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made narrower, and used for any wall. It is 

 the application that we want to illustrate here. 

 The projecting cap or eave, No. 1, is of itself a 

 good protector ; but if more should become de 

 sirable or necessary, then the sash, No. 2, may 

 be used, and will protect the two front rows. 

 It may be let down as shown at No. 4. If No. 

 3 is used, then we have a protection that can 

 not fail to secure the crop in full maturity. 



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Fig. 148. 



The principle may be extended so as to protect 

 a full Thomery. Where sashes and similar con 

 veniences are not at hand, straw mats, pieces of 

 carpet, or muslin, may be suspended from the 

 cap of the wall or fence. If protectors such 

 as we have described, or something similar, are 

 used in a small way, so as to make their ad van- 



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