The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-04-06

W. r. Sullivan. County Agent
obstruction Permanent Fences:
Il you have been wanting per-
manent fences on your farm YOU
now have q great opportunity TO
get these fences built by assist
ance through the PIMA office. As
you know every farm has q farm
allowance Of $500 per acre for
open cultivated land and 30 cents
per acre for open pasture land.
The PIMA office will pay for cat
tie proof fences $3.50 per 100 feet
and $S.25 per 100 feet for q hog
proof fence provided you meet the
specifications which are as fol-
lows 8
Assistance will be offered under
this practice only for:
q. Construction of new fences
for permanent pastures.
At least one suitable pasture
gras6 Or legume must be seeded or
estabnshed in the area fenced in
the 1850 program year.
b. Construction Of cross fences
in existing pastures for controlled
grazing.
c. Construction Of fences for
controlled grazing for seeded
temporary pastures, including
winter cover crops used for win
ter pasture. At least so per cent
Of the cropland enclosed by the
fences must be seeded to q winter
cover crop in the 1850 program
year.
d. Construction of fence a.
round woodlots to protect them
from grazing.
Performance Requirements:
Prior inspection Of the area
proposed to be fenced must be
made by a representative of the
county committee and a sketch OF
the area must be on file in the
county office prior to granting an
approval of assistance. This must
be done before you start the
fence.
At least 20 per cent Of the area
fenced under paragraph a, b, and
must be cropland or open pas
ture.
Posts INST be at least six feet
in length. With the exception OF
Bots dare, untreated posts must
be four inches or more in dia-
meter at top or at ground level
and untreated cedar posts must
have q minimum of three inch
heart. Untreated posts must be
Bots pare. Mulberry, Black Lo-
cuss, Red Cedar, Heart Pine, Wild
Cherry, Chestnut or Catalpa
Other species of wood may be
used il properly treated with
suitable preservatives. Treated
post and Bots dare must be
three inches or more at top. Creo-
sote treated posts must be pres
sure treated. Steel posts may al
so be used. Post must be spaced
not more than 10 #. center to cen.
ter and securely placed in ground
at least one and one-hah feet
All wire must be stretched tight
and stapled to every post with
heavy staples. All angle and gate
costs must be properly braced
and the entire job completed IN
workmanlike manner. Braces
must be large as line posts and
same kind of material andfOl
Sassafras, Heart Cypress, Split
Post Oak and White Oak have
been approved to be used as line
fence post only. Corner, pull posts
and races must be out OF the
timber listed in the above para
graph.
For cattle proof, four or more
strands of new galvanized barbed
wire must be used. The barbed
wire must not be less than In
gauge, four point spaced not more
than six inches.
For hog proof fences, the oot,
tom part of the fence must be OF
new woven wire with the tor
and bottom wires IL gauge OF
larger. There must be at least
eight line wires, 12h gauge OF
larger. Stay wires must not De
less than 1915 gauge spaced SIX
inches or closer. The height OF the
woven wire must be 80 inches OF
more. For 80 inche woven wire
two or more strands OF new gal
vanized barbed wire must OF
used above and one strand be-
low the woven wire. The barb
ed wire must be 1914 gauge, foui
point spaced not more than siS
inches.
There is an old saying thai I
man never owns his farm unu
he has it fenced. With the above
assistance you actually get q Int
tie more than the wire woulo
cost in building your fences. os
not attempt to carry out TINS prac'
tice until yo have made appilca'
ton in the PIMA office, which |:
located downstairs in the Posi-
Office Building at Lexington