Show GROUND WIRES SAVE STOCK ives Gives Considerable Protection From Lightning and Is Profitable Investment Investment In In- vestment for Farmers By fly FRANK M. M WHITE Wisconsin Agricultural Agricultural Ag Ag- College Grounding fence wires affords considerable considerable con con- protection from lightning and Is a a. a worth while Investment for farmers As hundreds of at valuable animals are struck by lightning In this lila state every summer many ninny of the casualties beIng being belog be be- ing log directly due Jue to currents carried along pasture fences such advice Is particularly timely To secure time tile best results ground wires ought to be placed about one onehundred onehundred onehundred hundred feet teet apart and amid closely stapled to lo the post so 50 as form a contact with every ono one of the fence wires wire The round ground wires also alEo extend slightly slight slight- I ly iy above the fence post and like a lightning rod should penetrate the tae soil soU tar far enough to reach moist Garth No S 8 ar r 9 wire vire Is most satisfactory for this pi purpose poso |