The Holt County sentinel., 1915-05-14
The KING DRAG.
Directions for Building the United
States Model King
Drag.
/ Revised by -. Ward King.

not do with heavy one. And the
one can weight a light drag to max
IL heavy.
Build your drag from cedar pos
or the end Of telephone pole, fror
10 to IL inches in diameter, or som
other light log. Use plank as a las
resort.
| Make Drag According to Team.
| Where the road Is OF proper widtl
the length Of the drag should be gov
erned by the size OF tn. team: . 7.foo
drag to team Of 1900. pound horses
and 8 feet for team OF 1900 poun,
horses. Nine feet will be rather Ion,
for any uncared for road right at Tn,
beginning no matter how large tn,
team may be.
Put Best Piece In Front.
Split the post or log and select the
soundest slab for the front OF the
drag. Find point about four inche.
from the end Of this slab, the end tina,
will travel In the center OF the road
and bore Pinch auger hole At right
angles to the face OF the slab. Then
q inches from the other end OF the
slab bore another 2.inch hole In the
same manner. Now one.half way be.
tween these two holes bore q third:
getting the three In line with EACH
other and directly In the center OF
the slab. The other slab may now be
brought up behind the first. Allow
q inches between the ditch end OF the
rear slab and the hole In the ditch
end OF the front slab; mark and bore
the three holes. The ditch end of
the front slab will thus, when they
are pinned together, project some H.
inches further toward the ditch than
the rear slab.
How TO Join the Slabs.
Now prepare the stakes to join the
slabs. ] prefer Usage hedge about >
inches through. II hedge Is not con.
venieh' rip some pieces out Of a Finch
oak plank. Full inches thick l.
sufficient. Shave the ends and slip
the slabs onto them until they are
within - inches OF each other, then
mark each stake with a lead pencil / o
show the place the slab Hts. You are
now ready to wedge the stakes into
the front slab.
Don't laugh when ! caution you to
split the stakes and drive the wedges
al right angles to the grain OF the
slab. When you laugh you prove you
needed no caution. Hut have heard
Of men Who split the slab for lack Of |
knowledge or the caution.
Putting the Slabs Together.
Drive the rear slab back on the
stakes : or 3 Inches and arrange the
brace. Put the front end Of the
BRACE down within an inch Of the
ground and well out to the end OF the
'front.' slab. Notch It In with a chis.
II; drive the rear slab back to the
marks, catching the brace. and then
wedge the stakes. The brace will
lever escape II this Is well done. At
lie front saw the stakes OF flush with
he slab: at the rear allow them 10 re.
main. Their presence at the rear
VII serve Two purposes. They will
ns"er' without. words, the question
! no" the slabs are fastened toge.
lier' ANA they come very handy at
lines "hen you Wish to lit the drag.
buiid Separate Platform.
80 lar no iron has been used. Make
PLATFORM OF inch boards to drop be-
"eeh the slabs on which the driver
Jay stand Nall the boards TO cleats, .
ranging the cleats so that they will
o. interfere with the cross stakes Of
ie drag Cut the cleats about an {
'ch shorter than the places they are
hti ana nail the boards half an
ch from the ends OF the cleats. Use
least three boards and space them
INCH AnArt That nth |