Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-08-08
ECONOMICAL FENCES.
important Topic Discussed in n Prac-
teal and Useful WAY.

an important Topic Discussed in m Prac-
ucai and Useful Way.
Twelve years ago l bought fifty
acres OF land joining my farm, on
winch there were no division fences,
ana l determined to try and see how
small an amount of fence could get
along with and farm profitably. de-
cided TO fence only my broken land for
pasture, leaving the rest of the farm
In one Enclosure, and as my land least
suited for cultivation was farthest from
the buildings, simply made a fence
to turn cattle and horses between my
plow land and this permanent pasture,
with one or two small lots near the
barn for hogs.
MY farm contains ninety acres, and
sixty OF 1t is in one Enclosure, with
permanent pasture of twenty-five
acres, and five acres fenced into four
lots near the barn, three of them be-
Ing small pasture lots and one includes
The garden and door yard. l have
iarmed in this way for eleven years,
and have never seen the time when l
thought / should have made more
money or kept my farm in better con-
dition If had it fenced into fields SO
that | could pasture all of it. / never
knew until tried this plan what a
growth of clover could be had in the
fall after harvesting tho wheat. l
think the heaviest clover | ever grew
has been on these fields in September,
and three times have had 1t mature a
profitable crop of seed. The only
change am thinking of making in my
plan Is, to enlarge my pasture to per-
haps thirty-five acres.
With the exception of line fences,
and that which inclosed my hog lots,
my fence has cost but about One-third
as much as an ordinary board fence
would have done. | have one line OF
fifty rods, which has now been in use
six years, which cost me next to moth
ing. 1t is row of locust trees set
four feet apart They were set out
ten years ago this spring, and at four
years old we stretched single barbed
wire three feet from the ground and
stapled it to every fifth or sixth tree,
and then we laid row of hedge brush
along on the pasture side. The cost o.
this fence, aside from growing the row
OF trees, was ten cents rod, and each
spring since we have taken load O.
hedge brush and put on one wherever
it looked as though it was needed
This fence is thoroughly horse an(
cattle proof, and although not hand
some, is perfectly safe, for the stool
will never trouble the wire when pro
tected by brush. The trees are alread.
most of them large enough for posts
and some of them would bear splitting
into two posts. am so we'll please,
with this plan that l have set out
line of Usage orange for the same pur
pose, and intend to try soft maple also
can recommend this plan where
fence to turn sheep and hogs is needed
but in this case would set out doubl
row of trees-that is, would zig-za
the trees in the row, setting them 8
that as you look down the row it woul
look like two rows a foot apart an
then | would make movable panels {
board fence three boards high, and sill
between the trees.
The remainder OF my fence is plat
wire. will not use barbed wire e.
cept in connection with a tree-row c
hedge, for l have known so man
horses killed or blemished by it that
will not take the risk Of it. l hay
found plain wire fence, made wit
three wires and one board or pole,
turn cattle and horses perfectly.
will not do without the board, I
horses when running can not see
and will run into it. l make it wit
posts thirty to forty feet apart, an
then every eight feet staple a ligl
upright to the wires. These uprigh
may be strip of inch board, thr'
inches wide, and they are not drive
into the ground, but rest on block
IL Fat stone. The strip of board
placed between the upper wire and Il
one below it, and is nailed to Il
uprights and posts. l have Sc
eral acres of locust trees plant'
so close as to need thinning, al
| intend to use some OF these pol
in the place Of boards, and wi
wire them to the uprights, as this W
hold them more securely than nail
but when the board is used, a wire MT
long enough to go through both boa
and upright and clinch will hold
perfectly. The wire for this fence
galvanized-cost about ten cents a 70
and the entire cost of the fence COZ
plete will be less than forty cents p
rod, or about one-third that OF pc
and board fence, and l believe it W
last much longer. For my hog lots
use a galvanized woven wire FEM
three feet high, and costing, II
member rightly, sixty-hve cents
rod in the roll. This fen
will be sufficiently strong wi
posts twenty feet apart and
good stake driven between the pos
have used this fence three years
my sows and pigs and like it. 1t b
been thoroughly tested, as | have Sc
large heavy hogs run into 1t VIII
chased by dog and although bent
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L. Brown, in Country Gentleman.
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