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an easy though vigorou8 exercise, _ quite exempt from 

 many of the old-time aches and pains. If the horse is to 

 be used in a wood-house a room having a floor it is 

 well to secure it by screws to the floor ; if out of doors, it 

 may be ballasted with a few bricks or stones, or be fas- 

 tened to a frame. 



LONG SAW-BUCKS. 



In cutting fire-wood from long timber or sawing lum- 

 ber, it is convenient to have a long saw-horse. Two 

 patterns are illustrated herewith. To make the one 

 shown in figure 95, an oak stick averaging half a foot in 



. 95. A LONG SAW-BUCK. 



diameter, was selected from the wood pile, and apiece 

 five foot long cut off. Two one-and-a-half-inch auger 

 holes were bored near each end, not quite opposite each 

 other, to avoid weakening the timber at one point, and 



Fig. 96. A LIGHTER HORSE. 



four strong sticks from the same wood pile were driven 

 in for legs a little under two feet long, and standing 

 well slanting outward. Six one-inch auger holes were 

 bored in the top, and split-out^pegs, eight or ten inches 



