What boy or girl is there who, when sent to buy a peck of apples, has not felt as though peck measures were getting smaller all the time? If you will read what follows and study the drawing, you will be able to make an accurate measure of your own and will then know exactly what you are getting.

You will require some long strips measuring half an inch thick and about an inch and an eighth wide. There will be ten side pieces twelve inches long, three bottom pieces eleven inches, eight end pieces eight inches, and four corner pieces six and three-quarter inches long. For sawing a lot of small pieces like these, it is rather slow to mark each one out with the square, and so carpenters usually have what they call a miter box, which is simply three boards nailed or screwed together so as to form a trough about four inches wide and about two feet long. Two pairs of saw cuts are then made in the sides - one at right angles to the length and the other at forty-five degrees, which is the angle the pieces must be cut when we want to make a picture frame. When you have a miter box and wish to saw a piece off squarely, it is only necessary to place it in the box, hold it tightly against one side and then work the saw back and forth in the slits cut in the sides.

This is a very handy device, and if you make one, take it to the nearest carpenter and he will be glad to saw the slits for you in just the proper places.

After you have cut all the pieces of the crate to the proper length, nail up each end complete as illustrated. Next set up the ends and connect them by nailing on the top and bottom strips of each side, after which it takes but a few minutes to nail on the remaining pieces.

If you should attempt to make this crate out of strips not exactly the size given, some allowance must be made in the length of the side pieces, as the inside dimensions must not be changed.