Show ANIMAL PROOF SH SHEEP E EP FENCE department of agriculture gives plan for barrier to keep out dogs and coyotes prepared by the united states department of 0 agriculture A fence constructed in such a way as to bar dogs and coyotes from territory in sheep are pasturing has been I 1 designed and put to use by the forest service of the united states department of agriculture specifications for the dog proof fence follow posts 71 7 feet in length set 2 feet in the ground and 16 10 feet apart a barbed wire stretched flat to the surface of the ground 3 inches higher a 16 inch woven wire fence having a tinch triangular mesh 5 inches higher a barbed wire 6 inches higher a second barbed wire 7 inches above this a third barbed wire total height 57 inches it Is essential that the bottom barbed wire be stretched flat on the surface of the ground at all points this is accomplished complis hed by grading the ground before the fence Is built find and by filling lu the small holes afterwards |