THE FARM HOU'IN... 



71' 



A Useful Barbed-wire Winder. 



The accompanying sketch of a barbed-wire winder (Fig. 11) has been sup- 

 plied by Mr. A. B. Paddison, Perthville. Most farmers have, at some time or 

 other, to face the necessity of detaching barbed-wire from an old fence, and 

 storing it for future use. Under ordinary conditions, the result is a cumber- 

 some, loosely wound mass of wire, difficult to handle, and still more difficult 

 to put to profitable use later. 



Mr. Paddison uses a piece of £-inch piping, about 6 feet long, and costing 

 about Is. This makes a first-class light windlass by heating and bending to 

 the shape shown in the illustration. It is operated by two men, and the man 

 operating the crank carries only about a third of the weight, and has the 

 other hand free to turn the crank. 



By means of such a device wire can be wound almost as tightly as the 

 factory turns it out, and as fast as the men can walk. 



D 



12 inches- 



*-~/o inches---' 



CO — 



B 



A 



B 



26 inches- 



B 



Fig. 11. 



A. Piece of i-inch water-piping, 6 feet long before bending, and about 4 feet long 



after the crank is made. 



B. Empty barbed-wire reel slipped on to pipe. 



C. Strong cord fastening reel to the crank in pipe to prevent the reel turning. 



D. Barbed- wire to be wound up, fastened to reel with small staple. 

 When the reel is filled, cut the cord, take off and slip on another empty reel. 



