The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-12-15


ner, then set netting up against posts
and fasten to them, only enough to
keep the wire from falling over. The
bottom of the netting should be two
inches above lower or smooth wire.
Fasten the bottom of the netting to
the smooth wire with hooks made
from smooth wire. The hooks should
be- two inches long and should be
paced about a foot apart. The hooks
are easy to make and soon made by
using a pair of pinchers or plyers.
We are now ready to stretch the net
ting and fasten it to the top or barb
wire For this purpose | used baling
wire Fasten one end of the baling
wire to top of netting, put the other
end of the baling wire over and under
the barbwire, lift up the netting with
the left hand and pull the wire that
is over the barbwire tight with the
right hand. When netting is as tight
as desired, fasten baling wire to barb
wire and cut off with plyers. Fasten
the top of netting to barbwire about
every ten inches.
If the netting bulges or bags be-
tween the top and bottom wire place
the wire over the barbwire further
ahead and stretch the netting tight,
the barbs on the top wire will prevent
the baling wire from slipping. The
netting, when stretched, will be four
and half feet wide which leaves
space OF six inches between top OF
netting and the barbwire. Commence
to stretch all wires or netting from
one gate post and continue to the
other gate post.
have a gate eight feet wide, and
end pieces are sixty-two inches long,
and the gate is as wide as the netting
is after it is stretched and in the
fence Cover or place the netting
over the frame of the gate. placed
a barbwire over top of gate and made
it tight by putting board about ten
inches long over the center OF the
top of the gate and under the wire
on top of gate. I used four-foot poul-
try netting. No. 20 wire, and it cost
$3.50 for $50 feet The other material,
except the posts, did not cost over
S1.00. If good posts are used and the
fence is properly built it will last
for twenty-five or fifty years. 1t is
not the height that keeps out poultry
land large stock, for that matter),
but for the reason that they do not
see anything to fly over, but at first
will try to get through the wire. When
ours was first built our Barred Rocks
would try for three hours everyday Tor
a week to get through the wire into
the gaden. Our Bronze turkeys do
the same, but none ever attempted to
fly over the wire fence.
l have one yard that has fence
made with lumber that is seven feet
high and the turkeys and some OF the
Rocks fly over it at will | have an
other yard made of six-foot poultry
netting, fastened to the posts-no sup
port for the wire except the posts. l
have used this yard for more than nj
teen years, and there never has been
q fowl of any kind that ever flew
over that yard fence. | got the idea
OF putting up the garden fence by
Using this yard If other fences join
ed or were connected with the garden
fence, it would be better to have
panel of the same kind of fence con-
rect with the garden fence, as the gar
den fence is made Of | do not hesl-
tate to recommend this fence as one
Of the very best to protect the garden
from all kinds of poultry. While our
hogs, cattle, horses and sheep have
never bothered the garden or the
fence, | do not consider the netting
heavy enough should they run into it.
However, | had a two-year-old colt run
full drive into my siX-foot poultry net
ting fence and it never injured the
netting a particle but it doubled the
colt up in good shape.