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of the track. The wire-rope is made of three wire 

 clothes-lines twisted together. When in use, the upper 

 end of the cord is attached to the rope which carries the 

 fork. It is thus carried up with the loaded fork, and 

 brings it back by gravitation when empty. 



HAY BARRACKS. 



Figure 155 shows barracks constructed by setting four 

 posts, of chestnut, or white oak, twenty or twenty-five 

 feet long, straight, partly squared to eight inches 

 through, either three feet in the ground or upon sills. 

 If upon sills, these are hewed upon one side and at the 



Fig. 155. BARRACK WITH BOARD ROOF. 



ends, where they are halved together. In doing this, it 

 is well to pin the ends with two inch oak tree-nails, 

 which should stand up three or four inches above the 

 sills when in place. Then when the posts are set at the 

 corners, the pins will enter holes bored in the center of 

 each post, and hold them in position. They will last as 

 long as the posts and sills. For a temporary purpose, 



