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Show DAIRY BARN DOOR KEPT OPEN One of the Many Modern Conveniences Convenien-ces of Farm Lif. That Tends Materially to 6" Stepa. In order to make a faHteuer that will keep the dairy barn door open, flint Bet a good solid post for the door to open out against. Make a wooden hook hh Bhown in the Illustration with a sloping point eight Inches from the notch. This length la BUlftclcnt to make mii easy bevel. A great many hooka are too Hhurt and they work haul Fatten the hook to the aide of the door with a heavy lag wrrew Just high enough up to engage the bottom of I he door. Put a weight on the back end of the hook. Just heavy enough to raise the catch. At the top of the post put a grooved pulley or an L shaped lever cut from a piece of flat Iron, with a hole in each end and a larger bole at the comer. Fasten It to the post nx shown In the Illustration, says the Farm Frees Attach a wire to the weight and carry It over the pulley or attach It to the outer arm of the lever Hitch another wire to the top end of the level nnd carry It Inside the barn behind the door. Cut a ring In the door to pull It shut with another ring In the end of rm Barn Door Fastener. the wire for a finger hole. The hook may then be released and the door pulled shut without walking around to the post. It is one of the little farm conveniences that help to save steps. |