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can be attached to an unyielding post at the corner, 

 they do not sag, and they serve to hold all the other 

 posts in line. These end posts need to be planted 

 deeply in the ground and thoroughly anchored by cross 

 pieces fastened to their bottoms and braced, as with a 

 rather long timber, 10 to 14 feet, reaching some distance 

 along the line of the fence, and placed at not too wide 



Figure 241. Driving sharpened fence posts with sledge and stand. 



an angle with the horizontal, so as to avoid pulling the 

 corner posts out of the ground. 



The line posts for wire need not be placed so deep in 

 the ground nor set so firmly as is necessary in the case 

 of wooden fences. This is particularly true in the case 

 of barbed wire, since animals do not rub against the 

 wires so much as against wooden fences. The winds do 



