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Show FLOODGATE IS VERY SIMPLE Missouri Man Has One Arranged on Plan of Railway Stock Guard i. it Costs Little. In describing a simple and successful success-ful floodgate H. S. Terrell of Saline county, Missouri, writes the Breeder's Gazette as follows: My floodgate is made on the plan of a railway stock guard. We start by ( using two small logs or poleB extend- r ing down the creek as shown, the low- j er ends sunk in the creek bed and the upper ends resting against trees or ifflljll 1 1 ilttl " A Missouri Flood Gate. posts. We put a three-quarter inch bolt through where they cross. For slats use old rails, poles or 2 by 4 of good material spiked to the logs. Then the job is done. The beBt of it is it stays put. There is no cost to speak of at the start and no trouble afterwards wading around in the mud cleaning it and getting it stock-proof again. The middle being lowest, the main current naturally stays there and so all logs, stumps ind trash of any kind go right on down the stream. |