Show SHORT ht HOME COURSE IN LIVE STOCK farming fi C V gregory Gro dory expert talks about fencing I 1 one of the most important parts of live stock business of tile illo at alis 4 ob ot itu file tol tl fit li stuck IS 14 it 1 1 1 4 leill will ot tellies tence 3 pool cause breath liv stuk stock s iii ble in the cast ut ot lioums ln iiii it due to it poor film alil all oatt often 11 afi a large enough loss to pi pl foi fill se sc ert erti I 1 rods of good unit wire id Is u ibl i alv tile best fencing ni tit iderial it Is 14 slit liti durable and ud cili t clent 1 uhe I it ehilt nae is 1 higher limn thim foi for barbed wire but tills can L L cut down by making only the tile 1 f r pirt 1 of tilt fence feno of io bomi en u it etim barbed wire foi the upper pit put it I 1 lit I 1 strip of woven wire should be trout two to to throe three tut in lit height lk iz I FIO I 1 A welb WELL COR elt I 1 OST with tuo or three barbed irta on top 11 lails his mii 4 it rence tint thit hlll ill turn mi ill kind mild or stock sto L from pigs to hoists is 14 little danger of it hore mt into 1111 1 four fence and getting nit lilt here antic it I 1 k Is IL kept ili it ill uy pay to lit hii tile titley furin turin fintel with this tills or some othor other kind of 0 feint fene tint thit Is 1 hop hog ot 01 1 tight it 1 14 not ilot a it ailis lion tion ot ton on an tilt afford it of 01 not it la Is it question ot or latther lit ther ou cin call nut not to do it it mill W abl not it possible to alime f all tilt the he farm farin in lit one it ir but the tilt hork should liot ltd be dony done is as its possible I 1 abt be etan rd the hoys hogs ami anti simp mill pitk pick up will pa baj tho entire lost of it t in tit ing in ili it ter fen ears cement pont lilt hi firlit part of tile ali fenie feme to be put up 14 1 the posts hie life time for putting up U cuip atal iwo eiith aisi that s ill rot out and noltie rental rui ital in lit or four h N pat luiere 1 are art tato of ing 1 Insi lasting uia kItiK of cc c went fretting posts with creosote clinent posts are tire not hara to in ike I 1 he first step Is to make a rii mold of the proper size about six lilt bs square at the bottom taper lug it to four at tit the top Is a er rood good eize alze iline ortirio ort irid strips should bil b plated 11 in ill tit bOt bottom tOll of the tile molds to wake tile torture of or the tilt posta posts rounded if of an all be ile bulls bull side b bide iso u 1 hat that re e eral can bj made at fit once ahe bast b st mixture for cement posts Is one pirt portland lt ment to ruo and one half parts lean clean sharp sand and tire gravel 1 ibe I he sand od ud ceina nt should be nilsen dry theu add muter ater and find mix to a thick mortar after mier this Is ell mixed spread it out in lit a thin lae la er and the required amount of gra gratl el over it alv alx abt whole masi mass well ell b sho ng over several timea the loslie of the molds should be greased with lilt soft to keep leep the celli cement ent from front sticking spread about one and find one oue half indies st of 0 concrete over the tile bottom and lamp it well ell cad pact corner la a steel nire of the tile 1 chese rifen rif re en forcing wires ire should be fairl heary but will 1111 not lot decd to be bt gal aa as the concrete will ill keep leep thein froin from rust inthey ins should be looped at tit the endter present slipping now on add concrete up to within an inch of thi the top of the nield tamp again and put to two tuo more re wires fill the nold to tc the top tamp and round eff off the upper corners lons long staples with the tb points bent a little to keep abera from front pulling out should lie stuck into the cement at the places where here tap th wires ires are to be fastened after the posts art are set the wires can cat be laiten fastened ed to these staples by a dinall piece of soft wire twisted misted through thenn tn etti after be the cement haa has partially set I 1 it t should be COMO with sand to 1 keea it from drying ou out t too rapidly the posts should be sprinkled at least one a day for a week when the they y may be token talen froni front the molds and stored in moist sard to cure it takes alt davs dars for a cement post to cure ind IMI it should not bo be set before that time in the be meantime the tile sand should be ile kept moist by reca blonak sprinklings sprinkling 4 th the le C cost 0 q t 0 of f material for cement the tile size men cloned and amen fiet ions long 19 1 not more than 21 cents it ost not counting the labor when once in place the will lit it former the method ot of tri renting n fence posts with ith mogote la 1 ver arm an any land ot of post Is 11 si SL able for use with this treatment in deed decd the poorest soft wood posts post last the tile longest if being properly aly mitat I 1 d he upp tipp aritus madd consists of two mo small lut metal tal bauls one of which Is so ill tint it it ire tan call be hulit built it both tans ire tilled filled two mo thirds full of or creosote can cat be bought ai b tle me lurrel at tit reasonable rites t e 11 the creosote no sote in ili one of these links is helid lie it d almost to boiling bollt tip and fand the posts w must bo be well MER soiled are art placed hi lit it mid and left for about sk six hours usually orila the tile pirt of or the post tit tint it Is to go into the tile ground Is tr mated abed aftic re 1111 in in iu ili cho the hot irp sote for six hours the posts are talen out alad in in ill 11 II ill ili plilip IL d in the COIL old rt rosf oo 00 I 1 I 1 lie he sudden rL of V hausea the salam sti ani in the pores pore j or of the lie post to contract on tract inal making ing a partial lacu uin unil and the nir pressure drives dries the cro bote into all parts of the post this treatment coals costs about 10 tints a post the tile treated po posts ats will ill fist twenty airs or longer or about tle dinits as long as td d ones in ili putting up ill it permanent woven x wire ire finca cicat enre inest be taken talen to see fiat that the onita posts ire well br brid brit it d b hg I 1 g I 1 shows a vera vcr IM ic ua a of a solid corner the tile ornar post should lir 1 ir tr lr thin the tilt others A hole 2 1 by 4 ilio tild le ile dug to st tt it in bolt a of plank phink about three fett long to the bottom of the post mid a shorter pine at tit angles to lie the llast 1 in lit dirr up 14 the to 1 r ind nip ir it olid ittin 1 lit n roll in ili it number of lare 4 and till tilt the artst of the hole hols hith U etli dirt tarn ping it elt ell all the tile ua A up huch n post it if properly pro peri perl li ai 1 I ill not glie ghe tiju elff hidir any strain milt may inay be put upon it wnm its th tint it 14 1 still betin though n little niffie i einsle 1 L to et set the tilt cornar post in cement einna ein nt 1 I 1 lie fem ilir selected should le ile stron strongly gl olin and made of good sized N wire I 1 alms fencing costs a 11 little atle it iise ss at filst ali st but I 1 doe s not last well ell enough ellough to warrant Nar rant putting it up he ile sure that the aiosa nars are art fastened rast ened to the longitudinal st randi so that the cannot be spread out of place both the tile woven and the barbed wire ire should be well mell galvanized wire wirl that Is galani zd after weaving as shown by the cre crevices fees and joints IM bt ing tilled with the galvanizing material will mall last much longer than that which Is before in I 1 the ile latter ase cast the galvanizing material will be bjore or has cracked and the wire mire will soon begin to rust it Is of pr gr t importance to havo the wire well uell stretched ali ordinary wire stretcher will not stretch woven wire enough where a large quantity Is 13 1 3 purchased ot at n timo time a powerful wire i ire stretcher tier Is usually thrown in it v hlll ill pay to set a n temporary post a little ava b bick acl from froin the corner to stretch from the wire should be around the corner post and in several places as the strain 11 f rill I 1 P 11 A here Is very heavy if there at arc m more than twenty oda As in a single III line a e it will lie ile ary to brae brace a line po poa 11 ml ink wa H e bet between een the corners tu to stretch frow as inure inore than nun rods tat an not be tights satisfactorily at ont orel 11 u it rate gate Is to be put ill in tb posts will inn to be braell A gool good va it to do this Is to put in posts that 1 will l exten extend about twelve feet elbare the tile ground and connect the tops 1 with ith a it strong wire this method of bra bradick ing I 1 a allot be b used with N ith cement posts us its the he will not stand much lateral strain A kate gate is by far the most convenient provided it Is properly put in it should be well enough braced so 80 tant it will dot sae sag and drag on the ground in places M where here the snow la is illein to drift a rite gite that can be adjusted to v r erious heights bel lyghts is a great convenience ilg 2 shows a cobren lent and easily constructed type of boodon gate for vor road and at other places where appearance counts for anything an iron gate Is I 1 preferable I 1 rc If emble it looks better and find Is more e durable but the tilt cost Is iv I v gre a ter |