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FARM APPLIANCES. 



ure 164 shows frame of back end (A, figure 167), a being 

 a piece of two-by-four, four feet long; Z>, #, two uprights, 

 one-by-four, six feet long ; c, a two-by-four, three feet 

 long ; d, a one-by-four, three feet long ; they are firmly 



Fig. 163. THE BARS, OR WATS. 



nailed together as shown, the upper edge of c, being half 

 way up from bottom. Figure 165 is the same as figure 

 164, except the lower piece a is only three feet long. The 

 five converging pieces are of some springy wood. They 

 are attached by screws, three to the upper cross-pieces 

 and two to the middle one, and prevent the hay going 

 too fast out of the rack. Figure 166 shows a " follower" 

 (/", figure 164), a being two-by-four, twelve inches long, 

 b, two-by-four, twenty-six inches long, framed or halved 

 on a ; c is a brace of one-inch board ; d, d, two pieces of 

 board, the lower one eight inches wide, six inches long, 



Fig. 164. 



Fig. 165. 



the upper twelve inches wide, sixteen inches long ; they 

 are firmly attached to I by nails and screws as shown, 

 and the brace c is then nailed in place. The " twister " 

 is made of seven-sixteenths round iron, nine inches long 



