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Show STOCK CHUTE QUITE USEFUL Convenient Farm Implement Easily Moved by Addition of Two Discarded Dis-carded Mower Wheels. Perhaps every farmer has occasion to load some animal into a wagon and many of them prepare for this by building a stock chute. Frequently these chutes are built as a permanent fixture in connection with the feed lots, but they are often made so that they can be transported from one part of the farm to another. When a chute of this kind is built heavy and strong enough to Bupport the weight of a mature hog or a large calf it becomes a clumsy thing to move. Mr. R. J. Linscott, owner of the Rosalpha Jerseys at Holton. Kan., has solved this problem of inconvenience in a very easy way. The wheels and axle used in making his stock chute are parts of old machinery found on the farm, the wheels being taken from an old mower. The upper end of the chute is provided with two strong Iron hooks, which are sharpened so as to engage the bottom qt the wagon wag-on bed and prevent slipping after the animal starts upward. With such an Stock Chute on Wheels. arrangement there is no difficulty in building a chute of ample strength because the question of weight has relatively little Importance. The chute can be hooked on behind the wagon and hauled to any part of the farm. |