Show ta 4 A HOME MADE greenhouse how to grow a cheap one that will grow vigorous plants examine the accompanying plans carefully elevation shows walls and roof supports imant all the woodwork before erecting the posts are ot five inch round cedar set below grade about three feet and camped tamped with concrete those posts should 18 set between five and six feet apart according to size of the house hantid and the length of lum berou intend to use for siding now put on the plate and measure down the depth of the side glass and put the glass sill on the siding should be double with good water proof paper between next put up the ridge and rafters abe sure to allow one eighth inch for the glass to play in the glass groove or rebate then put on the vent sash home made greenhouse and header see cross section show ang post n concrete siding glass sill plate header vent and sash separate hotbed sash should be on the south side of the building it pos elble they are of great assistance to the greenhouse the ground plan shows the benches and walk arrangement also heater potting and workroom sectional view of bench shows posts set in ground eight inches with a across top and a on the sides and bottom of bench the heating plant should be a sec hot water boiler you can then increase the capacity of the boiler by additional sections at any lime you may wish to enlarge the greenhouse with the aid ot plans here given any local carpenter or any man hand walh tools should be able to erect a satisfactory greenhouse probably your docil lumberman or mill can furnish the desired materials and your hardware man or plumber can furnish the toller and piping the feces ear glass glass putty or mas alca etc are easily obtainable in al most an town firm journal A PORTABLE TOOL STAND plans for making a convenient tool stand that can be easily moved to make the convenient tool stand ehorn in the accompanying il lustra alon use two boards about 12 or 16 inches square three boards are fas bened securely on each end of a square ost or centerpiece an equal num plan of the sma I 1 stand her of holes are bored in each board to receive the tools as indicated if a handle Is place 1 in the center of the top board the stand can be used on a bench or on the floor as desired thandy WORKING GARDEN TOOL to cultivate plants on each side of the row use ioe as shown below in cultivating small plants in the garden it sometimes la necessary to loosen the eartle on each side 0 the row for this purpose the garden hoe A HOB for garden work chown in the accompanying alon win be found very iseral A circular piece la cut out of the blade of aa ordinary hoe a A T RAISING WATER FROM STREAM hovet plan for getting water fre a stream to high bluff above with little work J the solution of a serious problem of a to a bluff feet above i i running stream Is given by mr J H patterson of washington there ire no springs on hid farm excena at the waters edge all the abw bad to be carried he says device for raising water 1 I dug a well to tap one ot thee springs near the aher g and rigger up the device for drawing water M shown in the cut I 1 set up two seta ot stakes as shown at a over one I 1 ran a wire from top of blurt down to and 0 er the oather the two ends of the wire are fastened to posts or deadman in anchor bes at b the wire was stretched taut by allowing the stiles to lay away from permanent point of erection un til anchors were secured when they were raised up and against the wire d I 1 then rigged a windlass e at the top of the bill oer which was rut a rope e holding the bucket was fastened to trolley d by a substantial pulley the ropo easm through a second pulley suspended from trolley at c A block is secured to the trolley d so that when the pulley in descending strikes the block the bucket bill pull the rope through the under pulley and so lowers into the wall in raising the bucket ha come to top and strike pulley before the tackle starts to top KEEP GATE FROM SAGGING remedy to prevent gate from get ting out of proper position most farm gates are heavy and aj ter a little time they sag when get this way it takes a strong to open and shut one here ie a remedy get a wheel either bl or use for an old plow wheel little from an old piece of n nery and bolt it to the front end of the gate in such a way that the gate will be held level now tha smallest child can open the gate for you try it for it is a saver saves your patience your back and tatt gate BRACING STRAINED POSTS A plan Is given below for strengthening corner posts when weakened where a heavy strain comes upon a corner post an arrangement such a shown in the cut will be found useful place two posts solidly in the ground slanting toward each other and tartan W A post braced the tops together securely by a bolt or by winding them with wire T these attach a wire the other end ot which may be buried in the groins if the stone Is firmly secured the posts will resist all pressure fraai ft how to build good roads 5 in all this talk about getting better roads it seems to me that chwe n two very simple that uk one has mentioned in the first pla in building a road says a writer i the country gentleman get as far M possible local contractors the pm ent system of road 5 brings ft contractor from else who may often 10 lo a bad lob arf 1 vanish no one follows him and th people may rage all they plead to vain A local man will take IBM j pride in his job and be more to correction it he in tto J second place instead of A a fixed sum tor building a doai M the amount be left fo tha discretion of tha officer tn charge who shall wt coat of auch a kropi road then let the contractors ora on the laate of the percentage of for which they are willing to take work now when a sum ta appropriated I 1 notice la to be spent the bonti bids juett dodge under the hotd ir difference is balea up by work I 1 believe the other would five more aunt hetty aea sholto arst rate of tb brand f |