|
|
Pence Posts, the Importance of Seasoning, etc
An experimental writer upon this subject very sensibly says: " To have a fence that will last we must have good posts, for that is the part that gives out first by rotting off at the surface of the soil. Then the fence has to come down, new posts be set, and the boards replaced. Sixteen years ago I experimented with fences, and find seasoned oak posts, oiled and then tarred with boiling coal tar, last the longest. I took green posts that were sawed 5 inches square at one end and 2 by 5 inches at the other, and 7 feet long. I tarred half as many as would build my fence, and the other half I put into the ground green with nothing-done to them. In 5 years after, the tarred posts were nothing but a shell under the ground, all the inside being decayed. Some of the other posts were rotted off, and some were about half rotten. Two years after, I built another fence, with seasoned oak posts, same size as the first, giving
|
|
|
|
|
|
