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be fastened down, so that it cannot tip up without raising the 

 forward wheels of the wagon. Hitch the chain around the 

 stone, and raise it as high as the top of the platform, and then 

 let a board be slid under the stone, with the two ends resting 

 on the sills of the platform. The stone can then be rolled 

 forward on the platform, and another raised in the same manner. 



211. The windlass should be about three inches in diameter, 

 of good timber, and about thirty inches above the sills of the 

 platform. The sticks for turning the windlass should be at 

 least four feet in length, and if the timber be very tough, 

 one inch in diameter is large enough for ordinary purposes. 

 The ends of the sills should extend beyond the cross-piece 

 about eighteen inches, as shown by the figure. A small chain 

 is best, although a rope would subserve a good purpose, for 

 winding up on the windlass. 



212. For loading stone on a wagon, which will weigh from 

 four hundred pounds to a ton or more, a set of sheers and 

 tackles, Fig. 74, is about as convenient and efficient as anything 



FIG. 74. 



GIX FOR LOADING LOGS AND CTONE. 



in the line of cheap implements which can be made use of. 

 Almost every farmer often sees the need of such an apparatus 

 for many purposes besides loading stone. It hardly needs a 

 description ; but, to aid the beginner, we will give the chief 



