FENCING 



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32 posts at 25 cents $8 . 00 



2 end posts at 50 cents 1 . 00 



2 braces 4" by 4" by 12' at 25 cents 50 



2 anchor braces at 25 cents 50 



40 rods woven wire at 47 cents 18.80 



5 pounds staples at 3^ cents 17 



Wire for braces 13 



12 hours digging post holes at 25 cents 3 . 00 



5 hours setting posts at 25 cents 1 . 25 



5 hours stringing wires at 35 cents 1.75 



5 hours stringing wire at 20 cents 1 . 00 



Total cost $36 . 10 



Cost per rod $0 . 90^ 



The cost of 80 rods of 26-inch woven-wire fence with 

 three barbed wires was as follows on a Minnesota farm: 



4-inch posts set 1 rod apart, at 10 cents 



Digging holes and setting posts at 15 cents per hr. 

 Two corner posts, one center post with anchor 



posts, corner braces set 



Staples, 6 lbs. at 5 cents 



Woven wire at 35 cents per rod 



Barbed wire, 3 rolls at $3 . 50 



Stretching and stapling at 15 cents per hr 



Use of team at 1 5 cents per hr 



$53 60 



$0,670 



The cost of 80 rods of fence of 3 2 -inch woven wire with 

 two barbed wires above, all other conditions the same, was 

 67 cents per rod. 



The cost of 80 rods of 39-inch woven-wire fence with one 

 barbed wire above and one at the bottom to hold hogs, all 

 other conditions the same, was 7 1 cents per rod. 



Eighty rods of three-strand barbed wire fence, all other 

 conditions the same as above, cost 30 cents per rod. 



Eighty rods of temporary fence, posts set 2 rods apart, 

 two strands of barbed wire, cost 20 cents per rod. 



Eighty rods of fence of 26-inch woven wire, with three 

 barbed wires, posts 1 rod apart, cost 58 cents per rod. 



