile across a wire fence. . . 384 



