The Springdale news., 1889-07-19
ICON MICAL FENCES.
6 Important Topic D scussed in Prac-
 tieal and Useful Way.

dCEco O1 lduu IOIHiHp ulJ IdfIH, OH which there were no division fences, and 1 determined to try and see how small an amount of fence l could get along with and farm protitably. 1 de- cided to fence only my broken land for pasture, leaving the rest of the farm in one inclosure, and as my land least suited for cultivation was farthest from the buildings, 1 simply made a fence to turn cattle and horses between my blow land and this permanent pasture, with one or two small lots near the barn for hogs.
 My farm contains ninety acres, and sixty of it is in one inclosure, with a 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. 1 have farmed in this way for eleven years, and have never seen the time when 1 thought 1 should have made more money or kept my farm in better con- dition if 1 had it fenced into fields so that could pasture all of it. 1 never knew until l tried this plan what growth of clover could be had in the fall after harvesting the wheat. 1 think the heaviest clover I ever grew has been on these fields in September, and three times l have had It mature profitable crop of seed. The only change am thinking of making in my plan is, to enlarge my pasture to per- haps thirty-fve 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 l have one line of fifty rods, which has now been in use six years, which cost me next to noth- ing. It is a 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 of this fence, aside from growing the row of trees, was ten cents a rod, and each spring since we have taken load of hedge brush and put on one wherever if looked as though it was needed This fence is thoroughly horse and \ cattle proof, and although not hand some, is perfectly safe, for the stock will never trouble the wire when pro- tected by brush. The trees are already most of them large enough for posts, and s1e.- of them would bear splitting into two posts. 1 am so well pleased with this plan that 1 have set out line of Osage orange for the same pur- pose, and intend to try soft maple also. can recommend this plan A1here a fence to turn sheep and hogs is needed, but in this case would set out double row of trees-that is, l would zig-zag the trees in the row, setting them so that as you look down the row it would Hook like two rows foot apart; and then 1 would make movable panels of board fence three boards high, and slip between the trees.
 The remainder of my fence is plain wire. 1 will not use barbed wire ex- cept in connection with tree-row or hedge, for 1 have known so many horses killed or blemished by it that will not take the risk of it. 1 have found plain wire fence, made with three wires and one board or pole, to turn cattle and horses perfectly. It will not do without the board, as horses when running can not see it and will run into it. 1 make it with posts thirty to forty feet apart, and then every eight feet staple light upright to the wires. These uprights