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THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



locust stake at each pair of trusses, and drive a nail through the 



brace-board into it. Most of these stakes need not be more than 



a foot above ground when driven, but it is well that occasion- 



ally a stake should come up to the top of the truss. This is to 



guard against the danger of the fence 



blowing over in a gale. The advan- 



tages of this fence are 1st. Its cheap- 



ness. The material for my fence cost 



fifty-five cents a rod. 2d. Nearly all 



the work of making it can be done un- 



der cover in stormy weather, and it can 



be set up when the ground is frozen or 



full of water, when it would be impossi- 



ble to dig post-holes. 3d. It can easily 



be taken apart and moved if desired, 



and this is an advantage, for I think 



that if fowls are confined for years in 



one place the land becomes contami- 



nated, and disease is the result. 4th. All round your poultry- 



yard you can, with a little trouble and expense, make coops for 



your broods, or protection for nests. A nest-box may be set 



under the leaning fence at any place, and a couple of short 



boards leaned up outside, and it affords shelter and seclusion 



for the nest. Each eight foot space, when 

 inclosed, makes a safe and roomy coop 

 for a brood. I feel sure that all who 

 confine their poultry will be pleased with 

 this fence if they will give it a trial." 



The only alteration that I would sug- 

 gest is to have the bottom board a foot 

 wide, and let it come to the ground, 

 instead of using a six-inch board .six 



Fio. 17,-DiviaioN LATH FENCE. incheg abQye ^^ afld banking ' up> 



FIG. 16. LATH FENCE. 



as recommended by Mr. Brown. 



When a fence is desired to confine the smaller breeds of 

 fowls, try the lath fence illustrated by Fig. 16. It makes a 

 fence eight feet high, and if the fowls fly out over that, clip 



