Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1913 — HOW TO MOVE WIRE FENCES [ARTICLE]

HOW TO MOVE WIRE FENCES

Excellent Plan Given for Taking Down Wire and Placing In Bome Other , Location on Fa^m. (By J. E. VAN METRE.) Pull the staples from the bottom wire, and proceed to move it by hitching end of wire to the hind axle of a wagon. If the wire is to be taken across the road or a comer is to be turned, get a large iron pulley and put a large bolt or crowbar through it, driving the bolt or crowbar well into the ground and leaning slightly in the opposite direction from which wire is to be taken. Tie the top of the crowbar to a stake with a chain, wire of rope. With some one to watch the wire a little, a piece a half mile long may be easily and quickly drawn behind the wagon. After drawing the wire to its new location place the bottom wire on the ground as near as possible to the line of fence, as it should be the first one to be tight ened. When there is left only one wire to be moved, begin at the further -end of the fence, and bring the posts along. Have water along to wet the ground around the posts to make them pull easier. *