HOUSE AND GARDEN 
414 
May, 
1914 
COVER® 
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Better Protection 
for a Longer Time 
Every essential ingredient in 
SWP (Sherwin-Williams 
Paint Prepared) is a 
Sherwin-Williams Product. 
Pure lead, pure zinc, and 
pure linseed oil are made 
by us in order to safeguard 
the paint for your house. 
We put into SWP what 
experience has proved will 
produce the best paint. Our 
formula is the result of 
nearly fifty years’ testing. 
A good painter and SWP mean 
better protection for a longer time than 
ever before. 
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Painting and Decorating. It is free. 
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Paints £ Varnishes 
Sales Offices and Warehouses in principal 
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Cleveland, Ohio 
(Name 
SILVER LAKE A cSS 
stamped indelibly on every 
foot) 
The man who builds a house without 
asking about the sash-cord to 
be used is laying up trouble 
for himself. Insist that the 
specifications mention SILVER 
LAKE A. Its smooth surface 
offers nothing on which the 
pulley can catch. Guaranteed 
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SILVER LAKE COMPANY 
87 Chauncy St., Boston, Mass. 
Makers of SILVER LAKE solid braided 
clothes lines. 
right-of-ways. Instead of the holes in the 
posts, staples may be set in the concrete 
before it sets and the wires passed 
through these. If a wire mesh is used 
instead of horizontal wires some interest 
may be effected by the weaving of the 
wire or by the proportioning of the 
meshes. 
The best wire for a fence is one that 
is of hard steel, but not of spring-steel 
grade. It should be able to stand consid¬ 
erable abuse and hard wear, yet at the 
same time be easily spliced. Top and bot¬ 
tom wires to hold fabric between are 
best of carbon steel. 
The all-iron fence, whether cast or 
wrought, is an expensive proposition 
compared with the fences previously dis¬ 
cussed. Iron fences are usually elaborate 
and require special molds and castings if 
an original design is used, but many fair¬ 
ly good designs are supplied from stock 
by the manufacturers, and these, of 
course, are cheaper than the ones spe¬ 
cially prepared. Iron in connection with 
brick or stone is effective. The color of 
wrought or cast iron with masonry is 
always pleasing. Masonry piers with iron 
between is a common form. Take care, 
however, that if the design of the iron¬ 
work is formal the pier should be for¬ 
mal, and vice versa. Wrought iron has a 
better texture and color than cast iron, 
but costs more. 
In general, iron and wire fences should 
have their posts so secured that they may 
not be lifted from the ground by frost. 
If the iron is set in concrete bases it is 
liable to rust quicker. Use cast iron 
anchor bases and select a fence that can 
be put together bv ordinary tools. 
The best manufacturers’ catalogues 
give excellent information about iron 
and wire fences, and show diagrams for 
their setting and assembling. 
The original wall was of stones gathered 
from the surrounding land and piled un¬ 
evenly to form a barrier. This is a dry 
wall, and even to-day there are more 
dry stone walls than any other kind. 
A dry wall is the easiest of the ma¬ 
sonry walls to build. Large, flat stones 
are selected for the base, and are laid 
somewhat below grade. On these come 
the regular wall stones. Select stones 
that have a natural bearing surface, for, 
of course, the more rounded the stones 
are, the more liable they are to roll down 
or become dislodged. The quickest wall 
to build is where no special regard is 
given to regularity or to height; conse¬ 
quently, great care is unnecessary in 
choosing the stones or fitting them to 
their places. A better wall is obtained 
when a fairly true surface is kept and 
the stones fitted to their places, even if it 
is necessary to break some pieces or trim 
them with a stone hammer. If the stones 
come in lengths greater than their depths, 
or are fairly rectangular, a more pleasing 
appearance is the result. This is true of 
any stone wall, for the impression is one 
of permanency, while rounded stones, 
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