INDEX. 459 



Windlass, with cut, to load stone with, . . 211 161 



Wheels, gauge, large and small, .... 459 330 



two on one plow, ..... 461 331 



Wire, for fence, ...... 139 117 



sizes of the numbers, with cut, . . . 141 117 



how to unite, with cut, .... 142 118 



Itow to fasten to posts, . . . . 146 119 



how to anneal, ..... 140 117 



causes of failure in wire fence, . . . 136 115 



to bend into loops for fence, with cut, . . 176 138 



how to strain, with strainer, . . . . 154 124 



contraction and dilation of, per foot, . . 154 124 



stay wires, ...... 157 125 



section of wire fence, cut of, . . . 161 127 



Lowell wire fencing, with cut of bale, . . 163 128 



manner of weaving the wires, with cut, . . 166 129 



Walls, stone, with cuts of section, . . . 187 147 



properly and improperly laid, . . . 187 147 



how to lay the stone of, . , . . 188 148 



cobble-stone walls, . . . 191 151 



half wall, . .> . . . .198 156 



built of quarried stone, . . . . 201 156 



why they fall down, .... 187 148 



Hon. A. B. Conger's, ... 203 157 



hoA% to have good, in a house, . . .37 44 



Water lime cellars, ... . . . 13 34 



Work-bench, with cut of, . . 522 367 



