Fences, Gates & Bridges: A Practical Manual

Martin, George A.

ISBN 10: 0911469087 / ISBN 13: 9780911469080

Edité par Alan C Hood & Company (edition First Edition), 1999

The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. N° de réf. du vendeur 0911469087-7-1-13

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

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

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Fences, Gates & Bridges: A Practical Manual
Éditeur : Alan C Hood & Company (edition First Edition)
Date d'édition : 1999
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Fair
Edition : First Edition.