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Show "practical wool receptacle attractive in appearance Details Clven Herewith for Construction of Inexpensive Ilox lor Packing So Thill None ot' I. luck Ilmls Will Show und Keep It Ictilir nnil Compact Any l'arimT Can Make One. 5C J J cT p (4.. -" A -Hi e-j- 4 C 5s D E W -Q EH B V a, Qi Open GGfB V ill Closed A Wool Box. There are several kinds of wool I boxes used by growers in tying up ' fleece wools, but the following shows a cheap, practical box that can be easily eas-ily made by any farmer who ran use ".', square and screwdriver, writes Koscoe Wood In the Hreeders' (la-lette. (la-lette. Take three 1 Inch boards two feet long ahl one foot wide, clear pine, or, what Is better, oak or walnut; they should be planed and smoothed no that they are about seven-eighths Inch thick and 11 Inches wide. Saw one of these boanlo Into three pieces, one, D, 12' lnchrj long, the other two, C and K, 11 Ijjches long. Fasten each Of the sho-er pieces lo each end of the piece 1) with strong Iron hinges, which should be set Into the board so hat when opened the boards lie close together. Then on the sides of the piece 1) fasten the 3 foot pieces, A and I), one on each side, In like manner, placing these hinges so that these four boards will raise and form a box. open on the top. Here one ran tie the fleece, with the piece I forming the bottom and the others the sides Notches can be rut In the outside edges of these boards to hold the strings. Put on the fhwee the shorn side on the open box, raise the sides A and H end hold together with pieces P, P, 1 by 2 Inches, about 17 Inches long, notched on each end so as to hold these sides, at a width iqiml to that of the entl pieces ' and K. Then raise the end pieces C And K to an upright position, and let them bo held In place bv a heavy steel spring set in on earh side on A and H, at a place so that r und K will be held at a right ngl to the bottom, I. These uprlngi should be about 114 Inches wide, anr! et Into the board about 2 Inches fron the top edge, mid set far enough Ink the board so that In shutting the ends these springs will press down level with the face of the board and after the ends have passed tho springs they will spring out about three fourths Inch and thus hold the end. These springs can be secured at any blacksmith's black-smith's and can bn fattened Into the board with screws. Willi such a box nVt.s can be done up so that practically no black ends of the fleece show, and at the same time the fleece Is regular and compact. A little extra cure used In thus tying fleece wools Is time well spent, for such fleeces present an attractive appearance ap-pearance that appeals to the buyer. Crapes for Table. Most home grounds could supply all the grapes needed for the family table. Concord U best adapted to a wide range of conditions. Moore's early should be relied upon at high altitudes and where the season Is too short for later varieties. Niagara Is the standard stand-ard white grape. There are a great many varieties of grapes. It Is Interesting Inter-esting to plant quite a list of grapes when the object Is to produce fruit for homo une. |