HANDY FARM APPLIANCE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3590, 26 October 1905, Page 4

HANDY FARM APPLIANCE.

A Device That Serves Every Purpose of the Stone Dont. Several years ago the writer felt ■ peed of something lighter and r-' than an ordinary stone boat, loce;. ,ing litrii!, t; rl ieli s a ron ml 1 ho I arc . result of some study was the tl shown in I tic illustration, winch hired man says is "about the l a:; tiling on, the iann.” It is, in . . sort of cross between a stone I'--a V ,/j sled. 'The length over all is infect, the width 2‘/. feet. The runners are of hard maple, five feet long, ten Inches wide, and two inches thick, the forward end rising 3tj inches. The hardpiccc is also of hard maple plank, SO -inches long, two inches thick and one foot wide. An oval hole three inches from the front edge affords a

means of attaching - a chain for hauling. This piece is fmnly fastened to the runners by six bolts —three at each etfC —of which the heads are countersunk in the lower sides of the’runners. The floor is made of white ash boards, inch thick and 111) inches long, nailed crosswise, Hush with the outer edge of the runners. ■ This is surmounted on either side hy a hickory rail two inches thick 1 and three inches wide, extending the entire length flush with the outside. Thcsp rails are secured in place by four inch lag screws. Made thus of selected materials, and firmly put together, it has been in use, summer and winter, for five years, and is still nearly as good as new, save for the natural wear on the runners. For convoying plows, cultivators, other implements, seeds, etc., hauling barrels of spraying mixture, removing bowlders, and other light short hauls around the farm, it has become almost indispensable. On a small farm it serves about every purpose of the oldfashioned stone boat, and is of much lighter draught.—George A. Martin, in N. Y. Tribune.

( How to Fight Black Rot. Black rot has been causing serious loss among the cabbage growers, and the department of agriculture ha» been investigating the disease, which, it is said, may be spread by the seed, manure and insects, especially slugs. Late-planted cabbage are less liable to damage than those planted early. The germ develops best in very hot weather, vyhile cool weather seems to check it notation is advised ns a means of prevention. The bulletin observes that t planting of other crops for a king serif of years seems to be the only satisfuc tory way of getting rid of the disease when it has once become serious. Fields that have shown even a little of the disease should not be planted to cabbages or other cruciferous plants for several years.—Agricultural Ilpitomist. Not a Good Thinff to Do. , We do not approve of tying trees to stakes, though thm m often recommended and often done. The bark is apt to' be rubbed and injured in spite ot watchfulness. Much better is it to reduce the size of the head so the tree will stand without aid. Nor would we hill up around a tree to brace it, because often, when the ground is soft in the winter, the swaying of the trees opetls the earth about the stem, which is filled with water, and this, later, .freezes and kills the bark and damages the tree.— Sural World.

London fever, hospital* can accommodate 6,000 pa itienie. There were 5»151 constables in Scotland in, 1900, or one to every 847 persons. Of the 15,000 foxhounds kn the United Kingdom. 13,00 0 are used in England, 1,500 in ire land, and 500 in Scotland. From northern Russian ports £70,000 worth of paper came 5mU) England last year. Formerly Norway supplied all the paper pulp used. Norway is' the only country in the world whose .banks hold more specie in their safes tihan they issue. British banks have onsy £7O in hand lor every £ 100 of issue, The famous 1 eagles which use 4 to haunt the lakes of Kißarney, making their h • A the “Eagle’sNesfmountaiu. iking on grouse and kids from ’u* ar ei* long the countryside, have been exterminated. The Mexican government is preparing to take det tided steps to improve the bri ,d -f h irses in tint country. Uy a law •wiileh has just been passed President lm.z i t empowered to enter into contracts with persons who will establish horse-ltreedimg farms.