Show FENCES IMPROVE SAYS AAA committeeman good fences make good neighbors is an old saying which is proving true on the range as well as the farm says herman E bayles vice chairman of the iron county AAA committee but he points out that the saying might be revised to read good fences help to make good ranches and good ranchers because more grass and fatter steers and lambs have been the result of fencing under the 1941 AAA range program more than thirty five miles of fence were constructed on the rangeland of iron county under the 1942 program ranchers can earn payments for the construction st of fences through compliance with the deferred grazing practice while no payment will be made for deferred grazing as such a rancher can earn payments on this practice by carrying out certain supplemental practices fencing is one of these this practice will qualify a rancher for payment if he has carried out deferred grazing and where fences are constructed for the better distribution of livestock on the range to prevent the entry of livestock from outside the range to protect actively eroding gullies and for check plot fences the construction st of all fences must conform form with good ranching practice wire used in the construction of fences must be galvanized the rates of payments where new materials are used are as follows three barb wires 30 cents Ls f for or each post 10 cents for each rod for labor and 5 cents for each rod for materials four barb wires 30 cents for each post 12 cents for each rod for labor and 5 cents per rod for wire wire more than 4 barbed wires 30 cents for each post 15 cents for labor 5 cents per rod for wire net wire 30 cents lor posts 20 cents for labor 5 cents per rod for each barbed wire 50 cents per rod for or net wire not less than 32 inches ligh high 40 cents for each ro rod d not less than 26 inches high pole and rail fences 10 cents for each pole and 30 cents a rod for labor abor full particulars on the fencing practice may be obtained from the county bounty AAA committee or the county range examiner |