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length, use a number of boxes of less length 

 rather than one or two boxes of longer size. 

 This, however, is merely a matter of conven- 

 ience ; the shorter the boxes the more easily are 

 tliey handled, and if one makes them both wide 

 and deep, much of the weight occasioned by 

 these generous dimensions is overcome by re- 

 ducing the length. Obtain boards fourteen 

 inches wide, other boards twelve inches wide, 

 and all of them of inch stuff. The fourteen- 

 inch boards are used as bottoms, and the 

 twelve-inch boards are used for the sides and 

 ends. It requires no mathematician to figure 

 that, by employing such lumber, the task re- 

 solves itself into sawing the boards to proper 

 lengths and nailing them together. By secur- 

 ing the sides and ends on top of the bottom 

 boards, it will readily be seen that the inside 

 dimensions are a foot wide and a foot deep. 

 In order to secure the boxes and prevent their 

 pulling apart — for nails soon work loose — ^make 

 liberal use of small angle-irons. These are fas- 

 tened on the outside, for, when round-headed 

 screws are used, they prove ornamental as well 

 as useful. Occasionally one may use thin iron 

 bands instead, but these, while more difficult to 

 adjust, seldom prove as satisfactory as the 



