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Show LOW FRUIT LADDERS. Can Be Built on the Farm nnd Will Trov Tholr Value When Olven Trial. Two sketches of low ladder for picking small frullK Mich an peaches, cherries nnd npple. irii ih treee are low appeared In a recoil Inn nf the l'rnltlo I'armor nnd which wo reproduce re-produce here Th!" ladder are wi iimll) tiiiulu Hint tin')- idintild Interest mir ral r I 'Ik 1 shows a titan ihnl I nimlo by laMng Iwo sit Inch lianl kIx feet A CMKAI'I.T MAPK HTh l I.ADDKIt long nrnl cutlltiK grnoos every ten inches where the stops nro to bo The topi am act Into tho grooves ant then aecurely nailed from the outside. Tho width at tlia bottom li about three feet, but each (tup Is shortened two Inches, so that tho top atep, which Is nailed across tho ends cut parallol with the grooves, Is two feat long. Tho support la mado by taking two three Inch piece anil connecting thont with two or three supports. At thi ANOTIIRIl FOlUt Or I'lL'KINO LAD-J LAD-J -. IlKIt tt f top.the two aota are connected wllh the 'tod that passca through both. Tbla ladder la aecuro and If carefully placed will be hard to tip over. Fig 2 ahows another fnrm that ll mado by taking four six foot legs mado of sound 3x1 strips and connect' Ing at tho top with a bolt. Tho steps nro made by nailing two-Inch strips on either sldo of tho less as Illustrated Illus-trated Tho board at the top Is nailed to tho main legs and Is aupportod on cither sldo by tho cleats which corny spondeil with tho stops below. Tho snmo dimensions are folio oil as In Fig. 1. |