230 THE YOUNG FARMER'S MANUAL. 



important implement in fence building. It should be made very 

 light, so that one will not dread to move it when necessary. 



FIG. 98. 



TOOL-RACK. 



A is a piece of scantling, two inches square and two feet long ; 

 Z> is a light board, one foot wide and two feet long, screwed to 

 the sills ; c c are standards, round, two feet long and one inch in 

 diameter ; D D are guard-pins, one foot long and one inch in 

 diameter, for keeping the tools, as they stand on the platform &, 

 from falling on the ground. On this platform should be kept the 

 shovel and spade, the auger and spud, the crowbar and spoon, 

 and the rammer, and then no time will be spent in picking them 

 out of the mud ; and it should be borne in mind, that this little 

 light bench is not strong enough to be used as a heavy saw 

 bench. 



THE POST-HOLE AUGER. 



A Post-hole Auger here we view, 

 Without a pod, or worm, or screw. 



See AUGERS, Par. 588. 



311. Fig. 99 is an illustration of a dirt auger, which is a 

 very useful tool in digging ordinary holes for fence ; and when 

 the stones are all so small that they will pass between the 

 lips, a workman can bore a hole three times quicker than he 

 can dig it with other tools. When the ground is very wet, 

 one can make a hole three feet deep in less than five minutes, 

 should the auger not hit any stone. When there are many 

 stones, they must be taken out by hand. But few men know 

 how to use such an auger. Many will insist upon having a large 

 screw on the end, to draw it into the ground ; but such a thing 



