CHAP. II. 



WIRE FENCING. 



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as cattle are usually turned out. Another objection to the use of 

 barbed wire is that it is liable to cause injury to stock, but the damage 

 done by the wire is probably not greater than that caused by some of 

 the more popular methods of fencing, for instance, staking by hedges, 

 and drowning or straining in ditches. Sir Walter Gilbey used it round 

 his horse paddocks, containing many valuable animals, without any 

 accident for a number of years. Though wire makes a fence against 

 animals, the advantage of shelter afforded by hedges and walls is lost. 

 It may be used to fence against all kinds of animals, as wire of any 

 strength, and standards of any required height, are made by several 

 firmso Either iron or wood standards can be used, 



Messrs. Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss, of Wolverhampton, have paid 

 special attention to the manufacture of wire fencing, and fig. 865 

 affords illustrations of their most approved forms of standard. No. 5 



No. 5. 



No. 7. No. 8. No. 5P. No. 8 S.N.T. 



Fig. 365. Standards for Wire Fencing. 



No. 10^ 

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is of wrought iron, with double-pronged foot, 3 feet 9 inches above 

 ground. No. 7 is of wrought iron, with angular foot, 3 feet 9 inches 

 above ground. No. 8 is of wrought iron, made in one piece without 

 any weld, and with wrought-iron plates rivetted on, 3 feet 6 inches 

 above ground. No. 5P is of girder iron, same section as No. 8, fitted 

 with cast-iron wing earth-plate, instead of plates rivetted on. No. 

 8 S.N.T. is a bulb tee steel standard, 4 feet above ground, with 



malleable clip for top barb wire only ; the lower holes are punched 



p 

 for threading plain wire in the ordinary manner. No. 10 is made 



of angle iron, 3 feet 9 inches above ground, and is fitted with 

 malleable clips throughout. All of these standards can be fitted to 

 carry any number of wires required. 



Fig. 366 represents the method of setting up an ordinary fence, and 

 illustrates the manner of fixing the straining post, and the adjustment 

 of the dropper (which does not enter the ground, but retains the wires 

 in their proper position). It also shows the working of the clip, a 



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