Nebraska advertiser., 1872-12-26

ity. Ia kichland osage-hedge Is not
popular, the expense of trimming be-
ing deemed greater than repairs OF
other fences. In thirty-fOur counties
in which osage- hedges are particular
ly mentioned, the average percentage
is about 20
Worm-fence constitutes 81 per cent.
Of the reported fencing Of Wisconsin,
and board fence 81 per cent. Post and
pole, log. brush, stone. ditch, 'Shang-
hal" and various fancy styles, are
made. Ingenuity is exercised in
prairie-regions for the invention and
building of fences requiring the small
lest possible amount of material. A
hurdir fence il popular in Rock, sup
ported by short stakes which reach to
The third rail. which is longer than
the others. thus tapping over and con-
Meeting one panel with another.
In Minnesota the proportions OF the
principal kinds are as follows: Worm
80 per cent; post and rail, %; board ,
26; and Is per cent of other kinds,
including (tamarack,) pole, were,
leaning" and other fences. Average
height, about A. feet. OAK and pine
are used in construction of board
fence, while walnut, ash, cottonwood,
tamarack, elm, linn, and other woods
are used for rails.
No crater variety Of fencing exists
in any State. than is found in Iowa.
An average Of As county returns indi-
Gates n per cent of worm, 23 of board,
II Of post and rail, and 80 Of a miScel'
lane0us list of styles, among which
Il h
ing 80 per cent. in Cedar, 33 per cent.
in Clinton. p in Scott, and smaller
proportions in many other COMMITTEES.
In MnScatine the prOportion of board
| is 80 per cent. 50 in Harrison - in
/ scott. and 30 in Henry and Jasper. In
Mitchell 63 per cent. j. post and rail,
AMI 80 in Carroll and Floyd. The
! ''Shsnghain fence is made of rails,
three To five to the panel, laid on the
crotches of foFked stakes driven into
the ground, stakPd and surmOunted
with riders. In Mahaska, as in other
| counties, some Enclosures include a
| dozen farms in tract OF 2.ODO acres or
more. 4 leaning" fence Is used IN
some places, the posts set an angle Gl
400. The "BloOmer" is made with
three rails and stakes to the panel.
Several counties have no fences, am
mails being prohibited by law from
running at large FL 2 wires, ) inch
ps apart. stretched upon posts feet
apsrt, with one stay midway, makes
a popular fence in some places.
The worm-fcnce again predominateS
i'm Missouri. amounting to Il percent.
while there il 26 per cent. of board
m lnH n
posts hedge, post and slat, stone,
poilings, trough and ready" and fan
cy styles. There is 30 per cent. of
osage-hedge in Henry, 20 in Green,
and a large amount of growing
hedges i'm different parts of the State.
From seven to twelve rails to the pan
eI are used in wOrm-fenceS. Post and
rail fence is often made with three
rails for cattle and six for hogs, and
board fence with three or five boards.
1t is difficult TO calculate the COM
parative prominence of styles in
Kansas. Averaging the returns, the
wOrm-fence appears TO constitute but
IS per cent, board II, and post and
rail 9; leaving 81 per cent. for great
variety of fences reported somewhat
indefinitely. The Osage-hedge is very
prominent; apparently bidding fair TO
be the principal fence Of the State. 1t
is reported at 100 per cent. in Cloud !;
50 in Bourbon, Franklin, Linn, and
Usage; 40 in LeavenwOrth 33 in
Douglas 30 in Anderson. Dickinson
reports 400 rods of stOne-wall, built at
s. per rod. The Shanghai fence is al
so found in Kansas. Cherokee coun-
ty reports fences with names hitherto
unheard of 1.-The eccentricity of whose
construction language very feebly con-
veyS."
in many counties of Nebraska few
fences are to be found. About 30 per
cent. of existing fences are post and
rail, p per cent. board, and the re-
mainder hedge, wire, Shanghai, and
earth-walls 81 feet high; Hall county
having - per cent. of the latter.
Boardfence appears to predominate
I'm California; two-fiftns being of that
style in the counties reported, nearly
one-fourth post and rail, and the re-
mainder brush. picket, worm, &c, in
Guiding a small amount of live willow.
Nape and Humboldt have consider
able proportion of wOrm-fence.
A large proportion, fully 80 per cent
in the returns received, of the fenc-
ing of Oregon, is of Virginia style.
The remainder is mainly cOnstruc ed
with boards. a few picket-fences are
reported.
In Washington Territory wood is
abundant; worm-fence il the prevail
ing style. Utah has poor material for
fencing is inclOsed with poles, brush
Il ;,,r g
fences. Red pine is much used for
rails, and aspen poles are abundant.
Fence material is scarce in Colorado,
except among the mountains. In the
dry atmosphere of the mountains,
pines, frs, aspen, and other soft woods
last well. 4 Utah correspondent says
the aspen will last twenty years if not
resting on the ground. There are few
fences in New Mexico. There is a law
against trespaSs, and each county is
allowed To regulate the time when
cattle may be turned loose. which is
generally from November to March
|. From complaining till harvest is
finished cattle must be herded, and
the owner is made responsible for any
damages they may commit. The
DOna Ana correspondent says there is
not a rail in New Mexico. Walls are
built for small Enclosures of adobe. or
unburned brick. 4 fence is some
times built of cedar poles, set upright
and close together, with horizontal
pole bound to each upright, near the
top, by strips of raw-hide an inch
wide. In Arizona and Nevada small
poles are much used for fencing,
though small area only is inclosed.
Continued next week.
Jones wrote TO friend, and closed
by saying, Il am glad to he able to
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