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sumach wood, with large pith, or other material through 

 which a wire can be punched, or a piece of soft wood, 

 which can be driven out, and thus provide a hole 

 through the center of the post for the stay binder. (See 

 Figure 254.) 



Wire loops can also be inserted in the surface of the 

 finished post before it hardens, to serve as attachments 

 for the fencing. (See Figure 258.) In molding the 

 posts, fill in mortar and work, or tamp, and dress 

 down with the deep leveler shown in Figure 253. 



Figure 267. Good method of bracing wooden corner posts 



The apparatus used in making cement posts is sim- 

 ple and inexpensive, as shown in Figure 253, A, B, C, 

 D and E. 



Posts can be made of cement and any sharp, clean 

 sand in the proportion of one to three. But where 

 gravel about one-half inch in diameter, or broken stone 

 of the same size is used, the posts will be both stronger 

 and cheaper, using one part cement, two and one-half 



