DEVICES,. APPI^IANCES AND CONTRIVANCES. 4 II 



KIG. lOI — A DITCH CLEANER. 



are necessary. To strengthen the plow and make 

 it more substantial, braces of iron could be put in, 

 extending from the middle cross-beam to each runner, 



as in a sleigh. In 



construdling new 



canals it has no 



C »- < Crr::r^j:Zi. ».4-u^ -^^-t^^ - ! r4. ' A equal, considering 



the expense of 

 making. There is 

 no patent on the idea. Some 6x8 good oak timbers 

 will make a better ditcher than an old tree. 



A Tandem Hitcher. — A useful device for work- 

 ing two horses tandem in a ditch is shown in Fig. 102. 

 It is made by attaching two pulleys for inch rope to 

 opposite ends of a double-thick singletree. Two one- 

 inch ropes, each about ten feet long, are used with 

 an ordinary single- 

 tree hook on each 



end of the ropes. 



Fasten one end of 



each rope, A A, 



to the trace-eyes of 



the rear horse, and 



to the front end of 



each rope, B B, to 



the trace-eyes of 



the lead horse. As 



shown in the illustration, a knot, C C, is made in 



each rope a little in front of the pulleys, to prevent the 



rear horse from coming too close to the lead horse. 



A Water-Gate.— Of all the flood-gates, patented 

 or otherwise, there is but one that is worth building. 



FIG. 102 — A GARDEN HITCHER. 



