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soon cool the furnace. 1 prefer this to any of the high-priced 



steamers or cookers I have ever seen. 



Fig. 33 shows a simple three-horse evener, which can be 



made by any blacksmith. While ordinarily the single horse 



hitched to the upper part will 



want twice the length of shank 



that the two hitched below will, 



it would be well to have several 



holes, so as to vary it to suit a 



light or heavy horse. Fl - ^.- 



Fig. 34 shows a simple device for measuring land. It is a 



wheel sixteen and one-half feet in circumference, so that each 



revolution will make a rod. The rim can be spaced off into feet, 



so as to measure fractions of a rod. One spoke should be painted 



a different color from the rest, or can 

 have a white or red strip of cloth tied 

 around it, so as to make no mistakes 

 in counting the revolutions. Mine was 

 made from an old spinning wheel; 

 but an old buggy hub can easily be 

 provided with long spokes and a light 



FIG. :M. LAND MEASURER. 



rim, and will answer for the purpose. By holding the handle, 

 it can be trundled in front of the operator and the revolutions 

 counted, and a field measured almost as accurately as by two 

 men carrying a chain. 



It is often desirable to tether a horse or 

 cow in order to save grass that is not protected 

 by a fence, so that the animal can be turned on 

 it, and to do this safely requires a good tether- 

 pin with swivel, as shown in Fig. 35. By the 

 use of such a pin and a chain instead of a rope, 

 the animal may be tethered with perfect safety, 

 as it is impossible to wind up the chain on 

 the pin. 



Fig. 36 on page 416, shows a rack for hang- 

 ing a beef. The cross-piece should be square at FIG. aa- 

 the ends and fitted to the front uprights so that they can not 



