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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 ivhen driving them, and when they are spaced at various dis- 
tances; also the labor cost in cents per rod with tvages at $1.50 per day. 
Kind offence. 
Day's work. 
Labor cost per rod. 
Number of fences on 
which estimates are 
based. 
12 
feet 
or 
less.i 
13 to 
16J 
feet.i 
17 to 
24 
feet.i 
25 to 
37 
feet.i 
12 
feet 
or 
less.i 
13 to 
16^ 
feet.i 
17 to 
24 
feet.i 
25 to 
37 
feet.i 
12 
feet 
or 
less.i 
13 to 
16J 
feet.i 
17 to 
24 
feet.i 
25 to 
37 
feet.i 
Barbed wire: 
2 strands — 
liOuS. 
Hods. 
Hods, 
Kods. 
Lis. 
V IS. 
V IS. 
O IS. 
Posts driven 
89.5 
95.0 
166.9 
3.4 
3.2 
1.8 
19 
9 
11 
Posts set 
58.7 
71.5 
75.0 
121.5 
5.1 
4.2 
4.0 
2.5 
8 
27 
11 
30 
3 strands — 
Posts driven 
64.0 
89.1 
116.4 
156.0 
4.7 
3.4 
2.6 
1.9 
78 
160 
42 
23 
Posts set 
43.7 
58.7 
68.3 
95.4 
6.9 
5.1 
4.4 
3.1 
101 
433 
136 
102 
4 strands- 
Posts driven 
76.6 
83.2 
92.4 
95.0 
3.9 
3.6 
3.2 
3.1 
31 
66 
8 
3 
Posts set 
39.3 
47.9 
50.6 
70.8 
7.6 
6.3 
5.9 
4.2 
117 
315 
64 
24 
5 strands- 
Posts driven 
52.2 
56.7 
70.9 
100.0 
5.7 
5.3 
3.8 
3.0 
16 
18 
5 
1 
Posts set 
25.3 
34.1 
38.7 
46.2 
11.8 
8.8 
7.7 
6.5 
33 
69 
16 
4 
6 strands — 
Posts driven 
29.5 
56.7 
67.5 
10.2 
5.3 
4.4 
10 
7 
8 
Posts set 
19.4 
26.4 
32.0 
34.1 
15.4 
11.3 
9.4 
8.8 
47 
128 
62 
42 
Narrow woven wire with 2 
or more barbed wires: 
Posts driven 
48.7 
53.0 
74.1 
89.8 
6.2 
5.7 
4.0 
3.3 
122 
343 
78 
48 
Posts set 
26.3 
33.0 
37.9 
47.1 
11.4 
9.1 
7.9 
5.5 
440 
1,482 
535 
338 
Wide woven wire with 1 
barbed wire: 
Posts driven 
50.9 
55.3 
77.2 
94.2 
5.9 
5.4 
3.9 
3.2 
114 
329 
77 
50 
Posts set 
27.2 
33.9 
39.9 
49.7 
11.0 
8.8 
7.5 
4.6 
430 
1,410 
539 
332 
Wide woven wire without 
barbed wire: 
Posts driven 
61.3 
65.4 
80.2 
108.5 
4.9 
4.6 
3.7 
2.8 
105 
311 
52 
40 
Posts set 
30.6 
39.0 
45.8 
56.7 
9.8 
7.7 
6.6 
5.3 
396 
1,270 
455 
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. 
