. Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm. FENCES. 049 other as possible, and the gate should be made light towards its anterior part. Fig. I ! In the figure there are shown five horizontal and two upright bars. The extremities of the horizontal bars are mortised into the two outer upright bars. The diagonal consists of a plank nailed to the one side, and abutting on the upper bar; and on the other side may be nailed an upright brace. The horizontal bars taper from the hinder part of th
. Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm. FENCES. 049 other as possible, and the gate should be made light towards its anterior part. Fig. I ! In the figure there are shown five horizontal and two upright bars. The extremities of the horizontal bars are mortised into the two outer upright bars. The diagonal consists of a plank nailed to the one side, and abutting on the upper bar; and on the other side may be nailed an upright brace. The horizontal bars taper from the hinder part of the gate to the fore part. The length of the gate may be 9 feet, the height over the horizontal bars 3 feet 9 inches, the lower bar standing about six inches from the ground. The posts may consist of wood, and should be well sunk in the ground; and any coarse kind of timber of sufficient strength may be employed; or, what is better, when they can be pro- cured of the proper size, single stones of granite, greenstone, or any of the harder rocks. The band of the hinge should pass through the wood or stone, as shown in the figure, and be fixed by a bolt or screw-nut on the opposite side. The band of the latch and hinge should in like manner pass through the post or stone, and be fixed by a screw-nut. The latch may be of various forms; that shown in the figure is a spring of 2 feet in length, to which at right angles, as is more distinctly seen at c, Fig. 209, is fixed a piece of iron, which passes through the upright bar of the gate. This piece of iron, by means of two joints, acts as a lever when the hand is placed upon it, and withdraws the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Low, David, 1786-1859. London : Longman, [etc. , etc. ]
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