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warm and sunny, the earth will have absorbed more heat, and consequently the 

 difference in favor of the thermometer on the ground will be more than if the 

 previous day had been cloudy. The difference of the five degrees of heat on the 

 fruit during cold nights, just when the fruit requires it most, is a great advan- 

 tage, causing the fruit to ripen much faster, and the quality to be far better. 



CHAPTER XI. 



How TO Make a Wheelbarrow and Large Box for the Barrow. 



When the fruit is ready to gather, the first thing wanted is a light, first-class 

 wheelbarrow. The ordinary make is about as heavy again as required. They 

 will weigh from 60 to 75 pounds. It will be found that a light wheelbarrow 

 adapted to the work will be a saving of at least one hour each day, which will 

 be equivalent to at least one dollar every ten days. Viewed in this light it will 

 be seen that it is a matter of no small economy to have a barrow adapted to the 

 work. The barrow I am about to describe when finished will only weigh 30 

 pounds. If made as described it will carry three bushels and will last longer 

 than the heavy-made one. The wheelbarrow and tomatoes will weigh 200 

 pounds. If put on the heavy wheelbarrow the man or boy would have to push 

 a load of 40 pounds extra each way, every trip to the field and back. Now if a 

 man could wheel in 60 bushels a day with a 70-pound wheelbarrow, with less 

 expenditure of strength he could wheel on the light wheelbarrow 80 bushels. 



dimensions of thirty-pound wheelbarrow. 



Height of wheel 20 inches 



Width of tire i}( inches 



length of axle, inside measurement 12 inches 



length of handles 4 ft., 9 inches 



Size of handles ij4 by i ^ inches 



Width between handles inside at ends 20 inches 



Bolt a block of hickory wood on lower edge of handle 2 j4 inches deep and 

 set the axle of the wheel in it, i ^ inches below the handles. Three cross bars 

 1/4 hy i}i inches ; the first bar one inch behind wheel ; the second 21 inches 

 behind the first bar, outside measurement ; the other bar in centre. Fill in the 

 bottom between the handles with the best pine lumber slack ^ inch thick and 

 2 1 inches long. Set on dashboard on a square with the bottom, made of half- 

 inch pine and 10 inches high. Legs ij4 inches square and 15 inches long from 

 top of the handles. Make frame of very best second growth hickory or white 

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