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FARM MECHANICS 



fruits and vegetables keep coming along at different 

 times in the summer, but the fall fruit canning may 

 be done at two or three sittings arranged a week or two 



Figure 229. Clothes Line Tightener. This device is made of No. 9 

 wire bent as shown in the illustration. 



Figure 230. Goat Stall. Milch goats are milked on a raised 

 platform. Feed is placed in the manger. The opening in the side 

 of the manger is a stanchion to hold them steady. 



apart and enough fruit packed away in the cellar to 

 last a big family a whole year. Canning machinery is 

 simple and inexpensive. These outfits may be bought 

 from $10 up. Probably a $20 or $25 canner would 



