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The Rural Voice, 2003-10, Page 40II 11 III III QUALITY • REPUTATION HONESTY • VALUE CSA UL APPROVED HEA�M CANADA'S #1 SELLING STAINLESS STEEL FURNACE OUT000R GREEN ALLEY 1-800-261-0531 36 THE RURAL VOICE lifted out in the fall and put back in the next spring. The cement post holes worked really well and were used for many years. Dad probably should have patented the idea. Woven or page wire was used by more prosperous farmers. It was quite expensive but made a really good looking fence that stood up well over many years. This kind of cross -cross wire fence was about four feet high and since the openings were only about four inches by twelve inches it was the best fence for sheep pasture. Sheep had a way of getting through the old single wire fence and over the rail fence. Dad built a woven wire fence along the roadside of our farm and along one side of our lawn since this was the part of our farm most people would see. Barb -wire fences were not kind to horses. They like rubbing along fences and the sharp barbs would cause nasty scratches. Work horses often pastured with the milk cows and didn't bother the fences too much. They were either too slow or too tired. Riding horses and young colts were a much different story. Board fences were the kindest and best for them. The downfall of board fences was their high initial cost and their short life unless they were painted. Painting board fences is costly and very labour intensive. We did not have any board fences since Dad only had two old work horses and neither one had enough ambition to jump a fence. Almost every farmer had one cow or steer whose motto was that the grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence. This animal took extreme delight in being out either on the road or in a grain field. Sometimes he or she wandered over to visit the neighbour's herd. This animal always knew the most inconvenient time to escape, usually it went missing when Dad was busy seeding or haying on Saturday when we were getting ready to go to town. The whole family would be involved in getting the wayward beast home again. Sometimes an animal would find its way into the freezer because it escaped one too many times. With the use of feedlots and more cash crop farming many fences have disappeared. In retirement years as Dad drove around the countryside he always pointed to good fences as a sign of a good farmer.0 DURRER' S GENERAL CONTRACTING Experience, Reliability, Efficiency Working for you! 54' wide x 160' long Gilt Born * Agricultural * Residential * Commercial * Repairs * Renovations KEN DURRER MILDMAY ALLAN DURRER PHONE: 519-367-5225 FAX: 519-367-5966 II 11 III III QUALITY • REPUTATION HONESTY • VALUE CSA UL APPROVED HEA�M CANADA'S #1 SELLING STAINLESS STEEL FURNACE OUT000R GREEN ALLEY 1-800-261-0531 36 THE RURAL VOICE lifted out in the fall and put back in the next spring. The cement post holes worked really well and were used for many years. Dad probably should have patented the idea. Woven or page wire was used by more prosperous farmers. It was quite expensive but made a really good looking fence that stood up well over many years. This kind of cross -cross wire fence was about four feet high and since the openings were only about four inches by twelve inches it was the best fence for sheep pasture. Sheep had a way of getting through the old single wire fence and over the rail fence. Dad built a woven wire fence along the roadside of our farm and along one side of our lawn since this was the part of our farm most people would see. Barb -wire fences were not kind to horses. They like rubbing along fences and the sharp barbs would cause nasty scratches. Work horses often pastured with the milk cows and didn't bother the fences too much. They were either too slow or too tired. Riding horses and young colts were a much different story. Board fences were the kindest and best for them. The downfall of board fences was their high initial cost and their short life unless they were painted. Painting board fences is costly and very labour intensive. We did not have any board fences since Dad only had two old work horses and neither one had enough ambition to jump a fence. Almost every farmer had one cow or steer whose motto was that the grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence. This animal took extreme delight in being out either on the road or in a grain field. Sometimes he or she wandered over to visit the neighbour's herd. This animal always knew the most inconvenient time to escape, usually it went missing when Dad was busy seeding or haying on Saturday when we were getting ready to go to town. The whole family would be involved in getting the wayward beast home again. Sometimes an animal would find its way into the freezer because it escaped one too many times. With the use of feedlots and more cash crop farming many fences have disappeared. In retirement years as Dad drove around the countryside he always pointed to good fences as a sign of a good farmer.0