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FARM DEVELOPMENT 



White Cedar or Arbor Vitae, Russian Mulberry and 

 many others equally pretty, but less practical and hardy. 

 Wooden ornamental fences still have their place, 

 though much restricted by the use of the cheaper, more 

 durable wire fences now available for inclosing lawns. 

 There is hardly an excuse remaining for inclosing coun- 

 try lawns, school 

 grounds, church yards 

 or cemeteries with a 

 board fence, which will 

 rapidly decay, and at 

 best is not a thing of 

 beauty. Plain woven- 

 wire fencing can be 

 used for most of these 

 fences). Where it is 

 desirable to obscure 

 from view objection- 

 able features this can be 

 done by training Vir- 



Figure 255. Comer post built in place with base ginia Creepers, English 



tamped in hole enlarged at bottom, and cement brace 



set with enlarged end molded in place. Both post ivv Wild PTJIUP^ Or 



and brace are reinforced with double twisted wires. 1 v J > S * a i JC 



other vines on fences. 



In making a landscape by means of trees, shrubs, lawn 

 grasses and other living forms, the modern wire fence 

 enables us to have an inclosure without obstructing the 

 view, or by growing vines on it we can frame the picture 

 or otherwise make it ornamental. (See Figures 251-252.) 

 Poultry fences. For inclosing yards or small fields 

 for poultry, woven wire is by far the most satisfactory 

 of all forms of fencing. In some places, as between 

 small inclosures, it is necessary to place boards at the 

 bottom to a height of 2 feet to prevent cocks from fight- 

 ing. For outside fences, bottom boards are not neces- 

 sary, and rather strong woven-wire fencing, with I or 2- 

 jnch mesh, may be used. For temporary purposes light 



