TO Feb., 1910.] 



Building Hitits for Settlers. 



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hardwood are fixed. The rails, which are secured by wedges, are 2 ft. 

 <i in. apart. To make the track stronger the joints are broken, that is, 

 the joints of the rails on one side do not fall on the same sleeper as the 

 joints of the rails on the other side. Lighter rails may be used for the 



LOADING TRUCK WITH MAIZE. 



portable portion of the track in the paddock so that it can be moved up to 

 the crop as it is taken out in a face; that portion from the paddock to 

 ■the silo could be of a heavier and more permanent nature. The truck 

 -used is 8 ft. long bv ^ ft. 6 in. wide. 



ON THE WAY TO THE SILO. 



These tramways can also be utilized for many other branches of farm 

 work. Similar ones are in operation at Mildura in connexion with the 

 "harvesting of fruit, but the track is of metal and more costly than those 

 xmder review. 



