The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.

s worked out a table, Peter, the star printer, may strike off copies for all of us," began Jay, after callin

iting. "The carrot-common name of the Daucus Carota-a biennial, indigenous to Eur

! Imagine a fellow out planting carrots and reading before h

seat saying angrily, "I tried hard, anyway. It t

t have. Has any fellow

have something here that will really be of use." At this

TDOOR PLAN

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2 in. 12-2

n. 4-9 in

in. 20-2

3 ft. 3-4

in. 6-8 in

in. 4-6 ft. 4

. 4-12 in.

? in. 6

in. 18

12-18 in. 24-

. 8-10 ft. 8-

in. 3 i

in. 3 ft. 3

in. 6 i

f laid a hand on Peter's shoulde

arden. I showed Jack how to make his coldframe plan. It is well done. N

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essentials for all your garden plan drawing. Follow each step as the

might make a drawing of that

drawing to a scale, one takes a certain small measure to stand for a foot. If we take an inch to be a foot, then the entire forty-foot length would have to be forty inches. That

e vertical line the half width of the garden. If the centre is to stand for the centre of the garden, then the garden itself would extend up, down, and to the right and left of its centre, just 20 ft. or 2? in. in a plan with scale ? in. to 1 ft. So measure up from the centre along the vertical line just two and one-half inches and place a dot. Letter this dot A. Do this same thing down the vertical line and we have dot B. Also m

ft. or ? in. Get a pair of compasses for that, Jack. Now I shall swing the circle. But I wish a 2-ft. path all about this circular garden. If the pa

o I shall cut the central points of the four square beds off by swinging circles. Have patience and you will see, for the general plan is in my mind just as it ou

your 4-ft. paths. Do this same thing at points B, C and D. Number these points 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. With very light lines connect points 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 5 and 7, 6 and 8. Where the line 1-3 cuts the second circle from the centre, letter the intersections E and F. The intersections of 2-4 mark G and

1 to E, 2 to G, 3 to F, 4 to H, 5 to I, 6 to N, 7 to J and 8 to L. Now these circles should be strengthened and lines erased that int

see the garden plan in all its neatness. Place the measu

you can work out your plan

ter will have an evening's work printing this planting table. Albert will tel

rch for knowledge. "A dibber is a pointed tool, usually a stick, used to make ho

of the man's home. Soon the boys were hard at

no directions for the maki

tions for what

FOR MAKING

ut pieces 14 in. x 5 ft. 7 in., and 10 in. x 5 ft. 7 in., for the back and the front. Cut two pieces 14 x 36 in. and shape them according to drawing f

ing drawing of his hotbed. This was

not to measure the slanting edge of the end piece only, but to include with it the thickness of both front and back pieces

rked A. Nail strips A in place, also B. To make a neat piece of work the ends of strips A should be planed slightly slanting to make

should be placed in position and fastened to strip B with two-inch butts. Notice the sashes project over the

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is entirely a piece of knife work. The dimensions are clearly given on the working plan. If the st

k used in marking off his drills

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ines lengthwise and widthwise through the centre of this piece. From the centre measure ou

ws the beginning of the cut to the centre line. One inch above these lines draw other lines straight across the wood. Find centre of these. Place a dot one-half

od this reel wi

STOOL OR

o pieces 8? x 1? x ? in., planed, lower braces; one piece 8? x 8? x ? in., planed, upper brace. Use chestnut, wh

k for a lad to make. George did not think so.

square in the centre of each piece. Now transfer these lines down the edges of the lower brace pieces. Saw on the inside of the lines down one-half the thickness or saw and chisel down to one-half. It is necessary to saw on the inside of the lines or a loose joint will result. The jo

e grain across that of the top wood. Warping is thus prevented. This brace acts as a support to which the upper ends of the legs are firmly screwed and glued. A 3/16 in. gimlet hole should be bored for e

urface of the top piece. The legs are to be attached at right angles to these diagonals. After the legs are screwed to t