American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . Fig. 1 PUTTING. tnrns over the end ; one end of the wire is bent at rightangles and driven into the stick, a hole being bored ifnecessary. The wire is then laid round in the groove,cut of the length needed, the end bent at an angle of 45degrees, sharpened, and driven in with drawing blows,so as to tighten the wire as much as possible. The endof a slick with a hole in it. as represented, will bear quitea strain before it splits or breaks. Our correspondent. Fig. 3.—wms Arn,iKD to a latch. accompanies this suggestion with a simple latc
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . Fig. 1 PUTTING. tnrns over the end ; one end of the wire is bent at rightangles and driven into the stick, a hole being bored ifnecessary. The wire is then laid round in the groove,cut of the length needed, the end bent at an angle of 45degrees, sharpened, and driven in with drawing blows,so as to tighten the wire as much as possible. The endof a slick with a hole in it. as represented, will bear quitea strain before it splits or breaks. Our correspondent. Fig. 3.—wms Arn,iKD to a latch. accompanies this suggestion with a simple latch, fig. a gate or barn door, the catcli of which is made of aknot—a guarantee against its splitting otT, and a capitalidea of frequent application. The dotted lines in fig. 1show the course of the wire where not really in sight,and tho same may be observed on a small scale in fig. 3. Gag Tar for Paint.—UC. G. F., Ben-nington, Vt. It is used in many places for cheap fencesnot bordering the highway. There is no doubt about itsantiseptic qualities, and it is always cheap near the placeof manufacture. Beauty is not its strong point. Harvesting Field lleans.—Take fiverows at a time. Commence on the middle row; pull upas many hills as can conveniently be held in the hands,and then place the handful, with the roots np, on the pnll the two rows on each side, and place the hand-fuls round the first on the middle row. Pull a few pacesahead of the heap and bring the handfuls back. Thenproceed as
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