. Blakelee's industrial cyclopedia, a simple practical guide ... A ready reference and reservoir of useful information. More than two hundred illustrations. ngles.—Where the shingles are to be used upon the prem-ises it is not necessary to bunch them, l)ut they may be piled in the same order,double rows, butts out and thin ends lapped, until wanted. When they are to PREPARING FIRE WOOD. 4I9 be moved by wagon it is better to put them up in bunches of five hundred inches in width counts one shingle, so a shingle eight inches wide is twoshingles ; one six inches wide, a shingle and a ha
. Blakelee's industrial cyclopedia, a simple practical guide ... A ready reference and reservoir of useful information. More than two hundred illustrations. ngles.—Where the shingles are to be used upon the prem-ises it is not necessary to bunch them, l)ut they may be piled in the same order,double rows, butts out and thin ends lapped, until wanted. When they are to PREPARING FIRE WOOD. 4I9 be moved by wagon it is better to put them up in bunches of five hundred inches in width counts one shingle, so a shingle eight inches wide is twoshingles ; one six inches wide, a shingle and a half. To contain five hundredshingles, the bunch frame should be thirty-two inches wide, and there shouldbe thirty-one double courses of shingles. In exact measurement it will lackfour shingles of five hundred, but near enough for all practical purposes. After the shingles have been placed in the frame and the top binder ready tobe put on, a lever should be used to press them down firmly. This can beeasily constructed by use of a long pole and a block for making the pressurewith. Put the binding bar upon the side sticks, then place the block upon the. BUNCH, AS SHINGLES SHOULD BE PACKED. center of the bar, and apply the lever ; while one person presses down, anothershould saw off, split and wedge the side pins, and the work is done. Keep thebutts and edges in line, so that when finished the bunch will appear as repre-sented in the engraving. PREPARING FIRE-WOOD. Wood Sawing- Machines.—Years ago, when the forests were abun-dant and timber land of the least value of any part of the farm to the husband-man, the ax was the best available implement for preparing fire-wood, but atthe present time it should be used only as a minor aid. Time is too valuableand timber too scarce in most sections to make the old system anything butunprofitable. The farmer cannot afford in these days of mechanical aids and substitutes toprepare his fuel by an entire use of muscle, and I commend the pan
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