. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. S6 THE FARM. holes in the sides—the other holes only half. way through the post—to re- ceive the turn raila. In dig- ging the holes, a little prac- tice will enable you to throw Gilt over half of the dirt with the digger (see Fig. 2), es- pecially if the earth is tena- cious. After that a long- handled, small scoop shovel, as shown at d, Fig. 2, will be found serviceable. auger is about 3 1-2 feet long, FIG. 4.—SECTION OF THE SIX KAIL FENCE. We neglected to say that the handle to the and can be, as it usually is, fas- tened on
. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. S6 THE FARM. holes in the sides—the other holes only half. way through the post—to re- ceive the turn raila. In dig- ging the holes, a little prac- tice will enable you to throw Gilt over half of the dirt with the digger (see Fig. 2), es- pecially if the earth is tena- cious. After that a long- handled, small scoop shovel, as shown at d, Fig. 2, will be found serviceable. auger is about 3 1-2 feet long, FIG. 4.—SECTION OF THE SIX KAIL FENCE. We neglected to say that the handle to the and can be, as it usually is, fas- tened on by a blacksmith. The square wheel shown in Fig. 5 is easily made, and is about 5 feet in diameter. The trestle (Fig. 1) is 3 1-2 feet high. The auger is put in the wheel and hung on the trestle precisely Hke an ordinary grindstone. As to the best materials for this fence, black locust is the best for posts, mulberry next, then wliite oak. For rails, white oak, ash, walnut, and cotton- wood, in the order named. Fence foi' Marsli or Soft Soil.—T h e improvement we herewith illustrate is designed for braciug the common board fences built across low, marshy ground, that is overflowed at every fall of rain. The work, or face side, of the fence is supposed to (and should) front up-stream; in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lupton, F. M. (Frank M. ), 1854-1910. Springfield, Mass. , The Phelps publishing co.
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