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FIG. 85. RACK AND MANGER. 



vice to prevent this. The rack, which is shown turned up, is 



made of iron old, worn tires are suitable and cheap and 



hinged so that it can be turned up at the front of the manger 



or turned down so as to rest 



on the hay. The bars of the 



rack should be ten inches 



apart, so that the horse can 



easily get his nose through 



to eat. I would recommend 



a slatted floor to the manger, 



and that it be placed a foot 



or eighteen inches above the 



stable floor. The dirt and 



waste will then fall on the 



floor and go out with the 

 soiled bedding. 



Many of our readers, who keep a diary of the weather, 

 would without doubt be glad also to keep a record of the rain- 

 fall. Fig. 86 shows how a cheap rain gauge may 

 be made, which for all practical purposes will be 

 accurate enough. A scale of inches and fractions 

 should be marked on a common two-quart glass 

 fruit jar, a cork fitted into the neck, and a funnel 

 with the top exactly the size of the inside dia- 

 meter of the jar fitted through the cork. It will 

 be best to keep it in a covered box with only the 

 top of the funnel projecting above the cover. It 

 should be placed where there will be no trees or 

 buildings to interfere with the rain-fall. For winter 

 use, when there is danger of freezing, the jar can 

 be protected by dry saw-dust. 



Fig. 87 shows a cheap and convenient land 

 measurer. It may be made of two sections of old wagon bows 

 or of limbs having a natural curve. The' legs A A should be 

 mortised, and the cross piece B should pass through the mortises 

 and be marked with feet and inches, and a thumb-screw inserted in 

 one of the legs to hold it to its place. When you wish to 



FIG. 86. A HOME- 

 MADE RAIN GAUGE. 



