. Handbook for rangers & woodsmen . General stock fence. Fig. 95. Sheep and hog Fig. 96.—Block and tackle stretcher for woven wire fencing. Its construction prevents it from being laid out from a station-ary reel, and the roll or spool must therefore be revolved alongthe cleared fence row after the loose end has been made fast tosome stationary object. The heavy top and bottom wires shouldbe securely stapled to each post, but, except in rare cases, it isnot necessary to staple all the intermediate wires so often. The CONSTRUCTION WORK 115 perpendicular stay wires are not stapled. No tr
. Handbook for rangers & woodsmen . General stock fence. Fig. 95. Sheep and hog Fig. 96.—Block and tackle stretcher for woven wire fencing. Its construction prevents it from being laid out from a station-ary reel, and the roll or spool must therefore be revolved alongthe cleared fence row after the loose end has been made fast tosome stationary object. The heavy top and bottom wires shouldbe securely stapled to each post, but, except in rare cases, it isnot necessary to staple all the intermediate wires so often. The CONSTRUCTION WORK 115 perpendicular stay wires are not stapled. No trouble will beexperienced with buckling line wires stretched across ridges andhollows if the fence is hung so the stay wu-es set in woven wire are made the same as in barbed wire,each hne wire in one length being spliced to the correspondingwire in the other. Stretchers used on woven wire consist of apair of heavy wooden clamps which are bolted together throughthe meshes and which are drawn in by means of a double setof claws working on a chain attached to a
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