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HAY HACKS, ETC. 



one side, are often constructed like one side of the box rack 

 and attached to the walls by stay-laths. Some arrange them 

 so that they can be raised as the manure accumulates ; but 

 there is no need of this if they are made with the bottom 

 boards a foot instead of nine inches wide, and if the manure 

 is cleaned out as often as it should be. 



But a far neater and more convenient wall rack, having 

 troughs also connected with it, was invented by Mr. Virtulan 

 Rich, of Kichville, Vermont. * The following cut, from a 

 drawing kindly furnished me by that gentleman, gives an 

 easily understood general view of it : 



WALL BACK AND TROUGH. 



a, Plank 2 inches thick and 9 inches wide, placed 20 inches from wall (e,) to form 

 bottom rail of outside rack. 



ft, Scantling 3 by 3 inches, forming top rail of outside rack. 



c, Bottom of trough, being a board placed on floor, or if there is no floor, on 

 scantling to raise it sufficiently from ground. 



d, Board five inches wide, to support the board 4 inches wide, which forms 

 bottom of the inside rack (/.) These would be better made of plank. Bottom of 

 inside rack should be (i inches above bottom of trough. 



e, Outside wall of barn or stable. 



f, Inside rack hung with hinges to bottom board. It is made by nailing slats 1} 

 inches wide, 3 inches apart, on upper and lower rails, which are about 1 1 A by 2 inches 

 in diameter. 



g, Slats to outside rack 7 inches wide and 7 inches apart. 



h, Slanting board, from bottom of inside rack to bottom of trough and forming 

 back side of trough. 



The end-views of the same rack (on next page) render the 

 details of its construction a little more apparent. The left 

 hand cut shows the inside rack (/,) in its place as when filled 

 with hay. In the right hand cut, it is turned up or thrown 



* I have previously, in this volume, named the Messrs. Rich as of Shoreham. 

 This is the name of the town in jvhich they reside, and was until recently the name of 

 their Post-Office. The latter is now Kichville. 



