FENCES 



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structed bench, and drive the posts to a depth of 2 or 

 2]/2 feet. Especially where the fence is temporary is it 

 worth while to sharpen the posts that they may thus 

 easily be driven when set in the new location. Where 

 the post is not sharpened it is important that the earth 

 be tamped very firmly about the bottom of the post and 

 also at the top of the hole so that it will be held firmly. 

 Pulling posts with a horse, chain and simple lever avoids 

 heavy lifting. (See Figure 242.) With suitable tools 

 for withdraw- 

 ing or breaking 

 the staples, 

 with a handy 

 device for roll- 

 ing up the 

 wires and again 

 unrolling them 

 along the new 

 line, and with 

 good wire stretchers, any wire fences can be moved at 

 a cost of only a few cents' worth of labor per rod 



Repairing fences. An occasional inspection of wire 

 fences with hammer, nails, staples, small pieces of wire, 



and wire 

 stretcher a t 

 hand will avoid 

 loss from in- 

 jury to fences, 



Figure 243. Woven wire fence for horses, cattle, sheep and swine. 



.45-INCH I 



Figure 244. Woven ribbon with only one barbed wire above. 



injury to crops 

 and often avoid 

 trouble with 

 neighbors, and sometimes prevent great injury to 

 animals. A fence is like any other structure : it is likely 

 to get out of repair, and when in such condition it should 

 be repaired at once, as nowhere else does the " stitch in 

 time save nine " to better advantage. 



