PRACTICAL FORESTRY. 



should be used. So as to make a stout fence proof against 

 cattle and sheep, six wires should be used, the two top No, 6, 

 and the others No. 7 gauge, the distance between each, 

 beginning at the top, being 8, 7, 6, 5^, and 5 in., the lower 



TOOLS FOR FENCING. 



being 5 in. from the ground. Brackets for straining the 

 wires should be attached to each of the strainers, these 

 having the advantage over the older system of using the 



straining machine in that the wires can be loosened or 



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