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The Canadian HoRXicuLxuRiST. 

 A HOME-MADE HAND CART. 



EARLY every farmer is possessed of an old, worn-out 

 j buggy or vehicle of some sort from which he can obtain a 

 pair of wheels and an axle. Take the axle (a) to a black- 

 smith and have it cut and welded to measure about 2 ft. 

 between the wheels. Then get two strong oak pieces for 

 handles about 2x3 in. and 5)^ to 6 ft. long, and shave 

 them down into shape (dj. Next get four small iron straps 



(f) with bolt holds at the ends (ej to lay across handles at/ and likewise four 



more to fit directly under axle. Connect these with light, strong bolts, letting 



ends of handles reach about 



twdve inches over axle (g), 



and just wide enough apart 



to admit a milk can between. 



About three inches from the 



ned, at /i, bore two small 



holes and drive in two iron or 



hardwood pegs, leaving about 



an inch out to catch in handles 



of can. Bolt on a crosspiece 



(/) underneath handles put on 



wheels, and your cart is done. 



wheel on the level an ordinary milk can of milk, water, swill or other substance; 



it can be used for wheeling bags of grain, baskets, boxes, etc., by setting on axle 



and crosspiece. In fact, no farmer knows the number of uses to which such a 



cart can be put till he has tried one for awhile on his farm. — Farmers' Advocate. 



Fig. 982. — Home Made Handcakt. 

 With this cart a man can pick up and 



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Wire Fence Without Barbs. — Many thoughtful farmers object to barbed 

 wire, as each year serious accidents to stock result from its use. Where sheep 

 and hogs, however, are pastured, the plain wire needs to be put close together 

 below or the animals will press them apart and crawl through, especially when 



the posts are located from 12 to 16 feet apart. 

 This can be overcome by the plan shown in 

 the sketch. Set the posts 14 feet apart, and 

 put on the usual number of wires. With No. 

 12 wire cut into the proper length, wrap one 

 end around the top wire, then wrap once 

 closely around the next one, and so on until the bottom is reached, placing three 

 of these cross wires \^a) between each post. The manner of doing this is shown 

 more clearly in the sketch above. To keep the wires equally distant, saw 

 notches one inch deep in a hardwood board the distance apart that the wires 

 are attached to the posts ; place these over the wires as near as possible to the 

 point where the connecting wires are to be wound, moving along when the wire 

 is firmly wound in place. — Am. Agri. 



Fig. 983.— Improved Wire Fence. 



