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THE pIPE IS NOTCHED IN SUCH MANNEfR A$ TO FORM CLEATS ON WHICH THE 
FENCE IS HUNG. IN THE FALL THE FENCE In HUN'  ON THE POSTS WITH 
TN E 3OTTOM OF THE FENCE A FEW INCHES FROM THE GROUND, AND CURING 
THE WINTER, AS THE DRIFTS rZISE TO THE TOP OF THE FENCE, THE FENCE 
IS R AISED TO HIGHER NOTCHES ON THE POSTS. THE PICKET WIRE WOVEN 
TYPE OF SNOW FENCE COSTS ABOUT 9 CENTS PER LINEAR FOOT AND ASOUT 
S CENTS PER FOOT TO SET UP AND D I SMANTLE. A CARLOAD MQUALS.,AIOUT 
10,000 FEET. FIGUr"E 6 IS A VIEW OF THE HEAVIER OR RAILROAD TYPE 
OF SNOW FENCE, SET O3LIQUELY TO THE ROAC BUT PERPENDICULARLY TO 
 
D|1-ECTION OF THE WIND. THE VIEW WAS TAKEN ON A WYOMING FEDERAL 
 
E P;rO)JECT HAS 6,400 FEET OF THE FENCE WITH THE 
NT PARTICIPATING IN ITS COST. THE FENCE WAS CON- 
OCT PANELS AND COST 88 CENTS MER LINEAR FOOT. 
TENDING IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE PRE- 
E FENCE WAS PLACED PARALLEL TO THE ROAD AND .1.00 
A IT. THE PANELS WERE ARf)ANG3ED TO ALLOW ONE FOOT 
rWEEN THEM. WITH TNE ROAD EXTENDING MORE WITH THE 
HE PANELS WEiE SET IN WING FO MATION, THE INDIVI- 
LIQUELY TO THE ROAD OUT SQUARE WITH THE WIND 
FEET APART. THE WING IN THE PICTURE IS MADE UP 
D IS SET AT NEARLY A RIGHT ANGLE TO THE ROAD. 
RUC OR SR;USH COUNTRY, OR FOREST- WITH EITHER 
ANDIN! TREES, SNOW DRIFTING DOES NOT OCCUR. THE 
D 5RUSH APPEAR TO 3REAK THE WIND SWEEP BEFO E IT 
ED, AND DRIFTING 18 PREVENTED. OVER THE UPPER 
 
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