. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . Fig. 94—DOUBLK HiNGB, FOB Swinging both 280 ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL REGISTER Fig. 97, (preceding page,) represents an excellent and cheap gate-latch, made by bending a half-inch rod of iron into the shape indicated,and fastening it by an iron pin on which it moves at a, Its weight causesit to fall against the post. If bent in the direction of the dotted line,and moving on a pin at b, it will fall more quickly. This latch, if wellmade, will last as long as the gate; and if the gate sags two or threeinc
. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . Fig. 94—DOUBLK HiNGB, FOB Swinging both 280 ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL REGISTER Fig. 97, (preceding page,) represents an excellent and cheap gate-latch, made by bending a half-inch rod of iron into the shape indicated,and fastening it by an iron pin on which it moves at a, Its weight causesit to fall against the post. If bent in the direction of the dotted line,and moving on a pin at b, it will fall more quickly. This latch, if wellmade, will last as long as the gate; and if the gate sags two or threeinches, it is not thrown out of place. A self-shutting gate should always be a self-fastener—otherwise care-less persons will leave it unlatched although closed, to be thrust open byunruly animals, or blown open by wind. CONSTRUCTING THE upper horizontal bar may be tough ash, which preserves itsstraight form; the head-piece sound elm, which is difficult to split; andthe heel-piece may be white oak, on account of its durability. The lattermay be heavy, or three by five inches or even more, that it may be strongand form the ba
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