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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



HOME-MADE GRAPE AND BERRY CART. 



VEJIY handy cart for use in vineyards and berry-fields is easily con- 

 structed from the wheels and shaft of a worn-out mowing machine, 

 with the simple addition of a box of proper size and thills, which 

 any one handy with tools can easily construct. The general form 

 and arrangement is shown in the sketch. The box should be six 

 feet in length, at least one foot in height, and rather wide — the 

 width, of course, depending upon the length of the axle. Thills can 

 be of any straight, strong material, and to bring the outer ends together, a two- 

 inch block can be placed between them and the box where they meet at the 

 back end. A strip of board, to which the swingletree is attached, is connected 

 with both thills at the front end of box. 



This is a very handy one-horse rig for hauling fertilizer or other material in 

 the vineyard or berry-field ; also is used in transporting the fruit from field to 



Fig. 938. — Home-made Grape and Berry Cart. 



packing-house or evaporator, and for many other purposes about the place. It 

 costs but little, for if you do not have the wheels and shaft, you can obtain them 

 of some farmer at the price of old iron. 



During winter is a good time to fit up such a rig, and when once made 

 you will put it to many uses not now^ thought of — New York Farmer. 



Device for Early Plants — Those who start early garden or flower plants 

 in the house will do well to consider the plan shown in the accompanying sketch. 



The seeds are planted in a very long and 



narrow box, one end of which is tacked 

 upon the outside so that it may be 

 easily removed. Then with a sharp 

 shingle of the right width, cut the earth 

 between each plant, and beginning at 

 the end lift each one out by sliding the 

 shingle in under each square of earth in succession. In this way the earth will 

 not be disturbed at all, an important point. — American Agriculturist. 



Fig. 939. 



