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Show ADJUSTABLE WAGON SEAT. A Contrivance That Secured Third Prlzo in a 1 aim Convenience Contest. There are a great many farmers who still cling to the old fashioned wagon lied with detachable sideboards, which has many advantages over the other kmd on the farm. This necessitates working the rubber with a lever, which is ready for use at all times with bed off or on. It was this idea which brought to the mind of a correspondent of the Ohio Farmer the adjustable wagon seat shown rn the cuts and which almost any farmer can make. Ho says, concerning this contrivance for which he received thud prize in a contest of farm conveniences: I have often thought when riding over rough roads of the mowing machine seat, which is in use only about two weeks in the year. My first idea was to remove the bolt which fastens it to tho machine and bolt it to a bottom board of the wagon bed, but I knew it would . q ill M i- i Bl 1A PTO. I PRIZE ADJUSTABLE WAGON SEAT. make a very low driver's seat, not much higher than the sideboards, and would be of no use when the bed was filled. 1 will here describe the seat which has the advantages of being held more firmly firm-ly in position than the ordinary spring seat, and costs little or nothing, and when thrown back is a3 little in the way as auy other kind. For the footboard, take an 8-inch board of tough white oak or red elm, saw it 4 inches wider than the wagon bed a 2-inch projection on each side. The arms are 1 by 3 inches, with the end gate rod passing through the widest side at A, so that the arms are held fiat against the sideboard. Fasten the footboard foot-board (M) on the other end of arms with three strong bolts (B), the iron strap (D) having been placed on both ends of bolts. Now you are ready for the machine seat. Fasten it on to the footboard with one holt, having a large washer, or square t iron strap, on the under 'side of-board-Fig. 2 shows the seat in position D is the wagon brake; E is fche chain attached to seat for convenience; F, dojtted line, showing circle the'seat-makes in reversing. revers-ing. , It may be attached to front end of bed for front lever, if desired, by reversing PI.!. II PRIZE ADJUSTABLE WAGON SEAT. the machine seat and fastening on the other end of footboard and passing arod through front frame of bed. Rest Size for Sections. A subject up for discussion at the last meeting of the North American Beekeepers' Bee-keepers' association was the best size for sections. Previous to the discussion a paper by Dr. Miller, of Illinois, was read. Iu this the doctor said: "For buying at wholesale a standard size is better. Kase of production will lead to less cost. If vou consult the profit of the manufacturer, manu-facturer, part of that will come back to you. Two sizes seem best, )i by 4 i is generally popular, but in width we run from two inches down. Grocers wish one pound packages to resell without weigh: I ing. Should be 1 J inches, possibly 1?.;." . Mr. E. R. Root, of Ohio, quoted size3 given by manufacturers. One firm made six "to eight sizes, chiefly V?i by 4 L4 and 5 by o'.f; odd sections cost more. Another firm makes largely of 4) by 4 1 seven to the foot and over one pound. The standard seems to be 4 by i4, and 1; inches thick, or 1 15-16, and less than one pound. A member from Albany, said: "The thinnest section sells best early in the season. The farmer tops his apples and sells his cow standing on a knoll; there is no reason why the beekeeper should not put ms noney rn tne most salable shape that which shows most for the money. Make your sections as thin as you can, as small as you can, as much less than a pound as you can. An oblong shape is more pleasing and looks larger than the square." I. inula That Lie Fallow. Tho Massachusetts state board of agriculture agri-culture reports the abandoned farms' of that state to be 9o; The Vermont state board of agriculture agricul-ture reports the number of abandoned farms last spring as 406, many of which have been taken up since then. But all the abandoned farms do not lie in the New England states. In a report issued bv the.Viiginia board of agricnlture it is stated that, there are in that stats alone 15.000.000 acres of land suitable for farming purposes that are not tilled and which are a burden to their owners. According to this same report, much of this land is for sale at low prices. Virginia Vir-ginia is not the only southern state that att'ords in abandoned farms possibilities to tha' would be farmers with small capital. North Carolina and other states ' as far west as Arkansas have farms that are left to lie fallow by their owners. In the five states of Alabama, Arkansas, Arkan-sas, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi there are nearly 12,000,000 acres of land belonging to the United States and subject, sub-ject, to entry under the homestead law. |
