Quick and Effective Method of Fencing off Haystacks

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 81, Issue 3, 15 September 1950, Page 240

Quick and Effective Method of Fencing off Haystacks

By

A. V. ALLO,

Instructor in

Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Tauranga. TN most cases farmers fence stacks to protect them from stock, and the erection or dismantling of fences takes time. A very simple and effective method of fencing stacks is used by Mr. R. Benner, of Pongakawa, in the Te Puke district. Mr. Benner has found that by using home-made hurdles for the purpose considerable . time and energy can be saved. The hurdles are lift, to 16ft. long and were made of 6in. x lin. tawa which was dipped in a mixture of equal portions of tar and creosote. They are 3ft. 6in. high, and have 3 lengthwise boards spaced 6in. apart, the bottom board being 12in. off the ground. Each corner is bolted to two end boards, one of which is 3ft. 6in. high and the other 2ft. 6in. To erect the fence steel standards, to which the hurdles are fastened with wire, are driven into the ground at each end of the hurdles. With an oblong stack a standard is placed between each pair of hurdles, but with a round stack 3 standards suffice. Posts can be used instead of standards if desired. It took 15 minutes to erect the fence shown in the illustrations and dismantling. can be done even more quickly.

It has been shown that this system of fencing off stacks is absolutely cowproof. and the fence can be opened up anywhere when the stack is being fed out. This enables advantage to be taken of the wind. The hurdles can be put to many other uses; they make easily erected docking pens with wire netting lightly stapled on the inside. The practical farmer can easily visualise many advantages in having these hurdles available at any time. They can be made in winter on wet days and they are an asset on any farm.