What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (1920)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 250
branches. Cut a branch or sapling, and after trimming the small branches off, place thesmall end under one foot, grasp the large end with both hands, and by a revolvingmotion twist the wand until the fibres become loosened and the stick looks like arope. Indeed it will be a vegetable rope, which,… … Fig. 145.—Hen-Coop. 222 Autumn. will not slip out. Fig. 146 shows another manner of settingthe henvcoop trap, by fastening a piece of willow or any othersimilar wood by two strings or withes to one end of the coop,so as to allow considerable freedom of motion to the semi-circu-lar arch formed by…
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