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TUE GENESEE FARMEK. 



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IMPROVEMENT IN FARM GATES. 



We have been furnished by Mr. Enoch Woolman, the inventor, who resides near 

 Dainascoville, Mahoning county, Ohio, with the accompanying engraving and descrip- 

 tion of his improvement in farm gates. We understand that a number of them have 

 been introduced in the neighborhood where the patentee resides, and that they give 

 good satisfaction. 





"The priocipal improvement consists in its being so constructed tliat a jierson in a carriage or on 

 horseback, can pass tlirough it without alighting. On approaching from either way, the person takes 

 hold of a rope, which hangs over the center of the road, and pulls gently for a short time, and the 

 gate comes open and fastens itself; and then in driving a carriage or wagon through, one of the 

 wheels run? over a trigger fixed on the ground, which unfastens it^ when it inimediatelv shuts and 

 fastens itself again. The only difference in passing a person on horseback is this: In "pulling the 

 rope to open the gate, care must betaken not to pull it far enough to allow it to fasten itself- 

 but by pulling it about two-thirds of the way open, the horseman can easily pas.3 through before it 

 shuts itself again. The machinery by which these movements are performed, is simple, and not liable 

 to get out of repai •, and the whole structure is substantial and durable, and will, no doubt, commend 

 itself to the favorable notice of those for whose convenience it is intended. A model of this gate was 

 presented for examination at the World's Fair in London, and received from the committee a verv 

 favorable notice." 



Nothing adds more to the appearance of a farm, or is of more convenience, than good 

 farm gates ; and while we are not prepared to recommend this gate for the adoption of 

 farmers, we are prepared to say to all, see that you have good gates wherever conve- 

 nience and safety require them. Many will prefer having them made by mechanics, 

 while others can well employ their leisure time in winter in making them ; and if a few 

 more are made than is thought necessary, they will not cojiie amiss. Every farmer 

 should have a few common tools, and a workshop, where he can employ himself usefully 

 on a rainy day. We have known farmers — and so have you, dear reader — who made 

 all kinds of miserable shifts for gates, using bars and many other inconvenient contri- 

 vances, and yet who lounged away enough time every year to furnish each field with a 

 good gate. This, perhaps, is the result more of thoughtlessness than indolence. If no 

 shop and no tools are prepared, a person can easily excuse himself; but when shop and 

 tools are all ready, inviting to work, few men are so indolent as not to accept the invi- 

 tation. Therefore, get a few good tools, and prepare a little workshop, and the work is 

 more than half done. 



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