1855. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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Fig. 2. 



and any kind can be made, suited to fencing for 

 cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, gardens, cemeteries, 

 parks, roads, railroads, trellis-work, etc. We are 

 happy to insert some cuts presenting a more vivid 

 impression of the practicability of this fencing, 

 than any words could convey. 



Fig. 1. The fencing represented is four feet high ; 

 the mesh or squares sis inches ; the straight or 



Fig. 3. 

 • lateral wires of No. 10 wire ; the liody of the fence 

 of No. 12 wire ; and sold at from 75 cents to 

 $1,50 per rod. 



Fig. 2. This fencing is of the same height as the 

 former, with wire and mesh of the same size, but 

 without the lateral wires running through the 

 lx)dy of the fence. Price 60 to 95 cents per rod. 

 Both these make first-rate farm fences. 



Fig. 3 represents another kind of this fencing, 

 from sixteen inches to four feet high, with mesh 

 of three inches. The body of this fencing is of 

 No. 15 wire ; the price from 75 cents to $1,50 

 per rod. This fence, in its several varieties, makes 

 an admirable sheep, poultry and garden fence ; 

 that four feet high serves for heneries. Among 

 those who have tried thismodcof fence, is Richard 

 S. Fay, Esq., the popular agricultural lecturer, 

 who writes of it as follaws : — 



" Boston, Jan. 5, 1855. 

 CuARLKS Cowley, Ksq., Agent of the LowtU Wire Fence Co. 

 " Sir : — Your favor of Jan. 2d is duly received. 

 I have used the Lowell Wire Fence during th(! 

 past summer, for folding sheep at night on land 

 that I wished to manure, sliifting once or more 

 every week, and have found it answer the pur- 

 pose perfectly. I have also enclosed an acre or 

 two of ground witli it for the purpose of keeping 



a few sheep separate from the flock. If properly 

 set, it would hold any thing, and for smaller ani- 

 mals, particularly sheep, it is impossible that they 

 should break it down or escape from it. I have 

 had some iron rods made with a double foot, 

 which I drive into the ground and attach the 

 fence to it either by copper wire or stout twine. 

 A man and a boy will inclose a quarter of an acre 

 in less than an hour, having these posts, which 

 should be set not more than a rod apart. 



When I change the fence to a new spot, I un- 

 fasten it from the posts — throw it down — begin at 

 one end, and roll it up as you would a carpet. 

 And so in re-setting, reverse the process, rolling it 

 oat where it is to Tje set ; drive down the posts, 

 and then raise it and attach it to tliem. IMy 

 ience cost $1,50 per rod, and it is a cheap mode 

 of handling or inclosing at tliat price. I under- 

 stand now that it is made much cheaper. 



I am very truly yours, Riciiaud S. Fay.'' 



Fig. 4 represents the door of a house, arched 

 with some of this netting as a trcllis-work. — 

 Nothing more elegant could possibly be devised 



