CHAPTER XVI. 

 PORTABLE FENCING. 



THE woven galvanized wire fencing, supported by 

 stakes driven into the ground every ten feet, makes 

 one of the most convenient and easily handled of all 



portable fencing for sheep. Three or three and 

 one-half feet will be found high enough. One man 

 can handle a roll of 300 feet. (See cut.) 



If it is desirable to have a portable fence, the fol- 

 lowing can be recommended: The battens at the 

 ends are nailed on opposite sides of each panel. The 

 panels are held or locked together by a ^-inch steel 

 or iron rod, bent as shown. To erect the fence, one 

 panel is set up end to end of another, the steel rod is 

 hooked onto the second board from the top of each 

 panel. Thepanel last set up is then swung to the left 

 or right, as the case may be, until the iron rod brings 

 the two ends tight together. The next panel is put up 



