FARM DEVELOPMENT 



wetting* down is useful to secure the best curing'. In 

 placing the posts on the wagon, care should be used not 

 to crack them so as to let air in to cause the wires to 

 rust off. 



Corner posts can usually best be made in place. The 

 post hole should be rather large and deep, the bottom 



Figure 272. Common three-board slide gate in three-barbed wire fence. This is the 

 most widely used American cattle fence and gate. 



larger than the upper end, and a hole 10 or more feet 

 away should be made for the foot of the brace. The 

 mold of the post and the mold of the brace should be 

 put in place, and the concrete placed in them and worked 



Figure 273. Rustic and serviceable pioneer gate. 



down or tamped. Some care will be needed to keep the 

 two or more double twisted wire cables upright and in 

 place in each outer corner of the upright post. The post 

 should stand some months before a heavy fence is 

 strained upon it. (See Figures 259 to 264.) 



Where a brace post and cement cross braces are used 

 they can easily be built in place. Care must be used in 



