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Record #:
3528
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Weston Seegars is president of Seegars Fence Company in Goldsboro, the state's largest fence seller. The company has eight offices throughout the eastern part of the state and installs over one million feet of fence yearly.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 55 Issue 11, Nov 1997, p8, 10-12, por
Record #:
36207
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Wattle fences and wickets were features of historic gardens, but they can be useful to modern tillers of the soil. Traditional wattle fences and wickets were made from willow and beech. However, the author noted honeysuckle and grape vines, as well as pruned limbs and branches, can be utilized. To further encourage usage, she asserted the easy construction of a wattle fence or wicket, as well as their decorative potential.
Record #:
36563
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Traditionally, lands unfenced meant lands were free for anyone, owners and not, to use for hunting, fishing, and grazing. The Civil War, with its attendant population growth and rise of commercial farming, helped to bring about fencing laws and end to open range. Pictured was the type of fence that dotted the Appalachian landscape by the 1890s.