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Show QUALITIES OF FARM FENCES To Give Satisfaction Barrier Must Be Made to Turn All Stock Without Injuring Them. ' Farm fences should combine two qualities- service and economy says the United States Department of Agriculture. To give s&tlsfactory service the fence must be constructed so as to turn all kinds of stock without with-out injuring them. To be economical it must be built as cheaply as is consistent con-sistent with durability. The fence that is erected at a low initial cost is not necessarily economical, for it may be so short 'that it will be very expensive expen-sive in the end. The cost of maintaining a farm fence is determined by sucb factors as interest, repairs, and depreciation on the fence itself, interest on the value of land rendered unusable, and the expense of keeping down weeds. The cost of repairs and the annual depreciation depend largely on the construction. If a fence is made of a cheap grade of material and is cheaply constructed it will need frequent fre-quent repair and will be short lived. Such a fence will have a high repair and depreciation charge, which in most cases will more than counter-" balance the increased Investment cost that the erection of a more substantial fence would require. If a fence is made of good materials and is properly built, its repair and depreciation charges should be very low. The efficiency of a fence depends upon the quality of wire and posts used and upon the manner of con struct ion. |