Cement and Concrete Fence Posts. 29 
TABLE NO. 10—Poured Posts. 
Made in sheet iron mold, which makes a post round on one side and 
flat on the other. Size 5x5 inches at base, tapering! to 3x3 inches at top. 
Length, 7 feet. Cured weight, 75 to 80 pounds. Mixture, 1 part cement and 
3 parts sand by measure. Cost for cement per post, 18 pounds, 10.8 cents. 
Sand, % cubic foot, 2.5 cents. For cost of reinforcement, see table below. 
The reinforcements in this post are supposed to be placed in three places, 
two next to the flat side and one on the oval side of the post. This makes 
the flat side stronger. In the test, one post of the three was pulled away 
from the flat side toward the round side, and two from the round side to¬ 
ward the flat side. 
Those marked (a) were pulled away from flat side, and (b) towards it. 
REINFORCEMENT 
TEST 
COST 
REMARKS 
Kind of Wire 
Weight 
Per Post 
Iybs. 
Cost 
Per 
Post 
First 
Crack 
in Ebs. 
Final 
Break 
in Ebs. 
Eocation of 
Break Above 
or Below 
Ground Eine 
Cost of 
Materials 
in Post 
New wire is Fig¬ 
ured at 4c per 
Eb. and Old Wire 
at 2c per Eb. 
3 long No. 19 
% in. band 
iron _ -- 
2X 
9.0c 
135 (a) 
120(b) 
190(a) 
125(b) 
Ground line 
Ground line 
22.3c 
Posts from man¬ 
ufacturer, band 
iron broke. 
3 long strands 
of 2 wires 
twisted No.10 
lVa 
7.5c 
85(b) 
95(b) 
125(a) 
125(b) 
135(b) 
180(a) 
Ground line 
3 in. below 
Ground line 
21.8c 
Wires broke 
3 long strands 
old barbed 
wire — - - - - 
IX 
2.5c 
70(b) 
65(b) 
70(a) 
70(b) 
80(b) 
105(a) 
Ground line 
Ground line 
Ground line 
15.8c 
Wires broke 
3 long and 3 
short old 
barbed wire - 
2 
4.0c 
100(b) 
120(a) 
100(b) 
115(b) 
155(a) 
110(b) 
18 in. above 
12 in. above 
20 in. above 
17.3c 
Wires broke 
above extras 
4 long strands 
old barbed 
wire - - - . 
1% 
3.3c 
crack ’d 
85(a) 
125(b) 
120(b) 
125(a) 
155(b) 
2 in. above 
1 in. below 
Ground line 
16.6c 
Wires broke 
4 long and 4 
short old 
barbed wire- 
2% 
5.5c 
120(b) 
115(a) 
120(b) 
165(b) 
120(a) 
160(b) 
15 in. above 
14 in. above 
7 in. above 
18.8c 
Mixture broke 
4 long strands, 
2 each, twist¬ 
ed No. 10_ 
2X 
10.0c 
130(b) 
180(b) 
150(a) 
175(b) 
230(b) 
200(a) 
Ground line 
Ground line 
Ground line 
23.3c 
Mixture broke 
The last 3 sets of posts contained 4 reinforcements instead of 3. It will 
be noticed that the one extra wire made a great difference in the strength 
of these posts; they are more nearly equal strength from both directions. 
AMOUNT OR LABOR REQUIRED FOR MAKING POSTS. 
No definite statements can be made as to the amount of time 
required to make a cement or concrete fence post. The amount 
of time will vary with conditions, handiness of materials, methods 
of mixing, etc. According to data obtained in the experiment, two 
men mixing by hand, with everything reasonably handy, can make 
from three to five 5-inch poured line posts per hour. Figuring 
labor at $2.00 per day, ten hours for each man, the cost for making 
a post would amount to about 10 cents each. Three men with a 
small home made mixer and a two-horse-power gasoline engine for 
driving it would be able to make at least twice as many posts' as 
two men working by hand and the cost for making would be very 
much less. 
