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The partially-squared log is now rolled over until the remaining marks on 

 the ends arc in a vertical position ; lines connecting these marks are "struck" 

 and the t'ducs squared as the others were squared. The top is then rounded 

 off with axe and ad/.e. This completes the squaring, the post is finished, and 

 is rea<ly for setting in the ground. 



Concrete Fencing-posts. 



"VN ith the prospect of timber for fencing-posts becoming scarcer each year, 

 and because of some prominence being then given to cement concrete, it was 

 decided early in 1908 to make an experiment at Cowra Experiment Farm 

 with a short line of fencing with concrete posts, so as to determine if there 

 were any special difficulties to be met with in this type of post, and to 

 obtain some definite idea under local conditions as to its cost and efficiency. 



The length of line erected is 2^ chains, and included in the line arc gate- 

 posts, st raining- posts, struts, stays, and ordinary posts. 



The location of the fence is such as to ensure that the posts are subjected 

 to a fair trial. It is the boundary line between a lane and the paddock 

 in which the stables and other farm buildings are situated. The gateway is 

 the entrance to this paddock, and is in constant daily use. On one 

 occasion a dray collided with one of the gate-posts, but it suffered no ap- 

 preciable damage. Fig. 22 is an illustration of this kind of fence ; its 

 neat appearance commends it. 



Fig. 22.— Concrete Fencing Posts at Cowra Experiment Farm. 



The posts were made of the following mixture: cement, 1 ; sand, 2\ : 

 gravel, 5. In the case of the ordinary fencing-posts and struts, the gravel 

 was small, being about \ inch. In the larger and bulkier posts the gravel 

 was of a much larger size, some pieces being the size of an egg. The dinien 

 sions of the ordinary posts are 6 ft. 3 in. long by 3 J x 3 in. at the top, and 

 f>\ x 5 in. at the bottom. Each post is reinforced with four pieces of No. 6 

 crimped wire, placed 1 in. from each corner. The crimped wire was used 



