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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 



graver has forgotten to show this little hook, 

 or did not see it. 



That buggy, of which you can see only the 

 back end. is so neat and clean that it made 

 one think of silk dresses and Sunday, almost 

 instinctively. The buggy is large enough 

 to hold friend Terry's whole family, or al- 

 most anv whole family : but for all that, it is 

 a one-horse buggy. I didn't have to wonder 

 vf/w the horse (if you will pardon the ex- 

 pression) was ^■ery long, for pretty soon we 

 found Mr. Terrv with two immense horses, 

 either one of which would take that buggy 

 anvwhere, whether said family occupied it 

 or not. The horses were hitched to what I 

 should call an enormous great stout wagon. 

 I looked at the wagon, and then I looked at 

 the horses, and 1 concluded they were all in 

 keeping with each other. Pretty soon it 

 occurred to me thai one of the (pieer things 

 about friend Terry and his horses is. that 

 he never feeds them any grain — simply 

 hay, and nothing else (unless, as some of his 

 neighbors say, it is not hay, it is just dried 



window in the west end (right end in picture) below, 

 east end up stairs, and ouo in the back side in the 

 stairway, so it gives light both above and below. 

 The floor above, of matched flooring, covers all but 

 the two west bents; these are open clear up to the 

 roof, as I will explain further on. The room up 

 stairs is very bandy for storing- odds and ends, and 

 our little folks think it just an A 1 skating-rink. 



We used 12-foot posts, and made roof ^J pitch. 

 The door-fasteuiufis. shown in picture, are very 

 neat and cheap. I would call particular attention 

 to the irons for keepinji' the do(ns open, which are 

 [ shown on doors that are open. They are simple '^«- 

 iron rods, with an eye in the upper end, with a sta- 

 ]>le throug-h it. At the lower end they are sharp, 

 and a piece of iron one inch by two and '^ thick is 

 shrunk on to keep them from going- into the ground 

 too far. When not in use theyare laid up in a little 

 hook inside of door. Tiiey will save doors by keep- 

 ing them from slamming, and you will never have 

 to hunt for a stick when you are in a hurry. All 

 doors are fastened on the inside but one, which has 

 a latch and lock. The lower floor is of dirt, or 



TOOL-lIOL>l-: r.KLOXGIXCi ' 



grass,!. Mr. Terry does not dispute with 

 them, for he has his own notions about how 

 grass ought to be dried, and his notions 

 seem to agree well with the notions of the 

 horses, for they were as pretty a team of 

 heavy work-horses as I think I have ever 

 looked on. Well, perhaps I liave said 

 enough now, and so I will let Mr. Terry de- 

 scribe the tool-house himself. If I am not 

 mistaken, there will be more tool-houses 

 built like it. somewhere where (iLEAXixos 

 goes. 



DKSCIUFTION OF TOOI.-HOl'Si;. 



The entire front is composed of doors, so as to 

 nuike it as easy as possible to get tools in and out. 

 The building- is boarded up and down with 12-inch 

 barn-boards, and tightly battened. The doors are 

 made of matched flooring. Each door-post is set on 

 a large stone going down into the ground some 

 11 feet, and a one-inch iron dowel put in |)ost and 

 stone, so they can not get out of place. The rest of 

 the building- is underpinned tightly, except under 

 the doors, of course. It has a neat cornice, water- 

 conductors, and three coats of paint. There is a 



ro T. ]?. tp:krv, of hi'dsox, o. 



I g-ravel, raised .iust enough so water will never run 

 ' in, but not enough so but that you can easily get 

 j any tool in or out. 1 like a dirt floor best, as it is so 

 easy to get tools in or out. Si.x inches gentle rise, 

 sloping back some ten feet, is ample. The first pair 

 of doors to the left are nearly 12 feet wide, so they 

 will take in a low-down twine-binder, horse-rake, 

 etc. 

 The next four pairs of doors arc nearly 8 feet 

 I each, anil the west pair nearly 12 feet. Opposite 

 the latter are two doors in the rear, so wc can di-ivc 

 1 in a load of hay or grain temporarily, and drive 

 j right out the other side. Also, wc can leave binder, 

 I manure-spreader, or mowing-maciiine in there over 

 I night, when in use (by putting- wagons on barn 

 floor), and not take time to put up in its place. For 

 this reason no floor was put on over this end. The 

 i west doors are full height of building. The next 

 I pair are about half way between these and the 

 others, as >()u will notice. Tluy are for top car- 

 riages. 



At the rear of this deiiartment is a cupboard for 

 carriage harnesses, where they can t)e kept nice 

 and clean. The building is 2:2X5(), and will just hold 



