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square on the end, and a piece of three-quarter-inch round iron 

 driven into the lower end of the stile, and passing through the 

 wooden eye which supports the gate. In such a case the wooden 

 eye need not be more than two and a half inches square, but it 

 should always be made of the very best of timber. Always keep 

 wooden hinges well greased. Never put on tar, because it will 

 soon become hard and wear the hinges more than if nothing were 

 used as a lubricator. This style of gates will correspond well 

 with fences like Figs. 30 and 32. 



251. Fig. 89 represents a very neat board gate, to correspond 



FIG. 89. 



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CARRIAGE-YARD GATE, THRKK FEKT SIX INCHES W.ill. 



with the style offence like Fig. 32. The heel stile is about three 

 by four inches square, and the latch stile two by three square, of 

 oak, or other hard and durable timber. The stay may be mor 

 tised for the slats, or halved on one side, and a ribbon of a cor 

 responding width fitted to the other side and bolted with carriage 

 bolts. The struts are one inch by two, neatly fitted, one on each 

 side of the gate, and bolted with carriage bolts. Carriage bolts 

 are much better than rivets, because they will draw the struts 

 tighter than rivets, and are more easily put in ; and they cost no 

 more, and look much better than rivets ; and in case a gate gets 

 broken it can be readily taken apart, whereas it would be no de 

 sirable job to get out a lot of rivets after they have been firmly 

 put in. The latch plays in a mortise in the latch stile, and is 

 suspended by a little chain near one end. The gate maybe from 

 ten to twelve feet long, with boards one inch thick, and widths 

 and spaces as indicated by the figures in the illustration. The 



