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cutting of holes in the ice should be done'* ca/etiill^L ''T^e tt&k irjg yV'.ice 

 from the pond is not necessarily injurious, after the first hole is cut, as in 

 sawing the ice, there is little or no jar and little or no concussion as a con- 

 sequence, and this looses its force where there is open water. 



WAVES ON PONDS. 



Where ponds lie exposed to the action of the wind, waves of consider- 

 able size and force are frequently formed, even on ponds containing only 

 two or three acres, and on larger sheets of water the waves are propor- 

 tionately large. If left to work their own way they wash the banks, and 

 unless the banks are exceptionally strong there is a possibility of a leak 

 being sprung, when you are not thinking of it. 



A simple and inexpensive protection against the action of the waves 

 is made of poles, from 4 to 7 inches in diameter at the butt. These poles 

 are trimmed of the branches and laid on the water next the embankments, 

 the top of one pole being withed or bolted to the butt of another, until the 

 poles extend along the entire line of embankments, then stakes are driven 

 just beyond the poles to prevent their being carried out in the pond. The 

 action of the waves is then on the poles instead of on the embankments. 



