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THE EMIGRANT S HAND-BOOK. 



timber is good for splitting, and not over ten dollars per 

 acre, and where the labor of mauling rails does not ex- 

 ceed seventy-five cents per hundred. 



A sketch of the ditch, rails, fence, scraper, and augers, 

 is given. Augers with sliding cutters are decidedly pref- 

 erable. See plate I, figures 1 to 9. 



A very simple machine for boring posts may be seen 

 by referring to figure 13, plate II. It may be constructed 

 by an ordinary laborer. Between the uprights, the post 

 to be bored is fastened. The auger is changed by raising 

 the piece of scantling which holds down the same, and 

 runs between two pieces of scantling fastened at one end 

 by a hinge of leather or iron, and at the other by a pin. 

 The holes are made to accommodate the wishes of the 

 fence-maker, as to the number and distance of the rails. 

 A 2J inch auger is recommended, as this with two holes 

 will make a mortise five by two and and a half inches. 

 Any ordinary auger will answer, if a crank is affixed to 

 the same. The simplicity and utility of this machine 

 will recommend itself. 



PLATE I. 



Fig. 1. Fence. 

 Fig. 2. Rails sharpened. 

 Fig. 3. Auger with cutters. 

 Fig. 4. Holes bored. 

 Fig. 5. Post, ditch, and embankment. 

 Figs. 6 and 7. Views of the scraper. 

 "Figs. 8 and 9. Views of the plough. 

 Fig. 10. Surface of the ground. 



PLATE II. 



Fig. 10. Cheap wood mill. 



Fig. 11. End view of iron mill. 



Fig. 12. Front view of iron mill. 



Fig. 13. Post-boring machine. 



