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Show I A 8NOW PLOW. Prepare for Winter War Upon the Heavy Drifts. "In tlmo of poaco propnre for war," bays tho proverb. So now If yon liavo not already dono so, prepnro for It. No person not owning a snow plow can guess for a moment hnw useful one Is after every storm. "Hoys, a path!" cries the head of tho family In tho famous old "Snowbound," by Whlttlcr. Tho cry will ho echoing on every northern farm vory oon a path! A horse, or If tho snow bo a heavy one, a span or a yoko of cattle and this simple homemade nrrnngement, ; and In Icsb time thnn Is required to Strong and Durable Snow Plow. tell It there Is a path, and no bask- ! breaking work olthcr. The man who j will rig up ono now will win tho ad- f miration and good will of ovory wom an in tho family as soon as It Is onco I used. It Is only a big V braced so L tho snow Is pushed both ways by It, says Farm and Home. It must bo on ado of two-Inch planks at least ono J 'foot wide and not less than six feet pong. If shortor It wobbles and does not stay on tho ground well. To mnko a good road for teams, I chain It to ono side of tho wood shed and drive up nnd down. It spreads j itwo feet nnd will make your farm jj ifront look as If somebody of pluck Ives thero. For foot paths draw It from a ring at the top of tho front so lit will root. When you drive past a farm house after a snowstorm and sco no path, or only tracks, what do you' decide about tho Inmates? That they nro well, wo won't say U, but you know. Why, even the hens appreciate a good path ! and appropriate it, for ns soon as tho sun shines out, the snow remaining ' there Is nil molted, i |