| Show FA FAR STRAIGHT RAIL FENCE tills this 1111 1 of 1 allu tas iia as been suei restfully ress fully toed for I 1 ears sent send design of a way to build fence bom old rails aich I 1 have used tile the three years wit with success some ioma r tile hie points of merit are arc 1 that I 1 i lie he rall rails till I 1 I 1 lie edgewise and in m ill last I 1 nger ner find ianke more fence 2 that it is built x ith less material ron tenal than ana an thee ruil roll fence 3 thit that it can lie put ip i well than any straight tall mil nee 4 that the fence is very varv solid md rid 1 themore the more it settles the golider solider so lider it els I I 1 S that tile the ralls rails are arc all held tid id yet can easily be replaced I 1 build aa follows for each panel of 1 i dec I 1 cut two stakes either cither now new or I 1 tm im broken rails ove one 0 6 feet and one II 11 feet now NOV lay these down in the line of the fence the short ones always ata ala a s under so as to make the fence j in metrical cross about 15 1 inches from crom top and nail with one no 12 rail ail now see diagram no 1 iri ilsc e up I 1 lie iho cross and place top rail in the fork of cross which will hotel hold it in ilace ARY 1172 ABS A BS next you need two sticks 3 feet long ions to hold second rail up on thu the nort stake against tho the underside under of long stake billyou till you can wire fast pas pali tile ilie wire up p over tile the second rail to the left ind and bring arlaud the cross and under the second rail to the right of stake so the wire will engage the long lone end of c rail crail where they lap now tv trist end of wire around main wire take out conr 31 3 oot foot stake and throw forward ard bring main wile to bottom of short stake and fasten around it 6 binche b from bottom see diagram no 2 i tins this forms is a long loop in which build your rails placing the heaviest in the bottom the fence is built on the outside on aside of short baake is 5 feet high has bas a slope of I 1 coett while the brad brace stake has a slope of 3 feet I 1 use ase five rails to a panel put pu t 1 I i wire around top of aaker and twist tight diagram no 3 always stand stan on lower tail while hile dome doing thimas this as it ettles the fence and makes it very solid also wire around stake and long firmly half way ivay up stake brace stake every three yr or four panels and wire or nail mail the materials for panels bed besilas be d cs the ra rails Is are arc nails and 10 0 pounds pound s NO 0 o 13 12 black birc C one man can tear tea r iway away old tall fence and put up fifty panels a daa da B A stratton in ohio farmer armer |
