[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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