American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . Fig. 1.—SKID AND HOOK. the felloe. Into this bight the end of a skid isplaced. This U notched so that when the logis drawn up it will roll over the top of the hauling short distances one pair of wheelsanswers best. The but end of the log is, ofcourse, put upon the axle, aud the wheels arecramped with regard to the skid, so that whenthe log rolls up it will not roll off the wheel onwhich the skid rests, without bearing upon theother wheel, and thus being let dowu upon theaxle without a fall, and without the wh
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . Fig. 1.—SKID AND HOOK. the felloe. Into this bight the end of a skid isplaced. This U notched so that when the logis drawn up it will roll over the top of the hauling short distances one pair of wheelsanswers best. The but end of the log is, ofcourse, put upon the axle, aud the wheels arecramped with regard to the skid, so that whenthe log rolls up it will not roll off the wheel onwhich the skid rests, without bearing upon theother wheel, and thus being let dowu upon theaxle without a fall, and without the wheels aud skid are in position, if achain or rope is attached to the axle, and passed under and over the log, a pair of horses or cat-tle will quickly roll it up. In hauling long dis-tances a wagon should be used, in loading whichtwo skids are needed, and it is usually best to take. Fig. 2.—ARRANGEMENT FOR LOADING HEAVY LOGS. off one hind wheel. The diagram which ac-companies this, shows about the relations oflog, skid, and pair of wheels; the dotted linesindicating the position of the log as it is hauledup. The tongue of the cart should be made fastto a stump, crowbar, or something of the mechanical contrivances like this willoften save a great deal of hard work. Almostevery farmer has his peculiar methods of lighten-ing or expediting work, aud it should be apleasure to commimicate them to the others. Storing Potatoes for Winter. It is often a matter of very great pecuniaryimportance for a farmer to be able to keep hispotato crop until spring. Many made veryhandsome sums by pursuing this course, thepast season. Potatoes were bought last fall forfifty cents a bushel, aud those in good orderwere sold very generally iu spring for two dol-lars. As long as the custom of early marketingprevails so generally, the man who cultivatesthe new seedlings and st
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