Show QUALITIES OF FARM FENCES to give satisfaction barrier must murt be made to turn all stock without injuring them farm fences should combine two qualities service and economy says the hie united states department of agriculture to give satisfactory service the fence must be constructed so as to turn all kinds of stock without injuring them to be economical it must be built as cheaply as Is consistent with durability the fence that Is erected at a low initial cost Is 13 cot necessarily economical tor for it may be so ho short that it will be very expensive in the end the cost of maintaining a farm fence Is determined by such 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 tile the cost of repairs and the tha annuala annual depreciation depend largely on the construction it if a fence Is made of tt a cheap prade grade of material and Is cheaply constructed it will need frequent repair and will bo be short lived such stich a fence will have a hig high h repair a and nd depreciation charge w aich in most cases will moi more e than counterbalance the increased vestment i cost that the erection of a more substantial fence would require it if a fence 14 I 1 milde ot of rood good materials and Is properly built its repair and depreciation charges clia ipes should be very low the 1110 cili clency of a fence depends depend upon the quality of wire and post used and upon the manner of con |