Show WIRE FENCE BEST it must B be built to turn all stock without injury TWO QUALITIES ARE NEEDED A to be economical it must murt be constructed ted as a cheaply at as Is consla tent with durability weight fixes price prepared by the united states department of 0 agriculture A good job to attend to between the busy seasons la Is tin building and repairing of fences A farm fence should combine the two q qualities of service nod and economy to give satisfactory service it must be constructed so no na to turn nil 1111 kinds of stock w phout in iary try to them to be economical it must he be built ns as cheaply as Is conn connes 18 tent with ith durability the fence that Is arc erected ed nt at a low initial cost la Is not necessarily economical tor for it may be short lived wire fei fences ces are aery cry generally replacing those of stone wood and hedge wherever the latter are becoming unserviceable in selecting a w wpc P en wire fence it la Is preferable to economize by eliminating unnecessary wires rather than by using a lighter weight wire in ill pastures where only cattle or horses are to bo be kept there Is no reed of providing a fence the spacing in which to la close enough to turn hogs hoga weight determines cost tin tile factor which determines the price of woven wire ire fencing Is its weight so that in fences of the same height a wide spaced fence with comparatively ively few wires costs less a narrow spaced one with more wires on the other hand it Is becoming generally recognized that the use ilse of befth heavy wire in fencing Is economical tile the initial cost of the heavy wire Is grenter but its durability la Is more than sufficient to offset this disadvantage th the a labor anti and other costs in the construe construction of n fence are practically the name whether a heavy or n light grade af wire Is used but with heavy wire vire the fence lasts so much longer that this cost of construction is s distributed over it a much longer time that this 1 Is appreciated by a majority of farmers to is indicated by the increase in tile the percentage of heavy wire that la Is being sold sot for fencing purposes common type of fence for the general farm on oil winch which nil all kinds of tock stock f are kept and on which the ro rotations lations practiced call for te tepo po enry pastures the cor common limon type of fence now being adopted in the north states Is one which has haa approximately ton ten line wires and a total height or of about four feet the bottom wires vires aro are braced about three inches apart such it fence constructed construct from nil all no 9 wire with a strand of barbed wire on the top osage orange locust rod cedar steel or cement lint line posts set bet a rod apart and ends and braces of the same materials na ax for the I 1 una ins posts at at distances stances of 40 rods rode to now belne being built on forms farms and Is proving serviceable and economical when its long period of usefulness Is considered much uch a fence Is exceptionally durable and should last approximately 21 22 years |