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Implements for -putting up Trellis Wires. 



a bevelled shoulder is made with a file across one side, care being taken 

 to have the face of the shoulder concave. 



In using the coupler, place the two wires which are to be joined 

 across each other at nearly right angles, leaving the two ends to pro- 

 ject about three inches from the point of junction, and hold the wires 

 in that position with a strong pair of pincers. Then with the hand 

 bend the upper wire over in the manner indicated in the following 

 engraving. 



Fig. 



Next place the slot of the coupler across the straight wire with the 

 hook up, in such a position as to have the shoulder against the protrud- 

 ing end of the bent wire A, and then by turning the coupler around 

 like a crank, wind the wire to its end around the straight wire. Then 

 reverse the position of the coupler so as to wind the end of the wire 

 B in the opposite direction. When completed the wire will present 

 the appearance indicated in the following engraving. 



Fig. 3. 



By use of this contrivance a neat and strong joint can be made in 

 the trellis wire in a few seconds. 



The next implement which I have found very serviceable is one I con- 

 trived for stretching wire on the trellis. It is made of wood, the frame 

 being about twenty inches long and ten inches wide, and is in form like 

 the engraving on the next page. 



