Fences and Construction 13 



to the rails. Of course galvanized nails 

 should be used. A better way is to let 

 the rails into the posts, either at the sides 

 or through the center and bolt them, while 

 a still better way is to continue by cutting 

 out holes in the rails and passing the ends 

 of the pickets through them. Then when 

 all are nailed you have a stouter fence. 

 However, in this case it is not quite as 

 easy to renew a broken picket or a split 

 rail. For a cheap fence four by four inch 

 posts, two by four rails and pickets seven- 

 eighths of an inch square two inches apart 

 may be used but it is much better to have 

 the posts at least six by six and the pickets 

 one inch or one and one-eighth inches 

 square. At times when a lightness and 

 grace of design is desired the smaller size 

 pickets are used. 



An interesting fence is often made by 

 using boards of random widths placed ver- 

 tically to the rails. These boards vary 

 from three to six inches in width and often 

 the tops are cut in uneven lines or follow 

 a curve from post to post as shown in 

 Fig. 1. 



There is a form of tight board fence 



