BOTSFORD 
WAGON SPRING 
thorns, it is otherwise entirely different in 
growth, the lateral branches being far more 
abundant and more slender and willowy. I 
am surprised that any one who has seen the 
two should think them identical. 
South Glastonbury, Ot. J. it. hale. 
[We arc disposed to think that the Spring- 
field is a downright acquisition for home use. 
and a variety that will work its way into pop- 
ularity. We have never thought it the same 
as Davison’s, but as we had not raised the Da¬ 
vison for years we were cautious about stat¬ 
ing positively that the two kinds were differ¬ 
ent, in the face of Mr. Lovett’s opinion.— Eds.] 
fastened in one of the rings at the top of the 
crane post, and the chains at the other side 
are fastened to the posts by driving in the 
spikes at the ends of the former. One set of 
these grapple chains is required for each post. 
A heavy chain is attached to the outer ring in 
the crane post. An anchor is made at h t as 
shown in the picture, by driving stakes into 
the ground and placing a log behind them; a 
chain is fastened to this log and to the clevis 
in the back of the leverage beam. It can now 
he readily seen how it is proposed to apply 
the power. As one lever is pulled, one short 
chain pulls on the main chain, while the other 
is loosened and fastened into a higher link on 
the main chain. Thus the hooks on the short 
chains are applied alternately, gaining a few 
links on the main chain at each working of 
the lever, ami slowly raising the timbers into 
position. At Fig. 5 is shown the method em¬ 
ployed in raising a single plate or timber. 
Mr. Smith says that this device was put to 
a very thorough test last year in raising very 
heavy barns. All who have seen it work are 
much pleased with it. No army of men is re¬ 
quired for heavy lifting as iu the old method 
of barn raising. There is no danger—the men 
stand SO feet away from the rising timbers, 
and'no heavy lifting aud straining with pike 
poles. 
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THE SPRINGFIELD THORNLESS RASPBERRY. 
I have tested this for two years. I cannot 
see any difference between it and the old 
Davison Thornless. Its main value lies in its 
earliness, though it is but two days earlier 
than the Tyler or Souhegan. As soon as the 
Tyler or Doolittle and others of their class are 
offered, no one will want the Thornless, as the 
berries are smaller and not so well flavored. 
Most of the producers have abandoned the 
Thornless as unprofitable. Its tendency is not 
to bear much the first year after it is set out. 
It will reproduce itself without much varia¬ 
tion from the seed. I have 30 different seed¬ 
lings that are nearly identical with the origi- 
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BARN RAISING. 
The device shown at Fig. 179 is known ns 
Smith’s Chain and F.overage Power. It is the 
invention of Mr. O. U. Smith, of Cattaraugus 
Co., N. Y., who has just secured a patent for 
it. The picture shows the various parts. 
Those who study it will obtain a clour idea of 
the way in which the power is applied. The 
leverage beam, Fig. S, is a piece of timber 
four feet long, eight inches wide and four 
inches thick, provided at each end with taper¬ 
ing slots, a a, cut into the timber, 4x4 inches 
at the outer end and 2x4 at the inner. Into 
these the two levers, d d, are placed to supply 
the power. At Fig. 1 is shown the operation 
of the machine. The crane post, Fig. 3, is a 
stick of timber IS feet long, eight inches 
square, banded at the top, and a gudgeon and 
two rings are attached. At the ifottom a 
foot-piece is attached, firmly ironed and bolt¬ 
ed. This is placed on the sill, as at Fig. 1. 
The short end of the grapple chaiu, Fig. 4, is 
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