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in position. Only a heavy wire fence is used with steel posts. 



113. Cement Posts. Cement posts are made in molds and con- 

 sist of one part cement to two parts of finely sifted sand. The 

 posts are made eight feet long, so that they may be set three 

 feet in the ground, leaving five feet above ground. 



114. Reinforced Cement Posts. Reinforced cement posts are 

 made by placing wire or old strips of iron in the center of the 

 post as the cement is poured. This strengthens the post. Cement 

 posts not reinforced will break easily. Reinforced cement posts 

 seldom break and will last a lifetime. Cement posts are made 

 eight feet long. 



115. Three Kinds of Wire Fencing Material for Chicken 

 Fences. These are the six-sided mesh, a light wire, the three- 

 sided mesh wire, slightly heavier than the six-sided mesh wire, 

 and the heavy poultry wire. 



116. The Six-Sided Wire Fencing. The six-sided light wire 

 fencing material is the most commonly used, but is the least 

 durable of the three kinds. There are different sizes of meshes, 

 namely : three- fourths inch, one-inch, and two-inch mesh. It is 

 difficult to stretch this wire and make a neat, lasting fence. It 

 is likely to sag at the top and not fit tightly at the bottom. The 

 bottom can be made to fit tightly on the ground by using stakes 

 made from one-inch by two-inch sticks, twelve inches long, with 

 a nail driven through the top in such a way that, in driving the 

 stake down, the nail will catch the lower strand of wire and 

 hold it close to the ground. A barbed wire can be stretched 

 along the top and the top strand of wire lashed to this barbed 

 wire, either with pieces of baling wire or with hog rings. A 

 board panel made by using a one-inch by four-inch strip, both 

 at the ground and at the top, to which the wire can be nailed, 

 makes a fence of better appearance. 



117. The Three-Sided Wire Fencing. Recently there has been 

 placed on the market a wire netting of two-inch mesh and of 

 heavier wire. This netting can be stretched in the same manner 



