APPENDIX. 



Statistics of Fences in the United States. 



The following is from the U. S. Government Inquiry of 1871, the corresponding figures for the 

 Southern States having been given in the body of this pamphlet: 



Total Cost of Fences. 



Maine $31,214,605 Indiana 100,759,415 



New Hampshire 34,525,227 Illinois 128,856,513 



Vermont .*.... 42,929,880 Wisconsin 39,302,719 



Massachusetts 36,916,283 Minnesota . . 6,539,037 



Rhode Island 9,877,736 Iowa 34,729,338 



Connecticut 33,801,950 Kansas 7,371 S 548 



New York 228,874,611 Nebraska 2,174,020 



New Jersey 40,496,513 California 25,598,298 



Pennsylvania 179,834,494 Oregon 5,274,470 



Ohio 153,580,673 Nevada 444,680 



Michigan 57,441,104 



Average Cost of Fences. 



Cost per rod. Cost per rod. Cost per rod. 



Maine $1.00 New Jersey 1.60 Minnesota $.88 



New Hampshire 1.20 Pennsylvania 1.16 Iowa 1.10 



Vermont 1.33 Ohio 1.00 Kansas 1.00 



Massachusetts 1.75 Michigan 95 Nebraska 1.05 



Rhode Island 2.20 Indiana 1.05 California 1.40 



Connecticut 1.70 Illinois 1.20 Oregon 1 05 



New York 1.35 Wisconsin 85 Nevada 1.60 



The Cost of Repairs. 



The annual cost of repairs of fences varies with the cost of material of which they are con- 

 structed, and the durability of that material. It is lowest in the New England section on 

 account of the large proportion of stone wall ; and low in the South from cheapness of material ; 

 but in most of the older States, where timber is becoming scarce, and in the prairie states, 

 which are nearly destitute of most supplies, the expense of repairs of fences is high, as well as 

 in the sections where soft wood, brush and poles are extensively used. 



The figures for repairs in the several states show a footing total of annual outlay of 

 $93,636,187. 



Total Annual Exhibit. 



Total cost of annual repairs $93,963,187 



Interest on the original cost, at 6 per cent 104,852,985 



Grand total, exclusive of re-building , $198,816,172 



The average cost of material is given in tables of states, which show that boards for fences 

 aie dearest in Texas, $29.53 per M.; $28.95 in Kansas; $27.88 in Nebraska; $27.00 in Delaware, 

 and $5. 66 in Rhode Island. The cost of rails ranges from $13 per M. in New Jersey, to $8.12 

 per M. in Florida. 



The Legal Fence*' in the United States. 



"All of the States have laws recognizing in some way the obligation to fence." (Tyler's Law 

 of Fences, 504.) The height of the legal fence in the several states and territories varies as 

 follows: 



Four feet high Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Delaware, Idaho and Washington. 



Four and a half feet Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York. New Jersey, Mary- 

 land, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin. Minnesota, Iowa, Tennes- 

 see, Louisiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Montana, Dakota, 

 Utah. 



Five feet Pennsylvania, Virginia, Missouri, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, 

 South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, California, Wyoming. 



