Show CORNER POST WELL BRACED W W W ki A 0 F 0 4 C in the erection erect fun of good substantial fences proper bracing Is all important and the method of bracing here shown will keep post from moving even when the wires were stretched by the use of a wagon wheel turned as a capstan and drawn so taut that every wire will ring when struck like the string of a violin it Is well to anchor the three posts shown on the diagram by spiking a as shown in the cut one jone on the face and ono one on the back of the post and placing 4 a piece of plank or stone across and then packing the earth solidly around the post the post hole should not bo be cut sloping but as straight as aa possible resembling a mortise as cut by a carpenter it the post hole Is cut sloping eloping it la Is impossible to tamp the earth solidly around the pots pits as the earth will spread instead of packing under the blows of the tamper the post holes should bo be cut as near the size of the post as possible allowing sufficient space for tamping at the back and not more than an inch at each side where a thin tamper can be used the face ot of the post hole should be dug straight and plumb and the posts set fir firmly aly against it all the tamping being done at the back and at the sides of the post the seven foot posts post sare are to be used and the lower wire la Is 16 inches from aber surface of tho the ground the next wire nine inches above and the other two wires and one halt half apart respectively this will make the fence forty four inches high which la ample for live stock as a rule will not under take to leap over a barbed wire fence |