Interviewer: What ah kinds of fences did you have? Speaker: Log fences. We had all log fences. Interviewer: Were there any different kinds around there? Speaker: Oh, well cedars, big cedar logs and s-- big logs and, take it to (inc), put them on the fences.

Interviewer: You said rail fences. Did- would you use that name for any fence that's made out of- of wood? Speaker: Ah, well, out of wood, yes, or- that was, ah, that was- they used rail- rail fences or a log fence before we ever got wire. Interviewer: Mm-hm.

Interviewer: What's the difference between a rail fence and a log fence? Speaker: Well, the- the log is the- is just the- the whole tree put down and they just took and put them up, ah- it took, ah, three logs to make a- a row, one on top of the other and- Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Crosses between them. ... Yeah, the log fence was just, ah, built, ah, in one straight row and when they- they come to the- the end they put the- the next panel up past the other, a foot, you-see, and through and across where- and put them on- one on top of the other of the logs.

Interviewer: Through and across. Speaker: Yeah. Went across, yeah. Interviewer: I see. Speaker: Oh yes, there was some big log fences.

Speaker: You can string around the- the- drive in pickets and string it around quick. Interviewer: Not nearly as much hard work as the- (laughs) Speaker: No. Interviewer: As the log. Speaker: Uh-huh. Interviewer: The rail fences. Speaker: No. The log fences, mind you, when they- c-- counted the time from the (inc) to the bush and cut these along cedars, lugged them out as horses and rolled them into place but you had a fence for, well, that you never needed to go back to for years and years.

Speaker: The long rails. Interviewer: Whole- ah, they- they hadn't been split. They had- they were made out of a complete log that they just laid in a zig-zag fashion. Speaker: Mm-hm. Interviewer: This. Speaker: Well that was what we called a log fence. Interviewer: Oh it would be a log fence. Speaker: Yes. Interviewer: If it- if the wood hadn't been split. Speaker: Mm-hm.

Interviewer: It's rails if it's split. Speaker: Rails, mm-hm. Interviewer: Logs if it isn't. Speaker: (inc) Interviewer: Yeah. If it's complete wood that hasn't been split it would be a log fence. Speaker: Mm-hm. That's right. That's right, mm-hm.

They stay up far better- you take a rail that's pretty light, and when they're crooked like that, they're kind-of bound. M-- the- the- the- they stand the wind before they go down. A straight log fence, if there were anything you'd have to have put pickets in. Or the logs would blow off.

Speaker: And now we're- we were talking about fences. But when our old log fences got done, we started putting up barbed wire. And barbed wire is no good for sheep. And we had to do away with our sheep. They'd go through that barbed wire and behind them there was wool. So we- oh yes, we had sheep here for quite a few years. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: When we had log fences we were alright. But when we got- the old logs got done and we started to put up barbed wire, it was no good for sheep. Great for cattle. They won't touch it.

Interviewer: Was your um, farm entirely fenced? Speaker: Yes, it was. Uh, the farms- Interviewer: What kind of fences? Speaker: Were, were- Interviewer: Sorry. Speaker: Oh, they were log fences, a lot of log fences. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Any other kinds? Speaker: And um, we had some wire fences.

... our farm was a corner lot that was roads on both sides, and we had wire fencing and on the left, but then um ah the other was split um poles, and they called it railed-fence. Some of them were log fences, too. Interviewer: Yes, I've seen those. Ah, were there any other kinds of fences?

Well ah- while I'd be busy in the garden or-something, one day she took Kira for a walk. And they w-- we had log fences along and ah sh-- they went down the laneway and aunt-Melissa get tired and so she said to Kira, "Well we just sit in the fence here," so they sat on the log fence and Ernest; he was down across on the other property.