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step-ladders are usually made. A three-legged ladder 

 will stand almost anywhere it is put, whereas a four- 

 legged ladder will stand firmly, hardly anywhere in the 

 field. For tall trees a light ladder made in the ordinary 

 fashion is better than a step-ladder. This can be 

 leaned against the branches on the outside of the 

 tree. 



A low wagon with the trucks arranged to turn 

 shortly is very desirable in handling all sorts of fruit 

 in the field. It is valuable in the strawberry field and 

 indispensable in the orchard. The low trucks ad- 

 vertised in agricultural papers are specially suited 

 to this sort of work. A good substitute made from 

 the trucks of an abandoned horse power is shown in 

 Fig. 9. Another way of making up a handy wagon 

 for handling fruit is shown in Fig. 10. Any handy 

 man about the farm can readily arrange something 

 of this sort. I have seen an old-fashioned stone-boat 

 used to great advantage in hauling in apple barrels 

 from the orchard. 



riG. 10— 'ORCHARD WAGON MADE ON ORDINARY WAGON 

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