POULTRY LABORATORY GUIDE 13 



kinds of posts are used, determine which is the 

 best as to rot-resisting qualities. 



The following materials are used to a greater 

 or less extent for poultry fences : — 



1. Pickets or laths nailed to a scantling for a 

 frame. 



2. Poultry netting, one, two, and three inch 

 mesh — any width. 



3. Woven wire fences made with small 

 meshes at the bottom and larger ones at the 

 top. 



Measure the height of the fence, and if made 

 from poultry netting, is the whole height made 

 by stretching one wide strip or two narrower 

 strips ? What are the advantages of making it of 

 two narrow strips? Note the method used to 

 fasten the two strips of wire together, either 

 by wiring them with a short piece of pliable wire 

 or by twisting the selvages. Examine the 

 method of fastening the wire to the posts by means 

 of galvanized wire staples. How far are they 

 placed apart? Also notice the method used to 

 fasten the wire to the ground. The best way is 

 by means of a baseboard six to twelve inches 

 wide nailed to the bottom of the posts, and the 

 bottom of the wire nailed to the bottom of the 

 board. In order to keep fowls which will fly 

 over a six-foot fence separate for breeding pur- 



