A CHEAP FENCE.

Franklin Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 38, 3 April 1933, Page 6

A CHEAP FENCE.

I NO STAPLES OR WIRE

USE!* BY WALTON SETTLER. Mr G. Given, senr.. of Walton, in conversation with ;i Record reporter, slated that farmers who had access to tea-tree could save pounds in fencing by using- only tea-tree stakes and wire, netting. No staples or wire wore required, the cost of these being saved. The stakes should be about four feet six inches in length, with a fork about 18 inches from the bottom. The top of the stake should also be split and an old nail inserted to keep the split open. After pointing the end below the fork to ensure easy driving inio the ground, Ihe stake was ready for use. After the slakes had been driven into position and the netting run out, the netting was caught in the fork at the bottom and then pulled up tight and looped over ihe splil in the top. Thus held the netting remained firmly in position without the use of a staple or any wire.

Such fencing was very cheap and was quite suitable for cutting off breaks of turnips or other fodder crops, and was also quite strong enough for temporary yards. He had used big lengths of this cheap fence for years, and had found it remarkably efficient.

An old sail \v;is yarning to a group l of interested listeners down on the waterfront at Auckland the other afternoon about 'lang syne.' Said he as he filled his pipe. "There was no smart terbaeconists' shops in them days in our 'Queen City.' If you wanted baccy you had to go to one of the general stores what sold everything from a needle to an anchor. Plug it was. Black powerful strong, too. We coves used to smoke it 'cause we couldn't get nothing better. Nowadays you can buy prime 'cut-up' at any terbaeconists. My fancy is for Xew Zealand —Gut Plug No. 10. Full flavoured. I never sampled a terbacoa fit to compare with it. They tell mc it's toasted, and that's what .nets the nicotine out of if. It's that pure you can sniok' 1 a bale of it and take no harm." This ancient mariner's fancy for Gut Plug No. 10 is shared by thousands " f old smokers. But there arc three oilier brands equally popular—Navy Cu! No. 3, Cavendish, I and Riverhead Gold, all toasted.