VI TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



Wells, Pumps, Cisterns and Filters 97-121 



Windlass and Tilting Bucket ; Well-Curb or Staves ; 

 Hemlock for Well-Curbs ; Securing the Well-Bucket ; 

 Curb with a Bucket Shelf ; Covered Well-Curbs ; Im- 

 pure Water in Wells ; Hook for Cleaning Wells ; A 

 Non-Freezing Pump : Agitation of Air in Wells ; Deep- 

 ening Wells ; Digging a Well ; How to Build a Cistern ; 

 Water in the Barnyard ; Wooden Water Pipes ; Filters 

 for Family Use ; Connecting Cisterns ; Build and Dimen- 

 sion of Cisterns ; Cisterns with Filters. 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Appliances for Handling Hay and Com Fodder. 121-143 



Revolving Horse Rake ; Care of Mowing Machines ; 

 Sweep for Gathering Hay ; Hauling Hay or Stalks ; Der- 

 rick for Stacking ; Hay Carrier for Horse Fork ; Hay 

 Barracks ; Supports for Stacks ; Home-Made Hay 

 Press ; Twisting Hay and Straw ; Standard for Corn 

 Shocks ; Ventilator for Stacks ; Bench for Husking ; 

 Corn-Stalk Band ; Convenient Fodder Carrier. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Stump-Pullers, Derricks and Slings 144-154 



Stump-Pullers ; Derricks for Farm Use ; Slings for 

 Hoisting Heavy Objects ; Derrick for a Cellar ; Lever 

 Apparatus for Lifting ; A Home-Made Horse-Power. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Preparing and Handling Fertilizers 154-165 



Hauling Barnyard Manure ; Implement for Fining 

 Manure ; Muck and Peat ; How to Burn Lime ; Value 

 of Gas Lime ; Burning Clay and Sods ; Converting 

 Straw into Manure ; Manure from Marl asd Shells : 

 Making Fertilizer from Bones. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Appliances for the Garden and Orchard - . 165-18 i 



Paper Plant Protector ; Muslin-Covered Plant Screen ; 

 Protected Plant Label ; Poles for Beans and other 

 Climbers ; Potting Strawberry Plants ; Stand for Berry 

 Baskets ; Tube for Watering Plants ; Movable Trellis 

 for Grapes ; Tool for Cutting Edgings ; Substitute for 

 Pea Brush ; Trellis for Tomatoes ; Tools for Killing 

 Weeds ; Various Fruit Pickers ; Frnit Ladders ; Japan- 

 ese Pruning Saw ; Rabbits and Mice in the Orchard ; 

 Implements Used in Cranberry Culture. 



CHAPTER X. 



Appliances for Slaughtering Hogs and Curing the Meat 184-198 



Sticking Hogs ; A Better Way ; Heating the Water 

 for Scalding ; Scalding Tubs and Vats ; Hanging and 

 Cleaning the Hogs ; Packing Pork ; Box for Salting 

 Meats ; Making Sausages ; Smoking the Meat ; Cheap 

 Temporary Smoke-House, 



