Post by WVsnowflake on Jun 4, 2008 21:18:51 GMT -6
Add value and security to your land by installing a well-built fence.
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You’ve got a piece of land and a dream to keep some livestock, but your place doesn’t have good fences—not yet, anyway. Many types of perimeter fencing are available, and installing a fence is a job you can do yourself.
Fencing can range from about $200 to $1,500 per quarter mile (1,320 feet), but your selection criteria will involve more than just the cost. Your choice should be based on the livestock you want, the terrain of your land, the life span of various fencing options and the amount of effort and tools it will take to build and maintain each type
Fencing options include woven, barbed and high-tensile (both electrified and nonelectric) wire. Electrified poly wire/poly tape is another possibility, but for large livestock it’s only effective for temporary applications within permanently fenced fields. Typical fences are about 5 feet high, though any height is possible—I have a 7-foot-tall electric fence to keep out deer. The approximate material costs that follow are based on information taken from a July 2005 Iowa State University Extension report about livestock fencing (go to www.extension.iastate.edu and search for “fencing costs”).
WOVEN WIRE
www.motherearthnews.com/Modern-Homesteading/2006-02-01/Fencing-for-the-Homestead.aspx
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You’ve got a piece of land and a dream to keep some livestock, but your place doesn’t have good fences—not yet, anyway. Many types of perimeter fencing are available, and installing a fence is a job you can do yourself.
Fencing can range from about $200 to $1,500 per quarter mile (1,320 feet), but your selection criteria will involve more than just the cost. Your choice should be based on the livestock you want, the terrain of your land, the life span of various fencing options and the amount of effort and tools it will take to build and maintain each type
Fencing options include woven, barbed and high-tensile (both electrified and nonelectric) wire. Electrified poly wire/poly tape is another possibility, but for large livestock it’s only effective for temporary applications within permanently fenced fields. Typical fences are about 5 feet high, though any height is possible—I have a 7-foot-tall electric fence to keep out deer. The approximate material costs that follow are based on information taken from a July 2005 Iowa State University Extension report about livestock fencing (go to www.extension.iastate.edu and search for “fencing costs”).
WOVEN WIRE
www.motherearthnews.com/Modern-Homesteading/2006-02-01/Fencing-for-the-Homestead.aspx
That would make a hell of a fence line huh !