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THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



of the reel should be made of hard wood, and for the stakes 



there is none that I am familiar with so good as the osage 



orange. 



In many localities a water gap may be made as shown in 



Fig. 82. All the timbers used should be strong and of durable 



timber. The end of 

 the poles resting in 

 the bed of the stream 

 must be weighted 

 down with stone. If 

 it is desirable to fill 

 up the bed of the 

 creek, brush and 



FIG. 82. ANOTHER WATER-GAP. Straw placed On the 



poles will stop the sediment and soon make a dam that will 

 stop the wash. In suitable locations there is no better way 

 of fencing across a stream. 



Some of our flowering plants are weak in the stem and re- 

 quire support, or they are easily beaten down by 

 the rain. A cheap and tasty support for such 

 plants may be made of heavy wire, as shown in 

 Fig. 83. A similar one, made strong enough 

 to support a coffee boiler, would be very con- 

 venient for picnic parties when getting up a 



FIG. 83.-A WIRE 

 dinner m the WOOds. STAND OR SUPPORT. 



In topping out a stack, the distance is often too great for 

 one to pitch from a wagon the last material 

 needed, and one can *not well stand on a 

 common ladder and take hay or sheaves on 

 a fork and pass them up to the one finishing 

 the stack. Fig. 84 shows how a platform 

 may be arranged on which the middle man 

 can stand and work with ease and safety. 



There are many horses who have the bad 

 habit of throwing the hay or fodder out of 



FIG. SI-STACKING STAGE. the manger) either under their f eet or else 



over the front of the manger. Fig. 85 shows a simple de- 



