. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 468 THE BOOK OF THE FARM WINTER. (1124.) " All ibeic things beini:; roady. the j)olc8 arc jirupared for the difTercnt purposes to whidi they can be converted. The buii-ond of the polo is Hrsi sawed off; 4J feel lengilia make a pair Fig. au. P 0 THE SQU.^KE ST.\rLE STuoL of beads, n, fig. 242 ; 9feet lengths make a pair of slots, b ; 5-feet lengths make a pair of stay-slot4 c: and 3i-feet lengths make a pair of upri
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 468 THE BOOK OF THE FARM WINTER. (1124.) " All ibeic things beini:; roady. the j)olc8 arc jirupared for the difTercnt purposes to whidi they can be converted. The buii-ond of the polo is Hrsi sawed off; 4J feel lengilia make a pair Fig. au. P 0 THE SQU.^KE ST.\rLE STuoL of beads, n, fig. 242 ; 9feet lengths make a pair of slots, b ; 5-feet lengths make a pair of stay-slot4 c: and 3i-feet lengths make a pair of uprights, d. o Fig. Kig. 213. THE HURDLE. (1125.) "The next proceeding is rending the different pieces, which is done at the rending. fraiiDC. fig. 239. The piece is put over the bridge c, with llie butt-end upward. The flamard a, fie. 243âan edge-tool of iron, with a wooden handleâis pfaccd across the pith, and driven down with a wooden baton b. When entered down 1 or 2 feet, the polo is broaght up to bear upon the bridtje. and at the same time on the under side of the lop of the The polo being kejit down by the left hand, while the tlamard is guided by the right, by bending and turning the [lole. the cleavage is performed from end to end with great They next undergo a little chopping or hewing with the hatchet, to cut oil' the knobs on the outside, keeping the inside as sqaare as i) The next operation is shaving off the bark and all irregularities, and giving each mombur of the hurdle its proi)er form. (1126.) '⢠The maker next proceeds to form the hurdle; 4 low stumps are driven into the ground to mark the length, and 4 other to mark the distance between the upper and lower slots ; a pair of heads, one at each end. arc laid down in their 'â ight position, the flat or pith side upward ; the fi slots are then laid at due distances upon the heads, and the latter are xrribed to the size of each slot, to regulate the mortises. The hurd
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