"One more little item and we will have finished with
the runs. If the pen is a single one and you do not like
to go to the expense of putting up a solid division at the
bottom, take care that the netting is well pegged down,
the pegs being as close as a foot to each other. This is a
simple matter. Get some i-in. thick wood, point one end,
and drive a wire nail in about an inch from the other end
with half an inch or so to act as a hook; put tar on the
pointed end, place the wood through the bottom run of
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the netting, and drive the post home until the nail is at
least level with the ground.
"Did I tell you of what to make the divisions? No?
Well, almost anything will do. Mine are of galvanised
iron sheeting, for the simple reason that I was able, many
years ago, to pick up a lot at a cheaper rate than wood.
