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managed along progressive factory methods. In a 

 good dairy stable hay, straw, grains and other feeds 

 are manufactured into high-priced cream and butter. 

 Farming pays in proportion to the amount of work . 

 intelligently applied to this manner of increasing val- 



Figure 102. Wire Stretcher. A small block and tackle will 

 stretch a single barb-wire tight enough for a fence. By using two 

 wire snatches the ends of two wires may be strained together for 

 splicing. 



Figure 103. Block and Tackle. The rope is threaded into two 

 double blocks. There is a safety stop that holds the load at any 

 height. 



ues. It is difficult to make a profit growing and selling 

 grain. Grain may sell for more than the labor and 

 seed, but it takes so much vitality from the land that 

 depreciation of capital often is greater than the margin 

 of apparent profit. When grains are grown and fed to 

 live-stock on the farm, business methods demand better 



