Fences, Gates & Bridges: A Practical Manual, 1st Edition - Couverture souple

Martin, George

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0911469087 ISBN 13 : 9780911469080

Editeur : Alan C Hood & Company, 1999

Synopsis

"The author, George A. Martin, knows his subject, not only fence building but the farm and its requirements. He knows the stock: the unconfinable pig, the dexterous cow. He knows his materials, especially wood. I count twenty-one species of tree in the text, each especially suited for a particular application. He knows the value of work well done, done to last, and he aims to give value himself, in authorship as in the building of simple necessary structures."
from the Foreword by Castle Freeman

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

FENCES, GATES AND BRIDGES. OIIAPTEU I. RAIL AND OTHER PR"DUTIVE ""OOD FENCEa. VIRGI~[A RAIL FE~CE. The zigzag rail fcnce was almost nniYcrsally adopt-ed by the settlers in the heavily timbered portions of the countn', 8,11d COllll tlcss thollsallds 01 miles of it still exist, though the increasing scarcity of timber has brought other styles of fencing largely into use. Propcrly built, of good material, on a clear, solid bed, kcpt free from bnshes 3,nd other growth to shade it and cause it to rot, the rail fence is as cheap as alJy, and a.s cffcctivcand durable n5 can reasonably be desired. Good chestnut, oak, cedar, or juniper rails, or original growth heart pine, ",-ill last froUl fifty to a hundred ycurs, so thnt material of this sort, once ill hand, 'will serve on() or two generations. This fence, ten rails high, and propped with two ralls at each corner, requires twelve ra.ils to the panel. If tho fence bed is' five foet, wide, and the rails arc ol~veD

Table of Contents

TABLE OF COX'rBNTS --; CUAPl'Elt I; RaU and of her Primitive Fences _~'-_ ____ : _ • _ •• ___ _ _ 7 17; V1~ln1a Rall Fence; Lallng a Hail Fence; Staking; nnd ~ iling; A Fence of Stages and Riders; A Pole; Fonce; F cnccs lor Soil Liable to Reae; Other Primitive; Fenccs ; CHAl"TER II; Stone 4nd Sod Fcllces-_____ ______________ _; How a Stone Wall Should 00 BuUt; Building a St,one; Fence i Tl'lck for rtfo,oilJg StoneH; He-juforciog a Stone; Wall; A Composite Fcnce; A PtaIne Sod Fence; CHAPTER IlL; 1~ 23; Doard Fences _ ________________ _ ___ ___ • __ • ___ - --- -- --- ---- 24- 30; ~unillng Board FeuC!es: FeDC!e3 for Land Subjoot to; Overflow; a Fence-Bqardl101der ; Re-inforelllg a UO~el; l·once; CHAPTER IV_; Picket Fences _ ___ _ • __ _ __ ___ _ __ __ ____ _____ 81- 42; A Oood Garden Fence; A Southern Picket Fence i; It'ence8 of Spli

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Fences, Gates, and Bridges: A Practical Manual

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.

This little work, the first and only one of its character, is given to the public in the confident hope that it will prove specially useful to farmers and village residents.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Alan C Hood & Company
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0911469087
• ISBN 13: 9780911469080
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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