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HAY BACKS, ETC. 



one side, are often constructed like one side of the box rack 

 and attached to the walls by stay-laths. Some arrange them 

 so that they can be raised as the manure accumulates ; but 

 there is no need of this if they are made with the bottom 

 boards a foot instead of nine inches wide, and if the manure 

 is cleaned out as often as it should be. 



But a far neater and more convenient wall rack, having 

 troughs also connected with it, was invented by Mr. Virtulan 

 Rich, of Richville, Vermont. * The following cut, from a 

 drawing kindly furnished me by that gentleman, gives an 

 easily understood general view of it : 



WALL BACK AND TEOUGH. 



a, Plank 2 inches thick and 9 inches wide, placed 20 inches from wall («,) to form 

 bottom rail of outside rack. 



b,' Scantling 8 hy 3 inches, forming top rail of ontside rack. 



c, Bottom of trough, being a board placed on floor, or if there is no floor, on 

 ficantljng to raise it sufficiently from ground. 



d, Board five inches wide, to support the board 4 inches wide, which forms 

 bottom of the inside rack (/.) These would be better made of plank. Bottom of 

 inside rack should be 6 inches above bottom of trough. 



e, Outside wall of barn or stable. 



• /, Inside rack hung with hinges to bottom board. It is made by nailing slats l}i 

 inches wide, 3 inches apart, on upper and lower rails, which are about IX by 2 inches 

 In diameter. 



o. Slats to outside rack 7 inches wide and 7 inches apart. 



%, Slanting board, from bottom of inside rack to bottom of trough and forming 

 back side of trough. 



The end-views of the same rack (on next page) render the 

 details of its construction a little more apparent. The left 

 hand cut shows the inside rack (/,) in its place as when filled 

 with hay. In the right hand cut, it is turned up or thrown 



* I have previously, in this volume, named the Messrs. Eich as of Shoreham. 

 This is the name of the t&wn in which they reside, and was until recently the name of 

 their Post-OfSce. The latter is now Kichville. 



