Tlli: FARM. 



enough to project a quarter to a half inch from the gate; nail a stout board 

 on the previous one, and let it project over about three inches toward the 

 gate, and in line -with the post, so as to make a groove for the gate to 

 stand in. If it is properly shaped the gate will jam in it and remain solid 

 until it is removed back. 



A Clieap Gate. 



This gate, illustrated on preceding page, is designed 

 merely for farm use. Wood and metal or wire 

 are combined in a novel manner in its con- 

 struction. It may be cheaply made by un- 

 skilled labor, and combines lightness with 

 durability. The gate is comijcsed of two 

 wooden uprights, one at the hinge end and 

 the other at the free end, two ' horizontal 

 rails and an oblique brace connecting the 

 rods. An iron brace connects the iipper end 

 of the inner iipright, and is provided with 

 an eye which receives the pintle of upper 

 hinge. Wires are sti-etchod between the up- 

 rights, forming a complete panel. This gate 

 is very light, and at the same time simple 

 and strong. 



FAKCY GATES. — FIG. 1. 



Some Fancy Gates. — For the benefit of 

 such readers as may be contemplating the 

 luxury of a new front yard or garden fence, 

 or, in fact, an ornamental fence of any de- 

 scription, we present on this and the following page four neat and orna- 

 mental designs of cheap, fancy framed gates, which any cai-penter can make, 

 and which may be used appropiiately with almost any style of picket or e\'en 

 M'ith iron fences. These gates are iisually made three feet six or eight inches 

 wide. The space between the posts for an 

 ordinary door yard gate should be three 

 feet ten inches. That is, however, a matter 

 to be decided by convenience, and the use to 

 wliich it is to be put. A wide gate is more 

 convenient than a narrow one, especially 

 where baby carriages and wheelbarrows are 

 much used, and the gate is employed as a 

 common and general entrance and exit by 

 the family for all purposes. 



To Presei-ve Ft'iice Posts. — A cor- 

 respondent at Benton Harbor, Mich., sends 

 us the following statement by Parker Earle 

 (a widely known horticulturist), in the 

 Chicago Times, and requests our opinion of 



his mode for preserving fence posts. In answer, it may bo stated that no 

 single experiment, or no single scries of experiments under like circum- 

 stances, can bo adopted as a rule for unlike conditions. For general appli- 

 cation, we would recommend fust impregnating the whole of the post Avilh 

 crude petroleum as a general preservative, and when drj' apply hot tar to 

 the portiim going into the ground, but none above. The jtetroleum will 

 penetrate the pores, and the tar coatiug will hold it there. The following i.s 



FANCY GATKS. — FIG. 2. 



