Crossing a stream or gully is a tough job with
ordinary fences. They're hard to set up, and when
a floor comes with a lot of mud and brush, there's
a fence down. The weight of the flood tears it out,
and in a few hours all your stock may be outside.
With a SURGE fence you can do much better. You can
cross with the regular wire high over the gully or
creek. Another one hanging down as our diagram shows,
weighted but still swinging free, gives you a
stock-holding fence that won't go out in a flood.
When the water comes rushing during a storm, the lower
wire will swing back and forth with obstructions
instead of washing out like ordinary fence. Your
fence will be shorted, sure; but when the water's
down, you'll still have a fence, and your stock will
still be in where they belong. With any arrangement
like this, corner insulators should always be used
at points of tension.
One of the beauties of electric fencing is the ease
of following a contour rise or drop. Use a couple
of higher posts, and an extra piece of wire or two,
and your stock will be held back. Taking a fence up
or down sudden slopes with old style fencing is a
great deal harder and takes more time and expense.
Corner posts on electric fences have to be set a
little better than line posts, but they certainly
won't need the heavy reinforcement that
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ordinary fences take. Gates are made with a single
wire and an insulated handle. You won't find a more
inexpensive gate than that, and it does hold the
stock.
Posts should be spaced about three rods apart. Set
them closed if the ground is rough, or if you're
going to cross a ravine.
Remember, corner insulators should be larger and
heavier because they stand the strain of the wire.
You don't have to use a wire stretcher, but it's a
good idea to stretch the wire so that it doesn't
sag. Don't forget that rust is an insulator. Rusty
wire simply will not do for electric fencing.
It takes a little time and thought to work out an
arrangement like we have shown here. Once such a
set-up is in operation, your trouble is rewarded
a hundred-fold in saved time, money and worry. A
little extra care now means so much more PROFIT in
the seasons to come!
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