Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1908 — Anchoring Down Wire Fence. [ARTICLE]

Anchoring Down Wire Fence.

We notice that many farmers who use woven wire fencing have them staked down by crls-croßslng small stakes over the bottom wire In order to prevent hogs creeping and forcing their way under and Into adjacent fields where they are not wanted. We use a better method. Between each post we dig down 18 Inches and place a loop of heavy galvanized wire and Into each hole sink a small Btone or piece of old casting and cover deeply. Then withg our foot we hold the fencing tight to tho ground surface and with the pliers twist the ends of the buried wire about the bottom fence wire. This makes an anchor that lhsts as long as the fence lasts and Is not rotting off or being lifted with the frosts every winter, as stakes do. If the fence posts are exceptionally far apart two or three of'these anchors may be placed betweenjeach nost