TABLE OF CONTENTS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Chapter I.

Virginia Rail Fence; Laying a Rail Fence; Staking and Wiring; A Fence of Stakes and Riders; A Pole Fence; Fences for Soil Liable to Heave; Other Primitive Fences.

Chapter II.

How a Stone Wall Should be Built; Building a Stone Fence; Truck for Moving Stones; Re-inforcing a Stone Wall; A Composite Fence; A Prairie Sod Fence.

Chapter III.

Building Board Fences; Fences for Land Subject to Overflow; A Fence-Board Holder; Re-inforcing a Board Fence.

Chapter IV.

A Good Garden Fence; A Southern Picket Fence; Fences of Split Pickets; Ornamental Picket Fences; Rustic Picket Fences; Light Picket Fences; Hand-made Wire and Picket Fences; Fence of Wire and Pickets.

Chapter V.

Statistics and Forms of Barb Wire; How to Set Barb Wire Fence; Unreeling and Stretching Barb Wire; Wire-Stretchers; Building Wire Fence on Uneven Ground.

Chapter VI.

Combined Wire and Board Fence; A Bracketed Fence; Dog-Proof Fence.

Chapter VII.

The Best Hedge Plants; Planting and Care of Osage Hedges; Hedges for the South; Ornamental Hedges and Screens.

Chapter VIII.

Portable Board Fences; Portable Fences of Poles and Wire; Portable Fences for Windbreaks; Portable Poultry Fences; Portable Folding Fence; Temporary Wire and Iron Fences.

Chapter IX.

Flood Fences; Portable Wire Fence; Watering Place in a Creek.

Chapter X.

Making Fence Posts; A Post Holder; Driving Fence Posts by Hand; To Drive Posts Without Splitting; A Powerful Post Driver; Setting a Gate Post; Live Posts; Mending a Split Post; Hook for Wiring Posts; Drawing Fence Posts; Lifting Posts by Hand; Splicing Fence Posts; Application of Wood Preservatives; Iron Fence Posts.

Chapter XI.

Wooden Gates; A Very Substantial Farm Gate; A Strong and Neat Gate; Light Iron Gates; Self-closing Gates; Gate for a Village Lot; A Chinese Door or Gate Spring; Lifting Gates; Rustic Gates; Balance Gates; Gate for Snowy Weather; West India Farm Gates; Gate Hinges of Wood; Double Gates; Double Latched Gates; Improved Slide Gate; A Combined Hinge and Sliding Gate; Gates of Wood and Wire; A Good and Cheap Farm Gate; An Improved Wire Gate; Taking up the Sag in Gates; Good Gate Latches; Top Hinge of Farm Gate; Gateways in Wire Fence.

Chapter XII.

Iron Wickets; Wooden Wickets; Stiles for Wire Fences.

Chapter XIII.

Fencing Out or Fencing In; Division Fences; Highway Fences; What is a Legal Fence? Railroad Fences.

Chapter XIV.

Strength of Bridges; Braces and Trusses; Abutments, Piers and Railings; Bridges for Gullies; Road Culverts.


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