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be rounded to two inches and fitted into a hole in the top cross- 

 piece, and the 

 bottom to a 

 hole in a post 

 or piece of tim- 

 ber at the bot- 

 tom. The long 

 braces will keep 



the gate from Fro. 4?. DOUBLE PIVOT GATE. 



sagging. The latch and catch can be made so that the gate can 



be swung either way. 



Fig. 48 illustrates a very convenient form of ladder for 



the orchard. Old wheels can be found on many farms or can 



be bought very cheap at the repair shops, and the cost of fitting 

 up such a ladder would be trifling compared 

 with the benefit derived from it in the orchard. 

 Care must be exercised in making it that it 

 does not extend so high as to overbalance with 

 the weight of a basket of fruit. 



Fig. 49 illustrates a ladder which will be 



FIG. 48. BARROW LADDER. 



found very useful in the orchard. 

 The finer fruit grows at the extrem- 

 ities of the branches, and usually can 

 not be reached by a ladder which must 

 be supported by leaning against the 

 tree, as the branches are not strong Flf} -s"-Trpo*T" 

 enough to support the ladder with the added weight of a man. 



