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  2. FOR THE MAN UPON THE LAND.

    From the "Prairie Farmer" we reproduce two sketches of ladders for use in picking fruits. Any man or lad on the farm who is handy with hammer, nails, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 272 words
  3. PLOUGHING FIVE-MILE FURROWS.

    It gives one a vision of farming on the hugest scale to see nine five-mule teams move down the long rows of a 9000-acre field, turning three furrows apiece of the ...

    Article : 348 words
  4. GUESS WORK ON THE FARM.

    We wish to say to the farm boys (says an exchange) don't got into the guessing habit. While there may be times when there is some advantage in being a good ...

    Article : 210 words
  5. A SWINGING HAY DERRICK.

    The accompanying design illustrates a hay derrick for use with the horse fork in the field. Its construction is described as follows:—The base of frame is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 430 words
  6. WATER SUPPLY FOR PIGS AND POULTRY.

    A constant supply of water can be maintained for (hogs, sheep, or poultry by devising a plan similar to the one illustrated herewith. All that is needed is a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 140 words
  7. THE CULTIVATION OF THE POTATO.

    While potatoes do not demand an extremely rich soil they want a soil of peculiar characteristic ; and when the potato gets a fair chance in a soil to its ...

    Article : 810 words
  8. PRIMITIVE FARM IMPLEMENTS.

    Lieutenant Colonel Hill James, who made a tandem trip through the Basque Provinces in 1891, says : " The small proprietors and peasants are a most ...

    Article : 201 words
  9. FARMER'S LETTER BOX ON WIRE.

    Several devices have been invented for conveying letters from the farmer's gate to the house, but a Virginia correspondent in the "Rural New Yorker" seems to have ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 218 words
  10. TREATING AN INJURED KNEE.

    Injuries to horses' knees are often very difficult to cure. This can be more readily understood when we take into consideration the fact that the knee is composed ...

    Article : 524 words
  11. RENDERING TROUSERS BEE PROOF

    If you don't want to be bothered by bess crawling up the inside of your trousers get the good wife to cut the buttoms Off the legs of an old pair and sew them ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 115 words
  12. A HANDY PLOUGH BOAT.

    In making this plough boat (says a correspondent of the Prairie Farmer") I first had three planks sawed out of a good rough maple log with the one end cut so ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 203 words
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