A GOOD FLOOD GATE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3599, 18 November 1905, Page 4

A GOOD FLOOD GATE.

Oaa That Will Slay In Place the Tfufli Around and Turn Stock from Atlj.>iiiinir Field*. Those who haw- large ditches oi creeks running tiir, ,gli their farms are desirous of getting a good, serviceable flood-gate, one that will .stay in place all times of year, ami turn slock from adjoining fields. Tim old- . flood-gate, hung by the tof to a foot log, was always being pushed , open by hogs ami calves, unless staked down, anu (hen the first heavy freshet was sure to hurst it from ils fastenings and carry it, down stream. The gale shown in cut can lie made : upon any farm, and when in place will take care of itself. Two posts art i set near the outer banka of the chan-

EFFECTIVE FLOOD GATE. nel; an oak log ten to fourteen inche« in diameter is fashioned like a windlass and attached to the posts, as Bhown fit illustration, with clarrif: bands made from heavy iron and fastened'with, lay screws to posts. Tin: roller is then bored fijll of two-inch auger holes, the desired distance apart, to.receive, the pickets, which are split from tough oak. A weight shown at A completes the job. This weight is intended to Keep the gate always in an upright position, and Hhould be placed upstream, i. e., above the flood-gate. When heavy freshets are in evidence, the force of the watei raises the weight, and allows easy passage of water, •driftwood, etc,, and as the water subsides tne weight settles bat*';, '• iring the gate in proper position, •".•hi'i-e hogs- cannot root it out r.T '•'■■•.' t - k*'cl< trespass into adjoin- '.- •' i': : .'.- 'i"he weight must be made to :-: L ' : ■ r.:-'t'ri with height and weight of gale. If the weight be too heavy. so that the force of current does not open it. saw a piece off of weight. Oii'v actual test will determine this. D in the illustration is the surface line of the water. George. W. Brown, In Ohio farmer.