| Farm Conveniences | |
| Bin for Oats | p. 3 |
| Fastenings for Cows | p. 4 |
| Movable Nests for Hens | p. 5 |
| How to Get Rid of Straw | p. 7 |
| The Management of Young Bulls | p. 9 |
| A Convenient Ice-Hook | p. 11 |
| Hints for the Workshop | p. 11 |
| A Non-Patented Barrel Header | p. 13 |
| Building Ribless Boats | p. 15 |
| To Mend a Broken Tug | p. 18 |
| Business Habits | p. 19 |
| Hay Racks | p. 21 |
| How to Extricate a Mired Animal | p. 23 |
| How to Save and Keep Manure | p. 24 |
| Grinding Tools | p. 27 |
| A Method of Hanging Hogs | p. 28 |
| Relief for Bog Spavin and Thorough-Pin | p. 29 |
| Tool Boxes for Wagons, Etc. | p. 30 |
| Making a Hinge | p. 32 |
| Shelter for the Head | p. 34 |
| How to Level with Square and Plumb Line | p. 35 |
| How to Keep Cattle under Cover | p. 36 |
| Watering Places for Stock on Level Land | p. 37 |
| A Shaving-Horse | p. 38 |
| A Milking-Stool | p. 39 |
| How to Treat Thrush | p. 40 |
| A Western Locust Trap | p. 41 |
| Manure Spreading | p. 43 |
| Putting Away Tools | p. 45 |
| Self-Closing Doors | p. 46 |
| Ventilators for Fodder Stacks | p. 47 |
| Corn Marker for Uneven Ground | p. 49 |
| A Home-Made Harrow | p. 50 |
| Clearing Land by Blasting | p. 51 |
| Preventable Losses on the Farm | p. 56 |
| A Cradle for Drawing a Boat | p. 58 |
| Feed-Rack for Sheep | p. 59 |
| How to Manage Night-Soil | p. 60 |
| The Use of Lime in Blasting | p. 62 |
| A Water and Feed Trough | p. 63 |
| The Construction of Stalls | p. 64 |
| Hog-Killing Implements-Ringing | p. 66 |
| How to Mix Cement | p. 68 |
| Ringing and Handling Bulls | p. 72 |
| Sled for Removing Corn Shocks | p. 75 |
| A Tagging Trough | p. 76 |
| Lime and Lime Kilns | p. 76 |
| Fall Fallowing | p. 80 |
| Unloading Corn | p. 81 |
| Stone Boats | p. 82 |
| A Dump Cart | p. 83 |
| To Prevent Washing of Hill-Sides | p. 84 |
| A Log Mink-Trap | p. 86 |
| Plowing From the Inside of the Field | p. 87 |
| A Wire-Fence Tightener | p. 89 |
| Planting Corn-A Marker | p. 90 |
| Feed Trough and Halter | p. 93 |
| The Horse-Show and Its Application | p. 93 |
| How to Make a Fishing Scow | p. 95 |
| Crows and Scarecrows | p. 98 |
| Flood Fence | p. 101 |
| Clearing Slough Land | p. 101 |
| How to Dress a Beef | p. 103 |
| A Farm Cart | p. 105 |
| Braces for a Gate Post | p. 107 |
| Whipple-Trees for Plowing Corn Safely | p. 108 |
| What Trees to Plant for Fuel and Timber | p. 109 |
| To Steady Portable Mills | p. 110 |
| Splitting Rails and Posts | p. 110 |
| A Mixture of Grasses | p. 112 |
| Hitching a Crib-Biter | p. 113 |
| How to Increase Vegetable Matter in the Soil | p. 114 |
| Open Links | p. 115 |
| Care of the Root Crops | p. 116 |
| Trap for Sheep-Killing Dogs | p. 117 |
| How to Use a File Properly | p. 120 |
| A Mitre-Box | p. 123 |
| The Manure Harvest | p. 124 |
| Fastening Cattle with Bows | p. 125 |
| The Preservation of Wood | p. 128 |
| A Nest for Egg-Eating Hens | p. 129 |
| Plowing Gear for a Kicking Mule | p. 130 |
| A Leaf Fork | p. 130 |
| Preservation of the Wheat Ground | p. 131 |
| How to Drive a Horse-Shoe Nail | p. 133 |
| Screw-Drivers | p. 134 |
| To Prevent Cows Sucking Themselves | p. 136 |
| Abuse of Barn Cellars | p. 136 |
| Hay-Rack and Manger | p. 139 |
| A Barn Basket | p. 139 |
| The Treatment of Kicking Cows | p. 140 |
| How to Build a Boat-House | p. 141 |
| Waste Lands-Make Them Useful | p. 143 |
| A Rat-Guard | p. 145 |
| A Crupper-Pad for Horses | p. 145 |
| A Dam for a Fish Pond | p. 146 |
| A Wagon Jack | p. 148 |
| Will You Feed Hay or Wood? | p. 149 |
| A Brace for a Kicking Horse | p. 150 |
| How to Save Liquid Manure | p. 151 |
| An Open Shed for Feeding | p. 153 |
| Shade for Horses' Eyes | p. 154 |
| Test All Seeds-Important | p. 155 |
| A Field Roller | p. 157 |
| A Portable Slop Barrel | p. 157 |
| Where and How to Apply Fertilizers | p. 158 |
| A Mill for Crushing Bones | p. 159 |
| Lime and Limestone | p. 160 |
| A Farm Wheelbarrow | p. 162 |
| To Prevent the Balling of Horses | p. 163 |
| To Prevent Cattle Throwing Fences | p. 164 |
| Feed Boxes | p. 165 |
| A Cattle Tie | p. 167 |
| A Beef Raiser | p. 168 |
| A Cedar Stem Soil-Stirrer | p. 169 |
| A Hint for Pig-Killing | p. 170 |
| Mending Broken Tools | p. 170 |
| A Large Feed-Rack | p. 172 |
| Barn Door Fastening | p. 173 |
| A Fork Stable Scraper | p. 174 |
| A Method of Curing Hay | p. 175 |
| Granary Conveniences | p. 176 |
| A Non-Slipping Chain for Boulders | p. 178 |
| A Pitchfork Holder | p. 179 |
| A Convenient Hog Loader | p. 180 |
| A Home-Made Roller | p. 181 |
| A Land Scraper | p. 181 |
| A Home-Made Rag Holder | p. 183 |
| A Safety Egg-Carrier | p. 184 |
| A Bush-Roller | p. 186 |
| Brood Sow Pens | p. 187 |
| A Rabbit Trap | p. 188 |
| Wooden Stable Floor | p. 189 |
| A Rail Holder or "Grip" | p. 191 |
| A Cheap and Durable Grindstone-Box and Hangers | p. 192 |
| A "Ladder" for Loading Corn | p. 194 |
| Protecting Outlet of Drains | p. 195 |
| A Log Boat | p. 196 |
| Cheap and Durable Wagon Seats | p. 197 |
| A Bag-Holder on Platform Scales | p. 198 |
| Making Board Drains | p. 200 |
| Put Things in Their Places | p. 201 |
| Water-Spout and Stock-Trough | p. 203 |
| A Desirable Milking Shed | p. 204 |
| Wear Plate for Harness Tugs and Collars | p. 205 |
| Potable Water Fence | p. 206 |
| Ditch Cleaner and Deepener | p. 206 |
| How to Build a Dam | p. 208 |
| Driving Hop and Other Poles | p. 209 |
| A Convenient Grain Box | p. 210 |
| A Road-Scraper | p. 211 |
| Aids in Digging Root Crops | p. 212 |
| The Wood-Lot in Winter | p. 213 |
| Swinging-Stall Fronts | p. 215 |
| Save All Corn Fodder Everywhere | p. 216 |
| Improved Brush Rake | p. 217 |
| Digging Muck and Peat | p. 219 |
| Cleaner for Horses' Hoofs | p. 220 |
| Cold Weather Shelter for Stock Profitable | p. 220 |
| Good Stone Troughs or Tanks | p. 221 |
| Artificial Feeding of Lambs | p. 223 |
| A Convenient Bailed Box | p. 224 |
| Sawdust for Bedding | p. 225 |
| A Cheap Ensilage Cart | p. 226 |
| Milking and Milking Time | p. 227 |
| A Revolving Sheep Hurdle | p. 228 |
| Lights in the Barn | p. 230 |
| A Nest for Sitting Hens | p. 230 |
| Barn-Yard Economy | p. 231 |
| A Cheap Manure Shed | p. 232 |
| A Sheep Rack | p. 233 |
| A Good Picket Pointer | p. 235 |
| Sterilizing Oven and Bottle Truck | p. 236 |
| Inexpensive Building Construction | p. 239 |
| Cover for Sap Buckets | p. 240 |
| A Handy Trough | p. 240 |
| Substitute for Flood Gate | p. 241 |
| Hooks for Shop or Store House | p. 242 |
| Improving a Pasture Spring | p. 242 |
| A General Farm Barn | p. 243 |
| Handy Clod Crusher and Leveler | p. 244 |
| Giving Seeds an Early Start in the Garden | p. 245 |
| A Post Anchor | p. 245 |
| Stoneboat from Two Boards | p. 246 |
| A Handy Garden Barrow | p. 247 |
| Homemade Trucks and Wheels | p. 248 |
| A Roller from Mowing Machine Wheels | p. 248 |
| Making a Picket Fence Hen-Tight | p. 249 |
| Barrel Strawberry Culture | p. 250 |
| Farm Appliances | |
| Racks, Mangers, Stanchions and Troughs | |
| Racks and Feed Boxes for Horses | p. 253 |
| Covered Horse Manger | p. 254 |
| Feeding Trough and Hay Shute | p. 255 |
| Device for Box Stall | p. 256 |
| Various Cattle Stanchions | p. 258 |
| Feeding Crib for Pork-Producing Sections | p. 263 |
| Sheep Rack and Feed Box | p. 264 |
| A Barrel Rack | p. 265 |
| Improvements in Pig Troughs | p. 266 |
| A Plank Trough | p. 269 |
| A Protected Trough | p. 270 |
| Troughs for the Pasture | p. 271 |
| Improved Grain Bin | p. 273 |
| Straw Baler | p. 273 |
| Watering Troughs for Stock | p. 274 |
| A Guarded Horse Trough | p. 278 |
| Box for Watering Pails | p. 279 |
| Home-Made Heating Vat | p. 279 |
| Vehicles, Rollers, Harrows and Markers | |
| A Cart for Breaking Colts | p. 281 |
| A Home-Made Cart | p. 283 |
| Apparatus for Lifting a Wagon-Body | p. 284 |
| Jack for Wagon Box | p. 285 |
| Serviceable Wagon-Jacks | p. 286 |
| Adjustable Wagon Seat | p. 287 |
| Lubricating Axles | p. 287 |
| A Light Sleigh or "Jumper" | p. 288 |
| A Substantial Sled | p. 289 |
| A Dump Sled | p. 291 |
| A Triple Land Roller | p. 291 |
| A Cheaper Triple Roller | p. 293 |
| A Double Land Roller | p. 293 |
| Stalk Leveler | p. 294 |
| Useful Clod Crusher | p. 295 |
| A Brush Harrow | p. 296 |
| An Improved Harrow Frame | p. 297 |
| Land-Markers | p. 298 |
| Combined Marker and Clod-Crusher | p. 301 |
| A Land Leveler | p. 302 |
| Small Tools and Appliances | |
| Bag Holders | p. 303 |
| Handling Potatoes | p. 306 |
| Grindstones and Frames | p. 308 |
| Tool Holder | p. 310 |
| How to Repair a Grindstone | p. 310 |
| A Wooden Manger Fork | p. 311 |
| Home-Made and Useful Chaff Forks | p. 312 |
| Stable Scraper and Broom | p. 313 |
| A Straw or Hay Hook | p. 314 |
| Fork for Handling Stones | p. 314 |
| Salt Box for Stock | p. 315 |
| Safety Single-Tree | p. 315 |
| Root Pulpers and Cutters | p. 316 |
| Root Washers | p. 318 |
| Clamps and Stools for Repairing Harness | p. 320 |
| A Box Saw-Horse | p. 322 |
| Long Saw-Bucks | p. 323 |
| How to Tie a Bag | p. 324 |
| A Home-Made Rake Head | p. 325 |
| Working Building Stone | p. 325 |
| Block for Sand-Paper | p. 327 |
| Appliances for the Barn, Pasture and Dairy | |
| Convenient Stable Ventilator | p. 328 |
| Light Needed in Barns | p. 329 |
| Lanterns in the Barn | p. 330 |
| Safety Stick for Mare's Halter | p. 330 |
| To Keep a Horse from Jumping | p. 331 |
| Coupling Horses in the Pasture | p. 332 |
| A Simple Tether | p. 333 |
| Chain Cattle Tie | p. 334 |
| An Unpatented Calf Feeder | p. 335 |
| Two Kinds of Milking Stools | p. 336 |
| Vat for Deep Setting Milk | p. 337 |
| Home-Made Butter-Worker | p. 338 |
| Reins for Driving Oxen | p. 339 |
| Vat for Dipping Sheep | p. 340 |
| Sheep-Shearing Bench | p. 341 |
| Ear Tag Punch for Marking Animals | p. 341 |
| Sewing Up Wounds in Animals | p. 342 |
| Wells, Pumps, Cisterns and Filters | |
| Windlass and Tilting Bucket | p. 343 |
| Well-Curb of Staves | p. 344 |
| Hemlock for Well-Curbs | p. 345 |
| Securing the Well-Bucket | p. 346 |
| Curb with a Bucket Shelf | p. 346 |
| Covered Well-Curbs | p. 347 |
| Impure Water in Wells | p. 349 |
| Hook for Cleaning Wells | p. 350 |
| A Non-Freezing Pump | p. 351 |
| Agitation of Air in Wells | p. 351 |
| Deepening Wells | p. 353 |
| Digging a Well | p. 355 |
| How to Build a Cistern | p. 355 |
| Water in the Barn Yard | p. 357 |
| Wooden Water Pipes | p. 358 |
| Filters for Family Use | p. 359 |
| Connecting Cisterns | p. 362 |
| Build and Dimension of Cisterns | p. 363 |
| Cisterns with Filters | p. 364 |
| Appliances for Handling Hay and Corn Fodder | |
| Revolving Horse Rake | p. 367 |
| Care of Mowing Machines | p. 370 |
| Sweep for Gathering Hay | p. 371 |
| Hauling Hay or Stalks | p. 372 |
| Derrick for Stacking | p. 373 |
| Hay Carrier for Horse Fork | p. 374 |
| Hay Barracks | p. 375 |
| Supports for Stacks | p. 378 |
| Home-Made Hay Press | p. 379 |
| Twisting Hay and Straw | p. 381 |
| Standard for Corn Shocks | p. 385 |
| Ventilator for Stacks | p. 386 |
| Bench for Husking | p. 387 |
| Corn-Stalk Band | p. 388 |
| Convenient Fodder Carrier | p. 389 |
| Stump-Pullers, Derricks and Slings | |
| Stump-Pullers | p. 390 |
| Derricks for Farm Use | p. 393 |
| Slings for Hoisting Heavy Objects | p. 394 |
| Derrick for a Cellar | p. 396 |
| Lever Apparatus for Lifting | p. 397 |
| A Home-Made Horse-Power | p. 398 |
| Preparing and Handling Fertilizers | |
| Hauling Barnyard Manure | p. 400 |
| Implement for Fining Manure | p. 402 |
| Muck and Peat | p. 403 |
| How to Burn Lime | p. 404 |
| Value of Gas Lime | p. 406 |
| Burning Clay and Sods | p. 407 |
| Converting Straw into Manure | p. 408 |
| Manure from Marl and Shells | p. 409 |
| Making Fertilizer from Bones | p. 409 |
| Appliances for the Garden and Orchard | |
| Paper Plant Protector | p. 411 |
| Muslin-Covered Plant Screen | p. 412 |
| Protected Plant Label | p. 413 |
| Poles for Beans and Other Climbers | p. 414 |
| Potting Strawberry Plants | p. 414 |
| Stand for Berry Baskets | p. 415 |
| Tube for Watering Plants | p. 416 |
| Movable Trellis for Grapes | p. 417 |
| Tool for Cutting Edgings | p. 417 |
| Substitute for Pea Brush | p. 418 |
| Trellis for Tomatoes | p. 418 |
| Tools for Killing Weeds | p. 420 |
| Various Fruit Pickers | p. 421 |
| Fruit Ladders | p. 424 |
| Japanese Pruning Saw | p. 426 |
| Rabbits and Mice in the Orchard | p. 426 |
| Implements Used in Cranberry Culture | p. 428 |
| Appliances for Slaughtering Hogs and Curing the Meat | |
| Sticking Hogs | p. 430 |
| A Better Way | p. 430 |
| Heating the Water for Scalding | p. 431 |
| Scalding Tubs and Vats | p. 432 |
| Hanging and Cleaning the Hogs | p. 436 |
| Packing Pork | p. 438 |
| Fences, Gates and Bridges | |
| Rail and Other Primitive Wood Fences | |
| Virginia Rail Fence | p. 441 |
| Laying a Rail Fence | p. 443 |
| Staking and Wiring | p. 444 |
| A Fence of "Stakes and Riders" | p. 445 |
| A Pole Fence | p. 446 |
| Fences for Soil Liable to Heave | p. 447 |
| Other Primitive Fences | p. 449 |
| Stone and Sod Fences | |
| How a Stone Wall Should Be Built | p. 452 |
| Building a Stone Fence | p. 452 |
| Truck for Moving Stones | p. 454 |
| Reinforcing a Stone Wall | p. 454 |
| A Composite Fence | p. 455 |
| A Prairie Sod Fence | p. 456 |
| Board Fences | |
| Building Board Fences | p. 458 |
| Fences for Land Subject to Overflow | p. 460 |
| A Fence Board Holder | p. 463 |
| Reinforcing a Board Fence | p. 464 |
| Picket Fences | |
| A Good Garden Fence | p. 465 |
| A Southern Picket Fence | p. 465 |
| Fences of Split Pickets | p. 467 |
| Ornamental Picket Fences | p. 468 |
| Rustic Picket Fences | p. 470 |
| Light Picket Fences | p. 471 |
| Hand-Made Wire and Picket Fences | p. 473 |
| Fence of Wire and Pickets | p. 475 |
| Barb-Wire Fence | |
| Barb-Wire Fence | p. 477 |
| Steel Fence Staples | p. 483 |
| How to Get Barb Wire Fence | p. 484 |
| Unreeling and Stretching Barb Wire | p. 485 |
| Wire Stretchers | p. 489 |
| Splicing Barb Wires | p. 492 |
| Building Wire Fences on Uneven Ground | p. 494 |
| Fences of Barb Wire and Boards | |
| Combined Wire and Board Fence | p. 495 |
| A Bracketed Fence | p. 497 |
| Dog-Proof Fences | p. 500 |
| Hedges | |
| The Best Hedge Plants | p. 501 |
| Planting and Care of Osage Hedges | p. 502 |
| Hedges for the South | p. 507 |
| Ornamental Hedges and Screens | p. 508 |
| Portable Fences and Hedges | |
| Portable Board Fences | p. 509 |
| Portable Fences of Poles or Wire | p. 511 |
| Portable Fences for Windbreaks | p. 513 |
| Portable Poultry Fences | p. 514 |
| Portable Folding Fence | p. 517 |
| Temporary Wire and Iron Fences | p. 518 |
| Fences for Streams and Gullies | |
| Flood Fences | p. 519 |
| Portable Tide Fence | p. 527 |
| Watering Place in a Creek | p. 528 |
| Making and Setting Posts | |
| Making Fence Posts | p. 529 |
| A Post Holder | p. 530 |
| Driving Fence Posts By Hand | p. 531 |
| To Drive Fence Posts Without Splitting | p. 532 |
| A Powerful Post Driver | p. 534 |
| Setting a Gate Post | p. 537 |
| Live Posts | p. 539 |
| Mending a Split Post | p. 541 |
| Hook for Wiring Posts | p. 542 |
| Drawing Fence Posts | p. 543 |
| Lifting Posts By Hand | p. 544 |
| Splicing Fence Posts | p. 545 |
| Application of Wood Preservatives | p. 546 |
| Iron Fence Posts | p. 548 |
| Gates and Fastenings | |
| Wooden Gates | p. 551 |
| A Very Substantial Farm Gate | p. 555 |
| A Strong and Neat Gate | p. 556 |
| Light Iron Gates | p. 557 |
| Self-Closing Gates | p. 559 |
| Gate for Village Lot | p. 562 |
| A Chinese Door or Gate Spring | p. 562 |
| Lifting Gates | p. 563 |
| Rustic Gates | p. 569 |
| Balance Gates | p. 571 |
| Gate for Snowy Weather | p. 572 |
| West India Farm Gates | p. 573 |
| Double Gates | p. 577 |
| Double-Latched Gates | p. 580 |
| Improved Slide Gate | p. 581 |
| A Combined Hinge and Sliding Gate | p. 582 |
| Gates of Wood and Wire | p. 584 |
| A Good and Cheap Farm Gate | p. 585 |
| An Improved Wire Gate | p. 586 |
| Taking up the Sag in Gates | p. 588 |
| Good Gate Latches | p. 591 |
| Top Hinge of Farm Gate | p. 595 |
| Gateways in Wire Fence | p. 596 |
| Wickets and Stiles | |
| Iron Wickets | p. 598 |
| Wooden Wickets | p. 599 |
| Stiles for Wire-Fences | p. 602 |
| Fence Law | |
| Fencing Out or Fencing In | p. 604 |
| Division Fences | p. 605 |
| Highway Fences | p. 607 |
| What is a Legal Fence? | p. 608 |
| Railroad Fences | p. 609 |
| Country Bridges and Culverts | |
| Strength of Bridges | p. 610 |
| Braces and Trusses | p. 611 |
| Abutments, Piers and Railings | p. 614 |
| Bridges for Gullies | p. 616 |
| Ornamental Bridges | p. 618 |
| Road Culverts | p. 619 |
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