Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . or two. Only the lower three feet of the postsneed be treated. Posts decay most rapidly at or just beneath the surfaceof the soil. Such treatment is claimed to add ten to fifteen years to theusefulness of ordinary soft wood posts. Every farmer should have a wood lot that will supply posts for thefarm. Trees cut for posts should be cut the last of July or during felled at this time need not be cut into posts at once. In fact, it FARM BUILDINGS, FENCES, GATES 713 is an
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . or two. Only the lower three feet of the postsneed be treated. Posts decay most rapidly at or just beneath the surfaceof the soil. Such treatment is claimed to add ten to fifteen years to theusefulness of ordinary soft wood posts. Every farmer should have a wood lot that will supply posts for thefarm. Trees cut for posts should be cut the last of July or during felled at this time need not be cut into posts at once. In fact, it FARM BUILDINGS, FENCES, GATES 713 is an advantage to let them lie until the leaves draw the water from thesap, thus leaving the starch to preserve the wood. At a convenient seasonthe trees may be cut into posts and the posts set on end to further cut in this way last much longer than when the trees are cut inthe winter or spring. The interval between posts in fence construction depends on thesize of the posts, the depth to which they can be conveniently set, theweight or strength of the wire and the strain to which it will be A Good Type of Farm It will often prove economical to alternate small posts with large exceptionally good strong posts, the intervals may be as much asfrom 25 to 30 feet. The usual distance, however, will be from 15 to20 feet. Woven wire should be stapled to the posts so that the wire will movefreely beneath the staple. With barbed wire the staples may be driventightly so as to prevent the wire from slipping. The length of the staplesused and the number per post depend on the hardness of the post andthe number of wires. With woven wire it will usually be sufficient tostaple alternate wires at each post, although the top and bottom wireshould be stapled at every post. When so stapled, the staples should 1 Courtesy of The American Steel and Wire Co. 714 SUCCESSFUL FARMING alternate on the intermediate wires. For example, the second wire fromthe top should b
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