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of the oldest and simplest ways of being sure that a gate is 

 latched when it closes. Usually the gates of a farm should 

 swing in such a way that they will close by their own weight. 

 Then this latch will hold them. 



A long=handled fruit picking bag may be made at home. 

 A heavy wire may be bent as shown in figure 240. The ends 

 are then thrust into a long, stout 

 bamboo pole. The bag is small. 

 Its chief use is for picking such 

 fruits as apples when out of reach 

 of the picking ladders. Never 

 shake fruit off the trees. 



A pipe wrench may be im- 

 provised by placing a round file 

 (rat-tail file) with the pipe in the 

 jaws of a common wrench, as 

 shown in figure 241. It will serve 

 the purpose if the strain is not 

 very great. 



A garden marker for two rows 

 may be made as shown in figure 

 242. If the soil is light and loose, 

 a horse may not be needed. 



Large fly traps such as that 

 shown in figure 243 are useful in 

 dairy barns, piggeries, and other 

 places where flies are abundant, 

 attractive bait may be placed 



FIG. 243. A home-made fly trap. 



Banana peels or other 

 under the bottom hole. 

 The central cone of screen wire has a half-inch hole at the 

 top through which the flies enter the main trap. When well 

 filled with flies they may be killed with boiling water. They 

 are then removed at a small opening made at the bottom 

 edge by removing a single tack. 



A chick creep for feeding young chickens is shown in 

 figure 244. A space of two inches is left at the bottom by 



