AN IMPROVED WIRE GATE.
barb wire gateFig. 239.—Improved Wire Gate.
Fig. 239.—Improved Wire Gate.
Fig. 239.—Improved Wire Gate.
Figure 239shows an improved form of wire farm gate, in which the wires can be made tight at pleasure. Instead of attaching the wires to both of the end standards of the gate, a sliding standard is put onnear the end, to which the wires are fastened. This is secured to the main standard by two long screw bolts, leaving a space between the two of five or six inches. The wires are tightened by turning up the nuts.
barb wire gateFig. 240.—Gate Of Wood And Wire.
Fig. 240.—Gate Of Wood And Wire.
Fig. 240.—Gate Of Wood And Wire.
A plainer but very effective gate is shown infigure 240. The uprights are three and one-quarter by two inches, the horizontals twelve or thirteen feet long, by three and a half by two inches, all of pine. The horizontals are mortised into the uprights, the bolts of the hinges strengthening the joints. The barbed wires prevent animals from reaching over and through the gate. To put in and tighten the wires, bore a three-eighth inch hole in the upright, pass the wires through, one or two inches projecting, plug up tightly with a wooden pin, and bend down the ends of the wire. Measure the distance to the other upright, and cut the wire two inches longer. Pass the wire through the whole and tighten with pincers. When the wire is stretched, plug up with a wooden pin, and then bend down the wire. If the wire stretches, it can be tightened very easily.
barb wire added to gateFig. 241.—Barbed Wire In A Gate.
Fig. 241.—Barbed Wire In A Gate.
Fig. 241.—Barbed Wire In A Gate.
Figure 241represents a light gate, that a child can handle, which does not sag or get out of repair, and is cattle proof. The materials are two boards, twelve or fourteen feet long, three uprights, the end-piece threeand one-half feet and the center four and one-half feet, two strands of barbed wire, one between the boards, and the other at the top of the uprights. It is hung the same as the common form of gate.