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Show SUPPORT FOR WAGON TONGUE Iron Rod Arranged to Strengthen Downward and Side Movementa to Prevent Accident. Wagon tongues are often subjected lo great strain and It Is no uncommon uncom-mon thing for them to break under i It. A Kansas genius has devised a I means to aiipport them In both down-I down-I ward and aldewaya movement and to a creat extent guard Against aurh Be-rldent. Be-rldent. A mil In run through the front end of the wagon body nnil furnishes a grip for two hooka, eneta of which Is eonneeted to a ling by Iron Rodt Share the Strain. yielding rods. Itunnlng forward from this ring la a third and larger yielding yield-ing rod which Ik connected to a clip which encircles the wagon tongue near the middle. The advantage of this attachment will be readily Been. Any strain on the wooden tongue la shared -y the iron rods, which being made yi ldable hy spring part in their centers give Just enough leeway lee-way without allowing the toiigue to snap in two. |