Story: Farm fencing All images & media From page 1 – Reasons for fencing on farms Musical fence Fenced laneway Benefits of fencing waterways Fence needing repair Fence strainers From page 2 – Early fencing methods Post-and-rail fence, Wairarapa (1st of 3) Timber fence, Chatham Islands (2nd of 3) Bog pine fence (3rd of 3) Building a sod wall Stone walls Hedges and gates Boundary hut, Grampian Hills Station From page 3 – Wire fencing Fencing wire advertisement, 1866 Stone fence post, Central Otago Wire strainer Increases in fenced area, 1851–81 (1st of 2) Fenced area, 1851–87 (2nd of 2) Barbed wire From page 4 – Types of wire fence North Island wire fence Impact of cattle Concrete and steel fence Hurunui rabbit fence From page 5 – High-tensile and electric fencing Making fencing wire Home-grown posts Portable electric fence Break-feeding Deer farming From page 6 – Yards Sheep yards The drafting race Old cattle-loading ramp Modern cattle yards Plan of deer yards (1st of 2) Deer in yards (2nd of 2) From page 7 – Gates and other barriers Wooden gates, Canterbury (1st of 6) Straightening a gate (2nd of 6) Taranaki gate (3rd of 6) Standard commercially-made gate catch (4th of 6) Chain-and-slot type catch (5th of 6) Chain-and-slot type catch (6th of 6) Plaque for boundary dogs Cattle stop
