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POTATO-GROUND MARKER. 



The accompanying illustration represents a gauge-marker, for 

 marking out either potato ground or corn ground. It is drawn 

 by two horses, and makes three marks at one through. The 



three runners are each about four feet long, eight inches wide, 

 and two inches thick. The two outside runners can be moved 

 towards or away from the middle runner, and secured to the 

 slats that extend through all the runners. The slats are four 

 inches wide, of hard wood, and one inch thick. A wooden 

 pin secures them rigidly in the middle runner, and iron pins 

 in the outside runners. A tongue belonging to some light 

 carriage can be used with such a marker. The braces of the 

 tongue are secured to raves bolted to the slats, as shown by 

 the figure. It can be constructed with a seat, or not. On sod 

 ground a seat will be necessary, as the weight should be in- 

 creased in order to make a plain mark. The illustration will 

 show how the handles are to be attached. The gauge-marker 

 has a. small chain attached to the outer end, which should run 



