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THE FARMERS HANDBOOK. 



increasing weight to come on the timber. In this way the cut is properly 

 started in the first movement of the saw (Fig. 22). The novice, watching 

 a cut started in this way, will remark on the ease, balance, and surety with 

 which the tool is handled, and no doubt the secret of the successful use of 

 all tools lies just there ; but one way to acquire this command over the 

 implement under discussion is to learn to strike correctly — to allow no 

 weight of the saw, or hardly any, to rest on the timber at first, and to 

 increase it slightly as the saw comes down the first time. flAKAlBfE 



The position in which the operator stands is also of importance. He 

 should stand with the saw in the right hand, leaning over his work, with the 

 armpit in line with the cut that is to be made, so that as the saw is brought 

 up, the handle is brought up into the armpit (Fig. 23). This brings the saw 

 up straight in the cut. The tendency with the beginner is to draw the saw- 

 handle towards himself as he brings his hand up, the result being that the 

 blade not being straight, the cut is a rough one, the work is hard, and the 

 result unsatisfactory. A long steady stroke, with a free movement, is what 

 is required. 



" Let the saw run itself," says the tradesman, and so, too, the man with 

 a little practical experience. 



TOOLS SUITABLE FOR USE ON A FARM. 



The following list of tools has been prepared as an indication of the 

 equipment likely to be most useful on a farm. The prices quoted are a little 

 approximate in some cases, perhaps, but in the total the variation in any 

 retail shop of repute will be very trifling. Fluctuations in market values 

 mu.st, of course, be expected : — 



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