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large quantity of manure more than a wheelbarrow. 

 While it is being filled, it is placed on a stand called 

 a "chargeoir" (see fig. 14). This is a tripod, made 

 of wood or iron, having two upright posts or horns, 

 one at each end of the platform. This is at a con- 

 venient height from the ground, so that there is no 



FIG. 13. WICKER MANURE FIG. 14. SHOWING MAN ABOUT TO 



BASKET WITH STRAPS. CARRY A BASKET CHARGED WITH 



MANURE FROM STAND. 



necessity for a man to stoop or rise when he wishes 

 to take the laden basket on his shoulders. He simply 

 places his back to the basket, arranges the straps over 

 his shoulders, and marches off to the spot where 

 the manure is wanted. To march steadily and quickly 

 in an alley, about a foot wide, between rows of frames, 

 with a couple of hundredweights of manure on the 

 back, necessitates a good deal of skill which can 

 only be acquired by practice. Having reached his 



