A GOOD FLOOD GATE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3554, 1 August 1905, Page 4

A GOOD FLOOD GATE.

0»* That Win SI 'y Itt Around nmi Tarn Stocit <**•*»■ Adjoining Field*. ", ■ Those who have large, ditches «i " creeks running through their laraa o are desirous of getting a goof* serw * '■''iceable flood-gate, one that T 7 ® In place all times of year, iV turr stock from adjoining fields. ThK ■ fashioned flood-gate, bung by the Wf ;; to a foul log. was always being push At open by bogs and calves, unless staked d-'«n, am. then the first hen v y freshet v> . . burst it from 1 !■■•'• fastenU,l ,i \ rry it down sumim. yl* The gait’ shown in cut can be made upon any farm, and when in placf - will u-c care of itself. Two posts art la set near the outer bunks of the chan-

X nel; an oak log ten to fourteen inche* Y, in diameter is fashioned like a wind* lass and attached to the posts, as :;',v shown in illustration, with clamf |i. hands made from heavy iron and fasi, tened with lag screws to posts. The if; Roller is then bored full of two-inch $ auger holes, the desired distance |'t 'apart, to receive the pickets, which ,‘i are split from tough oak. A weight ;-j shown at A completes the job. This weight is intended to keep the gate j always in an upright position, arc should be placed upstream, i. e., above ik;the Hood-gate. When heavy freshets ftl'hre in evidence, the force of the water ;raises the weight and allows easy passage of water, drittwood, etc., and as I the wate" subsides me weight settles X back, lea hig the gate in proper post lion l , wh i-; Uo ,, ;r . iinot root it on nor.olnw stock trt.nnss into ad join1, ing Helds The ve’/ht must be made L to coitus >.d with height and weight |V Of gate. If the wembt be too heavy fl 1 so that the force of current does not open it. saw a piece off of weight. •y--0,-.ly actual test will determine this 'f D in the illustration is the surface IK-line' of the water. — George W. Bxowa, ■ in Ohio r armor.