Fences, Gates and Bridges: A Practical Manual
A PRACTICAL MANUAL.
EDITED BY
GEORGE A. MARTIN.
THREE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.
NEW YORK:
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,
1892.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1887, by the O. JUDD CO., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
It is authoritatively stated that the building and maintenance of the farm fences in the United States have cost more than the construction of the farm buildings. Be this as it may, while large numbers of works have been written upon rural architecture we believe this is the first publication specially devoted to Fences, Gates and Bridges. It aims to be a practical work, showing the “evolution” of the fence from the road barrier of logs, brush or sods to the latest improved forms of barbed wire. The numerous illustrations are mainly representations of fences, gates, etc., in actual use. The chapter on fence law is necessarily condensed. The various judicial decisions upon the subject alone would fill a large volume.
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PREFATORY
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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.
HOW A STONE WALL SHOULD BE BUILT.
BUILDING A STONE FENCE.
TRUCK FOR MOVING STONES.
REINFORCING A STONE WALL.
A COMPOSITE FENCE.
A PRAIRIE SOD FENCE.
BUILDING BOARD FENCES.
FENCES FOR LAND SUBJECT TO OVERFLOW.
A FENCE BOARD HOLDER.
REINFORCING A BOARD FENCE.
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.
STEEL FENCE STAPLES.
HOW TO SET BARB WIRE FENCE.
UNREELING AND STRETCHING BARB WIRE.
WIRE STRETCHERS.
SPLICING BARB WIRES.
BUILDING WIRE FENCES ON UNEVEN GROUND.
COMBINED WIRE AND BOARD FENCE.
A BRACKETED FENCE.
DOG-PROOF FENCES.
THE BEST HEDGE PLANTS.
PLANTING AND CARE OF OSAGE HEDGES.
HEDGES FOR THE SOUTH.
ORNAMENTAL HEDGES AND SCREENS.
PORTABLE BOARD FENCES.
PORTABLE FENCES OF POLES OR WIRE.
PORTABLE FENCES FOR WINDBREAKS.
PORTABLE POULTRY FENCES.
PORTABLE FOLDING FENCE.
TEMPORARY WIRE AND IRON FENCES.
FLOOD FENCES.
PORTABLE TIDE FENCE.
WATERING PLACE IN A CREEK.
MAKING FENCE POSTS.
A POST HOLDER.
DRIVING FENCE POSTS BY HAND.
TO DRIVE POSTS WITHOUT SPLITTING.
A POWERFUL POST DRIVER.
SETTING A GATE POST.
FENCE POSTS FOR WET LANDS.
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.
WOODEN GATES.
A VERY SUBSTANTIAL FARM GATE.
A STRONG AND NEAT GATE.
LIGHT IRON GATES.
SELF-CLOSING GATES.
GATE FOR 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.
IRON WICKETS.
WOODEN WICKETS.
STILES FOR WIRE-FENCES.
FENCING OUT OR FENCING IN.
DIVISION FENCES.
HIGHWAY FENCES.
WHAT IS A LEGAL FENCE?
RAILROAD FENCES.
STRENGTH OF BRIDGES.
BRACES AND TRUSSES.
ABUTMENTS, PIERS AND RAILINGS.
BRIDGES FOR GULLIES.
ORNAMENTAL BRIDGES.
ROAD CULVERTS.
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