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top and 7 feet long-. 

 Where strong posts are 

 required the base can 

 be made 6x8 inches 

 and the tops 3 by 6. 

 Shorter and longer 

 posts, also with lesser 

 or greater diameter, 

 will fit particular con- 

 ditions. With cement 

 costing $2 per barrel, 

 sand and gravel 50 

 cents per cubic yard, 

 wire cable 6 cents per 

 post, and labor 20 

 cents per hour, and 

 allowing for cost of molds and miscellaneous expenses, 

 the cost of the smaller of these posts should be rather 

 more than 25 cents and the larger ones about 35 cents 

 apiece. Corner posts 6 to 8 inches square, with two 

 -more wire cables, or rods, in the corners, will cost two to 

 five times as much as line posts, and 4 x 4 or 4 x 6-inch 



Figure 261. Stretching a ribbon of woven wire 

 to attach it to a corner post. 



Figure 262. Cement corner posts and braces molded in place. 



