Show = CJ lID fN 1 14 II t > il I Iof I i f vv v > SZ b r < TINE GETTING A SUPPLY OF FUEL Some Suggestions as to Methods Which Will Make the Work Easy Wo have tried several ways of getting up tin years supply of fuel but have finally settled on the following fol-lowing pima says a writer In Orange Judd 1 Farmer Fell thin trees on the ground with n small sapling under son I so-n 1 log chain can bo paused beneath rwN nr > B 4 ir z + liM A ar1jj i Fig 1IOIJ9In9 Dob Then n logging bob Fig 1 Is tipped up on its side neat the large end of the log a chain 1s hooked to the bolster near tho ground passed under tho log and over the top runner of tho bob and tho team hitched to the end of the chain A quick pull of the team and tho bob comes down on both runners run-ners with tho log on top of tho bolster bol-ster Tho log Is now drawn to some sheltered shel-tered placo near tho woodhouso and sawed Into stove lengths with a CInch crosscut saw on tho skldway shown In Fig 2 The limbs are trimmed In tho Fig 2 Skldway woods drawn on a pair of bobs te the shop n whoro wo have a thmo horse power boiler and twohorse p vet v-et engine and are sawed at tho rah II j of 1 s cord an ham with a buzz saw A handy device can be made of twc crotched limbs as shown In Fig 3 to saw largo limbs on A inch auger Fig 3Handy Sawhorse hole Is bored where tho limbs branch and a hardwood limb driven tightly In the hole We had a large number of trees blown over several years ago leaving a mass of earth and roots on the stumps Most of the trees were too far from the grouPd to saw We found the following described device Fig 4 very hand to hold and lower low-er the trees after rawing the stump AA planks with holes bored In them B log C chain D crotched limb EB lever FF Iron pins off It Is made 01 two hardwood planks about 8x5 Inches and 111 Inch thick bolted together at the top and bottom with a 2Inch space between for tho lever to work In One Inch holes are bored through the sides of both planks In which Iron pins are placed for the lover to pry over The lever Is made of white ash and has two notches near tho largo end with Q Fig 4Log Jack a olmln link attached midway between be-tween notches A stout log chain Is hooked In the link passed under the log and attached to a crotched limb leaning slightly against the opposite side of the log By working the small end of the lever up and down and moving thepins up one hole at a time a good sized tree can be raised from the ground high enough to be sawed easily without a backache |