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Show HOME-MADE ANVIL. Serviceable Device Easily Made Out or Piece of Old Rail. Tho nnvll shown In the Illustration is Inexpensive, and easy of construction. construc-tion. As shown In the cut, D Is a pleco ot old It. H. rail, which may bo rrom two to tour or moro reot In length, Tho rail Is turned bottom sldo up ns shown; A A aro two pieces ot timber, two to tour Inches thick, ncij six or eight Inches wide, tho alzo ot tho threo pieces or timber marked C C C will depend on tho slzo or tho rail, bt should bo as heavy as possible. pos-sible. Tho two pieces A A aro shaped ns shown, and brought up close (a tho. top or rounding sldo or tho Iron, several sev-eral bolts aro now cut through A A i ! I1 ' 1 III Inverted Rail as Anvil. and C as shown at D, as many as slz or anvil will permit. It tho cud pleco ot tho rail, with holes for (bo fish plates can bo secured put bolts through at tho top, If not, simply nail tho two top pieces C C to A A. When finished, sot anvil on tho end of a largo cut from an oak tree, as shown at E or on nnythlng that Is solid. The. anvil with a tow simple tools will enable tho farmor to do many odd Jobs on tho farm nnd will otten savo a trip to town. It. It, iron may be obtained from almost any section foreman and wood is, usually at hand, |