A Fodder Clamp.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 219, 10 September 1887, Page 4

A Fodder Clamp.

An Jhio farmer \wites to the Rural New Yorker that he has found tho contrivance here illustrated a great convenience in handling looso fodder green or otherwise to be carried to slock. "By its use," he aaye, " much is gained in time, when hand-

ling, and theio need be very little waste, as ■all loose blades can bo gathered and placed in the clamp and bound with the longer fodder. The c-.unp is made from a piece of scantling 2x3 iuehc-s by tluee feet loiibT, having two upiights and a boaid nailed crosswise to the bottom, to prevent the damp from {d ling over. The uprights aie 18 inched high and place i in ir.oitis^s 11 inches apait, and nearer one end than the o'her. The noughts should ttand two inches farther *\p«i»'t at the top than at the bottom. A saw kerf is made half an inch deep in the top of each toieceivcthe iwir.r. (I u^e reaper twine) The clamp it- hghi and valuable infield or bain. To dm, it, make a loop at the end of the twine, and place it in the kerf at the top of o:u; upright ; leave the 5-lack as fehown, and pass the twine on through the other keif. Huak an armful of loddef and lay it in the clamp, and so on until it is full. Plaro one knee on the bundle, and bung tho twine together, and tie by pacing through the loop and making a simple knot. (Jui. thu twine; place one foot on the boaid and lift the bundle out, and replace the twine as befoie. The bundles can be easily hound as tight as the twine .\ul bear."