Ry. Randolph's fencing chain weighs 1/2 lb per foot, & is 3.f.3 I. from the ground
Farm Book, page 70
by Thomas Jefferson
by Thomas Jefferson
Fences.
1773.
1772.
Park-paling, every other pale high, the tall pales to have 5. nails, the low
ones 4. nails is worth but 30/ the 100. yds, out
& out. calculated by Skip Harris.
a man will cut & nail 300. chesnut rails a day
thro' the year?
1815. July.
1.
of the chain inclosing the semi oval level in
front of the house 182. f. weighs 90 lb
Roads continued from
page 69.
1811.
May.
I think the road from the Pierhead up the river side, about 60. or 70. yards
which is now finished, has cost about 100. D. it took
22. lbs of powder, about 14. days work of 2. men
& 2. boys blowingcall them 42. days
repair of augers, about 90. days work of common laborers last year,
& about 15. days work, of common
labourers now.
1812.
Sep.
in making the Carlton path on the high mountain, thro' the woods & exceedingly
steep, Wormley &
Ned. did about 50. yds a day. 4
f. wide. which is 25. yds
apiece.
1824. Feb.
10.
& in making a horse path on the 3d. Roundabout & North side where
it is very steep Wormly did 60. yds a
day thro' the wood lands.