COST OF FENCING IN NORTH CENTRAL STATES. 



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the top of the woven wire so that stock will not be able to get their 

 heads between it and the woven wire. A woven wire fence is not 

 complete without the strand of barbed wire above it; this protects 

 the woven wire by preventing stock from reaching over and crowd- 

 ing it down. 



Table 7. — Amount of fence that two men can build in a day, both when setting 

 the posts and when driving them, and when they are spaced at various dis- 

 tances; also the labor cost in cents per rod with wages at $1.50 per day. 



Kind offence. 



Day's work. 



12 



feet 



less. 1 



13 to 



164 



feet. 1 



17 to 



24 

 feet. 1 



25 to 



37 

 feet. 1 



Labor cost per rod. 



12 



feet 



less. 1 



13 to 



16i 



feet. 1 



17 to 

 24 



feet. 1 



25 to 

 37 



feet. 1 



Number of fences on 

 which estimates are 

 based. 



12 



feet 



less. 1 



13 to 



16£ 



feet. 1 



17 to 

 24 



feet. 1 



25 to 

 37 

 feet. 1 



Barbed wire: 



2 strands- 



Posts driven 



Posts set 



3 strands- 



Posts driven 



Posts set 



4 strands — 



Posts driven 



Posts set 



5 strands — 



Posts driven 



Posts set 



6 strands- 



Posts driven 



Posts set 



Narrow woven wire with 2 

 or more barbed wires: 



Posts driven 



Posts set 



Wide woven wire with 1 

 barbed wire: 



Posts driven 



Posts set 



Wide woven wire without 

 barbed wire: 



Posts driven 



Posts set 



Rods. 



5S.7 



64.0 

 43.7 



76.6 

 39.3 



52.2 

 25.3 



29.5 

 19.4 



48.7 

 26.3 



50.9 

 27.2 



61.3 

 30.6 



Rods, 

 89.5 

 71.5 



89.1 

 58.7 



83.2 

 47.9 



56.7 

 34.1 



56.7 

 26.4 



53.0 

 33.0 



55.3 

 33.9 



65.4 

 39.0 



Rods, 

 95.0 

 75.0 



116.4 

 68.3 



92.4 

 50.6 



70.9 

 38.7 



67.5 

 32.0 



74.1 

 37.9 



77.2 

 39.9 



80.2 

 45.8 



Rods 

 166.9 

 121.5 



156.0 

 95.4 



95.0 

 70.8 



100.0 

 46.2 



34.1 



S9.8 

 47.1 



94.2 

 49.7 



108.5 

 56.7 



Cts. 



'h'.i 



4.7 

 6.9 



3.9 

 7.6 



5.7 

 11.8 



10.2 

 15.4 



6.2 

 11.4 



5.9 

 11.0 



Cts. 

 ■3.4 

 4.2 



3.4 

 5.1 



3.6 



6.3 



5.3 

 11.3 



5.7 

 9.1 



5.4 



4.6 



7.7 



Cts. 

 3.2 

 4.0 



2.6 

 4.4 



3.2 

 5.9 



3.8 



7.7 



4.4 

 9.4 



4.0 

 7.9 



3.9 

 7.5 



3.7 

 6.6 



Cts. 

 1.8 

 2.5 



1.9 

 3.1 



3.1 

 4.2 



3.0 

 6.5 



3.3 

 5.5 



3.2 

 4.6 



2.8 

 5.3 



78 

 101 



31 



117 



122 

 440 



114 

 430 



105 

 396 



160 

 433 



66 

 315 



7 



128 



343 

 1,482 



329 

 1,410 



311 

 1,270 



42 

 136 



78 

 535 



77 

 539 



52 

 455 



23 

 102 



338 



50 

 332 



40 



287 



1 Distance apart of posts. 



The number of rods of fence that can be constructed in a day 

 varies with soil conditions, the depth to which posts are set or driven, 

 the ability of the men doing the work, the topography of the ground, 

 and the distance apart of corner, end, and gate posts. Table 7 shows 

 the amount of fence that two men can build in a day under average 

 conditions. The posts are set at an average depth of 32 inches and 

 the corner and end posts are placed approximately 40 rods apart. 

 With long, straight stretches of fencing and with other conditions fa- 

 vorable, two men could build more fence than the figures in the table 

 indicate. On the other hand, if the fence is to be constructed over 

 rough and uneven ground and on a soil where it is difficult to set 

 the posts or dig the post holes, or if only short lengths of fencing 

 are to be erected, two men would not be able to build the amount of 

 fence indicated in the tables. The figures indicate the amount of 

 fence that may be erected in a day when the material is on the 

 ground, and do not include the cost of hauling. 



