. Farm development; an introductory book in agriculture, including a discussion of soils, selecting & planning farms, subduing the fields, drainage, irrigation, roads, fences, together with introductory chapters concerning farm business, and the relations of general science to agriculture . IMgure 206. Poor metliod of bracing corner posts. FENCES 377 sumach wood, with hirge pilli. or other material throughwhich a wire cau be punched, or a ])iece of soft wood,which can be driven out, and thus provide a holethrough the center of the post for the stay binder. (SeeFigure 254.) Wire loops can also
. Farm development; an introductory book in agriculture, including a discussion of soils, selecting & planning farms, subduing the fields, drainage, irrigation, roads, fences, together with introductory chapters concerning farm business, and the relations of general science to agriculture . IMgure 206. Poor metliod of bracing corner posts. FENCES 377 sumach wood, with hirge pilli. or other material throughwhich a wire cau be punched, or a ])iece of soft wood,which can be driven out, and thus provide a holethrough the center of the post for the stay binder. (SeeFigure 254.) Wire loops can also be inserted in the surface of thefinished post before it hardens, to serve as attachmentsfor the fencing. (See Figure 258.) In molding theposts, fill in mortar and work, or tamp, and dressdown with the deep leveler shown in Figure Figure 207. Good metliod of bracing wooden corner posts The apparatus used in making cement posts is sim-ple and inexpensive, as shown in Figure 253, A, B, C,D and E. Posts can be made of cement and any sharp, cleansand in the proportion of one to three. But wheregravel about one-half inch in diameter, or broken stoneof the same size is used, the posts will be both strongerand cheaper, using one part cement, two and one-half 378 i)i:\i:i,()r.\rENT
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