[Homestead] [Homestead=trees/fencing

Lynda lurine at com-pair.net
Sat Feb 21 12:45:42 EST 2009


We have miles and miles of them out here and a lot of them are called 
Chinaman fences.  When the Chinese were brought in to help build the 
railways, as they graded for the railway, all the stone was turned into 
fences.  When the work was over and they couldn't get work anywhere, they do 
work 4 food which was building fences.  Whole families would gather the 
stones and build the fences.  You can still see a lot of those fences in 
Sonoma County.

Had I more than one child still at home, I could easily fence this place 
with stone!  We certainly do "grow" far more rock than we do anything else!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 at hotmail.com>
>
> I know of people who use existing stone walls, and repair them as needed. 
> I
> haven't heard of anyone recently building the miles of stone walls like 
> they
> used to for animals. If anyone is, thry probably don't have time to report
> about it on the internet :-)
>
> The Nearings constructed slipform stone/concrete walls that are faster and
> stronger. It takes fewer stones, but you need concrete.
>
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> Tioga Co. PA
>
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