. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. 84 NATURAL HISTORY OP THK FARM. Fig, Dan Beard's famous camp-fire of four pine knots illustrates well the principles of fire making. Each knot is cleft in tapering shav- ings, which, ignited at their tips, gradually 44. Dan Beard's famous fire of four pine i-nnrcoac^ in oivp -ao +ha knots: a. the prejiaration of one of the knots; mCreaSe m SlZe aS tne b, the placing and igniting of them. j-^j^g along them and the heat increases. They are set with thick ends upwar
. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. 84 NATURAL HISTORY OP THK FARM. Fig, Dan Beard's famous camp-fire of four pine knots illustrates well the principles of fire making. Each knot is cleft in tapering shav- ings, which, ignited at their tips, gradually 44. Dan Beard's famous fire of four pine i-nnrcoac^ in oivp -ao +ha knots: a. the prejiaration of one of the knots; mCreaSe m SlZe aS tne b, the placing and igniting of them. j-^j^g along them and the heat increases. They are set with thick ends upward and bases outspread, admitting air freely below. They are leaned against one another, and as they burn, they automatically come closer together. The "top-fire" of the Adirondack woodsmen illustrates excellently a long-keeping fire, that is based on a discriminat- ing knowledge of fuel values. Figure 450, illustrates its con- struction at the start. Two water-logged chunks of hemlock that will not bum out, serve as "andirons" to hold up the sides and insure a con- tinuous air supply (^f'-^T^ from below. A smooth -^ J-'' ^ platform of freshly cut Q^ yellow birch poles is laid upon these. The yellow birch, even when green, has good fire-keeping qualities. Hickory would serve the pur- pose. An ordinary fire is then built upon the top of the birch plat- form by means of kind- pm. 45. a woodsman's long-keeping "top-fire" lino- ci-nA fclnâ /^+o onrl o. beginning; b, well under way and ready for img ana lagOtS ana the rolling on of the side 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 Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1956. Ithaca, N. Y. , The Comstock Publishing Company
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