410 THE BEGINNER IN POULTRY 



Every one who has farm antecedents or who is situ- 

 ated on the farm, will doubtless be glad to learn that 

 there is a cast-iron mortar with concrete pestle, designed 

 for crushing crockery, brittle bones, etc., — I saw 

 this priced at three dollars ; the size, as given, was nine 

 inches square on the floor and a foot deep, the pestle 

 handle being four feet long, so that the user could stand 

 while working. 



A wire stretcher, with steel grips, is another of the 

 handy tools which the poultryman, who has much wire 

 fencing to put up, can scarcely afford to be without. 

 There is also a special kind of pliers for staple 

 pulling. 



