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Figure 274. 



three four or 



Splendid swing gate. May be constructed of 



ore> horizontal boa rds. 



having stiff temporary wooden supports under the long 

 braces, and if of boards, they must be supported from 

 below or by means of nails through the side pieces of 

 the molding form. (See Figures 260 and 261.) 



Figure 266 shows a poor method of bracing corner 

 posts in which only one brace is used. The corner post 

 is easily loosened 

 causing a sag in 

 the wires. The 

 lower end of the 

 brace being too 

 low tends to lift 

 the corner post 

 out of the 

 ground. If 

 placed higher 



without the Wire 



viuiuui me wne 

 from the top of 

 the first line post to the bottom of the corner post the 

 line post is often pushed over, thus allowing the corner 

 post to follow the line post and thus loosen the wire. 

 Bracing corner posts. Where a single brace is used it 



should not be too 

 slanting lest the 

 strain from the 

 wires, due to 

 changing tem- 

 peratures, caus- 

 ing the wires to 

 lengthen and 

 jj shorten, pull the 

 y post out of the 



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plan of bracing 

 wooden posts shown in Figure 265, is both cheap 

 and effective. The two blocks on the post, one at 



Figure 275. Western slide gate. Cheap, simple, serviceable 

 and durable; fairly convenient. 



