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step-ladders are usually made. A three-legged ladder 

 will stand almost anywhere it is put, whereas a four- 

 legged ladder will stand firmly, hardly anywhere in the 

 field. For tall trees a light ladder made in the ordinary 

 fashion is better than a step-ladder. This can be 

 leaned against the branches on the outside of the 

 tree. 



A low wagon with the trucks arranged to turn 

 shorth' is ver>' desirable in handling all sorts of fruit 

 in the field. It is valuable in the strawberry field and 

 indispensable in the orchard. The low trucks ad- 

 vertised in agricultural papers are specially suited 

 to this sort of work. A good substitute made from 

 the trucks of an abandoned horse power is shown in 

 Fig. 9. Another way of making up a handy wagon 

 for handling fruit is shown in Fig. 10. Any handy 

 man about the farm can readily arrange something 

 of this sort. I have seen an old-fashioned stone-boat 

 used to great advantage in hauling in apple barrels 

 from the orchard. 



FIG. 10 — 'OKCHAKD WAGON MADE U.N OKUINAKY WAGON 

 TRUCKS 



