FENCING 33 



Wire mesh fencing is excellent if it is heavily 

 galvanized after manufacture, and not woven 

 from wiped galvanized wire, which may quickly 

 rust at the knots where water is liable to collect. 



An excellent kind for the purpose is a 

 welded wire fence. This is a wire mesh made 

 from oval wire, which helps to throw off the 

 rain, and, in addition, as the upright wires 

 are welded to the longitudinal wires, there are 

 no knots or loops to collect water. It is also 

 galvanized after manufacture, and although this 

 makes it slightly more expensive in first cost, it 

 lengthens the life of the fence by four or five 

 times, and maintenance becomes practically nil. 



The fixing of the fence is quite as important 

 as the fence itself, if not more so, and security 

 depends on the posts. These should be of good 

 hard timber, firmly fixed from 2 to 3 feet in 

 the ground. Particular attention should be 

 paid to corner posts, end posts, and straining 

 posts, all of which should be sunk from 3 to 

 4 feet into the ground, with bases and wing pieces 

 well bolted to them to prevent pulling out or 

 twisting. 



