354 



THE FARMERS* CABINET. 



VOL. I. 



the horse to draw by. The shafts are parallel 

 with each otiior, and connected together by 



A Shaft Board, 5 feet 7 inches long-, 6 

 inches wide, and 3-4 of an inch thick, with 

 double tennons on each end passed through 

 the slKifts. The hind or posterior edge of tlie 

 shaft- board is 2 ieet from the circle on the 

 shafts, so as to premit the teeth to turn behind 

 it. 



Two Handles, each 4 1-2 feet long, 3 .5-8 

 by 1 1-8 inches at one end, and 2 by 1 1-8 

 inches at the other end. The large ends are 

 cut semi-circular, to fit the rounds on the 

 head ; and 2 iron straps, each 15 inches long, 

 3-4 of an inch wide, and 1-8 of an inch thick, 

 bent in the middle to lit the other part of the 

 rounds, and the ends bolted to the edges of 

 the handles, form collars or circles for the 

 head to turn in. The corners are taken olf 

 1-4 of an inch at each side, and the handles 

 framed together parallel with each other by 



Two Rounds, each 1 1-8 inches diameter, 

 one of them 2 feet 7 inches long, and the other 

 2 feet 3 inches long ; the parts that go through 

 the handles are reduced to an inch diameter. 

 The centre of the long round is 2 feet from 

 the circle on the large ends ot the handles, 

 and the centres of the two rounds are two ieet 

 asunder. The ends of the long round 

 receive 



Two Press-Rods, each 2 by 1 inch at one 

 end, and 1 inch square at the oiher end, and 

 2 feet 9 inches long ; and have holes, each 1 

 inch diameter, bored at right angles across 

 them, 5 inches fi-om the large ends. The rods 

 turn on the round, and are kept near the han- 

 dles by small pins passed through the round. 

 The small ends are guarded by thin flat-headed 

 nails covering them, and press against 4 iron 

 dogs, 2 on each side of the head ; a dog on 

 each side of the head is confined by a bolt and 

 nut; the bolt passes through the rake head, 

 and through oblong holes in the dogs, each, 

 1 1-2 by 1-2 an inch ; the oblong holes serve 

 to adjust the dogs to the small ends of the 

 press-rods ; each dog is about 5 inches long, 

 1 inch wide, and 1-2 an inch thick; the hole 

 near one end, and the other bent up at right 

 angles about 1-2 an inch for the press-rods to 

 force against when the handles are raised at 

 the small ends ; the head is cut away on 

 one side, so as to sink the top of the turned 

 up part of the dogs to a line with the upper 

 side of the rake head ; these dogs are imme- 

 diately at liic outside of the handles. 



Two Standards of the hold-fast, each 1 foot 

 long, 2 by 1 1-8 inches at one end, and 1 1-8 

 inches square at the other end ; they are con- 

 nected together, about 4 inches from the large 

 ends, by a round, passing through from one 

 edge to the other ; the out edges ot the stand- 

 ards are 9 inches asunder, and parallel with 

 each other ; the small ends are made into parts 



of circles, 1 1-8 inches diameter, and turn on 

 tiie long round between the handles; 2 straps 

 of iron, each 7 or 8 inches long, 3-4 of an inch 

 wide and 1-8 of an inch thick, bent in the 

 middle, and the ends bolted to the sides of the 

 standards, form (with the circular ends of the 

 standards) collars or circles, 1 1-8 inches diam- 

 eter, to turn on the long round between the 

 handles ; the large ends of the standards are 

 kept over the two middle hind or posterior 

 teeth, by small staples driven into the round at 

 the out edges of the straps ; or circular grooves 

 may be formed in the round, 1 inch diameter, 

 and collars or circles of a corresponding di- 

 ameter, formed to turn in them. 



A Round ior the standards is 9 inches long, 

 1 1-4 inches diameter, with 1 1-8 inches in 

 the middle reduced to 1 1-8 inches diiimeter, 

 and the ends that go through the standards 

 reduced to 3-4 of an inch diaareter, or the size 

 of the holes in the standards. 



An Ari7i, 3 feet 7 inches long, 1 1-8 inches 

 square, has one end cut into the part of a circle 

 to fit on the middle of the round of the hold- 

 fast, and a strap of iron 7 or 8 inches long, 3-4 

 of an inch wide, and 1-8 of inch thick, bent 

 in the middle, to part of the same circle : fits 

 on the other part of the round, and when the 

 ends of the strap are bolted to opposite sides 

 of the arm, the strap and end of the arm form 

 a collar or circle, 1 1-8 inches diameter, to 

 turn on the middle of the round of the hold- 

 fast ; the other end of the arm is connected 

 by a similar strap to the middle of the hind or 

 posterior edge of the shaft-board ; the strap 

 and end of the arm embraces a portion of the 

 shaft board ; this portion is formed'by making a 

 mortice 1-2 an inch wide and 1 1-8 inches 

 long, leaving 1-2 an inch between the mortice 

 and the edge of the board ; the corners of this 

 portion next to the mortice are taken oW, 

 leaving a part of it semi-circular ; 2 small 

 screws, each 1 1-2 inches long, passed into 

 the edge of the board at the ends of the mor- 

 tice, serve to strengthen this portion; the end 

 of the arm may be 1 inch from the middle of 

 the strap, and it and the eiige of the shaft-board 

 may be straight ; the space between the arm 

 and .shaft-board allows a little motion in the 

 shafts, without moving the large ends of the 

 standards of the hold-fast when in operation ; 

 the handles are braced by a rod of iron about 

 3 feet long, 1-4 of an inch diameter, bent in 

 the middle, and riveted to the middle of the 

 long round, and the ends riveted to the handles 

 between the rounds ; each of the small straps 

 may be of the same dimensions ; the bolts for 

 the dogs, handles, and shafts, may each be 

 about 3-8 of an inch square or diameter, with 

 a head on one end, and a screw and nut on the 

 other, and of sufficient length to pass through 

 the objects intended, including the nut, but no 

 more ; the bolts for the standards and arm 



