. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . an strength, which has loHg been in use in some places, is to attach a sufficient amountof chain to the oxen at one end and to the post at the other, place a stoutprop between with its top inclining towards the post, and then let the ani-mals draw—(fig. 88.) Sagging Doors. When a new house is built, the doors commonly work well for a time,or in the words of the owner, they shut beautifully. As time elapses,one of them begins to strike the sill at the outer corner; another getsstuck against the lintel ;
. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . an strength, which has loHg been in use in some places, is to attach a sufficient amountof chain to the oxen at one end and to the post at the other, place a stoutprop between with its top inclining towards the post, and then let the ani-mals draw—(fig. 88.) Sagging Doors. When a new house is built, the doors commonly work well for a time,or in the words of the owner, they shut beautifully. As time elapses,one of them begins to strike the sill at the outer corner; another getsstuck against the lintel ; a third strikes the side piece, and a fourth can-not be shut at all. The various slammings, pullings, jerkings, and vain ordifficult efforts to open or shut the door, twist, crack or injure it, derang-ing the knob or lock, and rattle down the adjacent plastering. The car-penter is called in, and by sawing or planing off the painted edge, suc-ceeds in effecting a remedy for the present time. In nearly all such in-stances, either the building has settled out of shape, or the hinges have. ©c^=> =^3^ OF RURAL AFFAIRS. l8l become worn or loosened. When the latter is the case, some times aslight replacement or even screwing up of the hinge will answer the pur-pose. If the iron on which the hinge turns has been worn small, a remedymay be applied in the form of a small washer, which may be a tube of tinor thin sheet-iron slipped over it. If the building has settled, (and a veryslight settling will derange all the doors,) the use of a jack-screw with thinhard wood wedges, may be made to remove all the difficulty. When a door sticks against the base or lintel, the difficulty of openingand shutting may be removed temporarily, by pressing firmly on the doorknob in the direction from the adhering part. For instance if the doorsticks at the top, press downwards—if at the bottom, lift upwards,—andit may be readily opened or as readily shut. Corn-Markers. The Prairie Farmer describes
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