Fig. 240.—Gate Of Wood And Wire.
A plainer but very effective gate is shown in [figure 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.
Fig. 241.—Barbed Wire In A Gate.
[Figure 241] represents 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 three and 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.
TAKING UP THE SAG IN GATES.
Fig. 242.—Remedy For A Sagging Gate.
Various means have been devised for overcoming the sagging of gates. In [figure 242] the hinge-post of the gate-frame extends somewhat above the upper bar of the gate. A board is fastened to the top of this post, a, which runs downward to b, near the middle of the upper cross-bar, and then connects with a short double band—one on each side of the long board—which is provided with a bolt fitting into notches, c, cut in the under side of the upper bar of the gate. The form of the double-latch piece, with its bolts, and its attachment to the board is shown at d.
