FENCE-WIRE WINDER.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3618, 1 March 1906, Page 4

FENCE-WIRE WINDER.

With This Tool Oin- Maa Can Do Lot* of Work Without Tcnrluff His Hands or Clothes.

Last fall I made the device for winding up feniee wire, shown, in the ac-e-ompauyiirigillustration. Itisai Troublesome job to move a wire fence, but with this tool one man. can wind up

barb wire smoothly and quickly, and without tearing his clothes or hands. The wheels for the front end arc some old pulleys picked up at an implement warehouse. None are placed on the rear end, so that the sled will drag a little harder to increase the tension. Fasten the end of the wire to an empty spcoi, and place the spool on a crowbar, run through holes in 'the standards. Stand behind, between the runners, and turn the spool, which will wind up the wire and draw the sled along.—Sebastian Meyer, Jr., in Farm and Fireside.

Locate tlic T'ndcrilrnlna. Wherever an underdrain has been ’aid, either a map of the ground should be drawn, or such other men? ora neon as will enable the owner of tin- :,:ud ; i always know where it may tie f-,u !, There is nothing more provoking lo the buyer of a farm that is only pari l '.' in - derdraiued than his inability to dee me just where the old drains are located

and what size conduit they have. Of course the drain, if in working order, will show within two or three rods where tile or stone may be found. Em to reach it then requires much needless digging, which could all have been avoided if the man who laid the drain had been careful to make a record of its location. The Foundation of Farming?. Good plowing lies very close to the foundation of successful farming, being (he foundation stone upon which nearly ail thorough and successful soil culture must rest. It is an operation which should never be performed carelessly, for, while it often is expensive to plow (he ground thoroughly , it is even more so to permit of the work being done in a hurried and superficial man-