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the center, making two pieces eighteen inches long. 

 Made journal boxes out of these and fastened them 

 firmly to the lower side of shaft fiame. The three 

 two-by-four pieces I used for crossbars, cutting a 

 tenon on the end of each an inch deep, two and three- 

 fourths inches long; then I bored six three-eighths- 

 inch holes through same pieces, also through shafts, 

 bolting them firmly together. Then nailed short pieces 

 across the shafts in diagonal position about a foot long, 

 making them very rigid. The rod that ran through 

 the center of rollers was too short for the shafts. Had 



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a blacksmith weld three inches on the same. When this 

 was done, connected shafts and rollers, which worked 

 admirably. Fixed a seat on same and then went to 

 work. — [B. S. Rembaugh, Missouri. 



Stone Boat and Vine Support. — A New York state 

 gardener sends drawing of a stone boat, which proved 

 handy when the land was to be cleared off after plow- 

 ing and harrowing. It is as simple as possible, the 

 runners being made of sticks with a natural bend. A 



