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states his own belief that lighter gauge wires than No. 9 

 or No. 10 should never be used for farm fencing, except 

 in the case of poultry and rabbit inclosures. And 

 heavier than No. 9 wire is not considered practical. 



The limit is there- 

 fore narrow. Mr. 

 Cushman states that 

 No. 9 wire is heavy 

 enough for all prac- 

 tical purposes, and 

 that it can be made 

 satisfactorily for 

 farm use in the 

 "mild" steel; which, 

 contrary to general 

 impression, is as re- 

 sistant to corrosion 

 as the high-carbon, 

 more springy steel, 

 as well as being 

 easier to handle. 

 His opinion is that 

 this low-carbon stock 

 is really a better all- 

 around material for fencing wire than the spring steel. 



The two common grades of poultry netting made by 

 manufacturers differ in that one is galvanized before, 

 the other after, weaving. The wire galvanized before 

 weaving is usually 2O-gauge stock, is considered " not 

 fit to use," and should not be bought at all if one desires 

 a lasting fence. It is easy enough to distinguish be- 

 tween the two grades, as the fencing galvanized, as it 



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