Valley of the Upper Wabash, Indiana : With Hints On Its Agricultural Advantages ; Plan of a Dwelling, Estimates of Cultivation, And Notices of Labor-Saving Machines
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An area of 320 acres will cost much more than half the amount required to fence 640 acres. The four sides of a half section are three miles ; the two longest sides being one mile each, and the two shortest a half a mile each. The four sides of a whole section (640 acres) are four 4 50 miles, requiring only one-quarter more fence for double the quantity of land. Twenty rails are allowed to a rod ; this makes a " Virginia" or " worm fence," eight rails high. The eighth rail, called a rider, is el...evated twelve or eighteen inches from the seventh rail, and rests on crotches eight feet long, crossing at each corner of the " worm." Rails of ordinary size, laid in this manner, make a durable and light fence, over and through which no cattle or stock can pass. Estimate for improving 640 acres. Four miles, or 1,280 rods, at 20 rails to the rod, gives 25,600 rails. Adding, for enclosures, cribs, &c, 1,400 rails, total of rails is 27,000, which, at $3 50 per hundred, is - For one log-house, well, and laying up fence For breaking up 600 acres, allowing the remaining 40 for bad spots, enclosures, &c, at $2 25 per acre Allow for contingencies - -;..;- Amount Making not quite $4 per acre cost, including buildings, &c.
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