. Biggle horse book : a concise and practical treatise on the horse : adopted to the needs of farmers and others who have a kindly regard for this noble servitor of man. Horses. FIG. I. The most economical troughs are those made from plank. Use//«t'plank two inches thick. The plank must contain no knots or wind shakes, nor large cracks. The excellence of this sort of a trough especially depends upon the way in which it is made. Two drawings will show best and cpiickest the right and the wrong way. Letting one part into another makes the trough tighter, and if let in as shown in Fig. I, and not
. Biggle horse book : a concise and practical treatise on the horse : adopted to the needs of farmers and others who have a kindly regard for this noble servitor of man. Horses. FIG. I. The most economical troughs are those made from plank. Use//«t'plank two inches thick. The plank must contain no knots or wind shakes, nor large cracks. The excellence of this sort of a trough especially depends upon the way in which it is made. Two drawings will show best and cpiickest the right and the wrong way. Letting one part into another makes the trough tighter, and if let in as shown in Fig. I, and not as shown in Fig. 2, the trough will be made much stronger and more durable. The bottom is let into the sides also. Smooth the edges to be let in. Lay them against the plank to be grooved, make a mark close to each edge, and then saw just a little inside of each mark, so the groove is a little narrower than the edge to be fitted in it. Saw a long quarter of an inch deep and then chip out the wood with a chisel, making the groove of the same depth throughout. Paint the groove and edge with thick paint— brown mineral paint is cheapest and best—before they are put together. As Fig. I does not show the end piece let into the bottom, the reader is safe in concluding that the better way is to let the end of the bottom into the end piece. The bolts should be of iron, one-half inch in diameter. With the grooves they will hold the trough well together, and no nails should be used. Such a trough is durable. Bore a hole in the bottom of every trough and fit it with a hard- wood plug. Then the water can be let out of freezing nights. If a stout tarred strinaf is tied to the end of the. FIG. 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 Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia : W. Atkinson
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