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A COMBINATION WIRE GATE. 



Gates made wholly of wood are heavy. Since wire has become so cheap, 



it has entered largely into the construction of gates, proving light and seviceable- 



The accompanying sketch of a wire 

 gate was sent us by S. Barrington. 

 The form shown, is one of the bes,t as 

 regards strength, durability and free- 

 dom from swagging. The frame of 

 the gate is wood put together in the 

 usual manner, with a long brace b 

 placed as shown in the sketch, and 

 nailed in position. Holes are bored 

 in the end pieces through which are 

 passed and |irmly secured annealed 

 No. 7 or 8 wire ; seven or eight single 

 strands may be used to each gate. If 



Wmtm*™^tom& #*&»* the gate can be hinged to a building or 

 Pig. 567— A Serviceable Farm Gate. high post, a wire support a can be used 



to prevent sagging. If a few links of chain are attached to one end of the wire 



it may be always kept tight by hooking up another link. 



VARIETIES OF APPLES MOST USEFUL IN N. S. 



In reply to the question, "What varieties of apples are best suited to 

 Yarmouth County," Mr. C E. Brown, our well-known correspondent in 

 Yarmouth, N. S , writes in the last report of the Nova Scotia Fruit Association 

 as follows: — We have now the names of 146 varieties of apples grown in the 

 county, in addition to which there are numerous seedlings and others of recent 

 introduction, not known to the writer. The conditions of soil, temperature, 

 shelter, and sunshine vary greatly in different parts of the county; on the' shore, 

 within the influence of the cool and salt sea breezes and fogs, but few varieties 

 do well. Of these, named in the order of usefulness, Keswick Codlin, Olden- 

 burg, Gravenstein, Wagener, Ontario, Northern Spy, Winter Greening, Easter 

 Pippin, Sweet Bough, Grimes' Golden, Golden Sweet, and Wealthy are best. 

 Inland, most kinds succeed fairly, but Red Astrachan, Major or Andrew's 

 Sweet, Gravenstein, Grimes' Golden, Ontario, Northern Spy, Fall Jennetting, 

 Baldwin, Ben Davis, Gavel Pippin, King, Ribston, Yellow Bellefleur, and 

 Wealthy are the most popular and profitable." Most of these varieties were on 

 exhibition in the Nova Scotia court at the World's Fair, with numerous others. 



