Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1908 — FARM & GARDEN [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FARM & GARDEN

RAKE TOOTH GATE HANGER. 1 r New and Novel Use to Put Worn-Out Rake Teeth. A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer v. i ices saying that he has. been

using old broken or worn-out rake teeth for handling his "■ gates. ' He sends a sketch showing the method which is simple. This farmer takes teeth to his shop, where he has a forge, and after heating them cuts off a portion and bends the other in the form

of a large staple. In case he is using six-inch board in his gate, he makes the loop in the staple seven Inches so as to allow plenty of sliding space for the gate board. The legs of the staple are left about six or eight inches long so that when two holes are bored into the posts, quartering as shown in the cut, the staples will be reasonably firm. The reason for boring the holes quartering is obvious, inasmuch as it is necessary to secure sufficient space to open and swing the gate to one side.