Show CEDAR cebar MAKES BEST FENCING fence built of that material gulf standing after forty year 0 of f continuous service I 1 know of a fence in our neighborhood that to Is still standing after 40 years of continuous service the posts were mado made of cedar charred to six inches above the ground and every one Is still well preserved another fence of which the posts posta were not charred decayed completely after 39 years oak and chestnut posts are arc not as durable as aa codar cedar however even it if charred some of the oak posts we buy these days will not last las ton years and it Is a pretty expensive fence that has baa to bo be renewed every ten years speaking of fences I 1 wonder what we are going to do about the wire that some manufacturers are sending out A great deal of it to la mado made of good material and will stand long wear but some of it Is tar far frond tron being what it should I 1 suppose it Is 1 all a question of the honesty of tho the manufacturer and it la is up to us ua to discover the one who makes honest goods the experiment stations some of which spend much time and work analyzing stock foods and fertilizers tili might find a rips ripe held field in latesso test ing of fence wire |