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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 43, 20 February 1892, Page 7

QUEEN AND HIGH STREETS, AUCKLAND. ■■ ■ ■ - ■■ — - 1----I.W ■ ■..■■■ - . i " ■- -- - - M i EXTRACT FROM " FARMER," FEBRUARY, 1892 :- A TRIAL OF * PLANET JR.' IMPLEMENTS. in i ur y from fche blades of the hoe « efcc - Tho donble-wheel hoe has the same adjustable ■"*■ * tools, but more of them. All the blades are of steel tempered in oil and polished, being with garden work we have several times referred to the 'Planet Jr.' ™ ui £ d 7^^^^ Lplemente. ?ho groat merit of these raplements » that by their use the same b ut thereis not the slightest difficulty in their use by the novice. The Uonnb of work can be done, and the very best kind of work, in leu than one-fourth ? Pl , n J' Jr .. in . p iements, although most useful in field as in garden work, are euentL U the time required when the ordinary garden tools are used This i. of course a ftUy cu °; fciv J a o rs, nob tended to work in hard unoloughed land. They do not Ueafc advantage to everyone having garden work to do, since time means money to J f d•. fa , nece3sifc {oj , flrrt ? i oßgh lng inthe Sold, orspade-digging terybodywhosetime is worth P - after . cu ltivation, oWng.W moulding-up crops they are Urden. ft '."-li.net Jr. single-wheel hoe, cultivator, rake and plough combined is a „ii fcha t can be desired by anyone facial boon, for he can only work in his garden during shorb periods at a time a " * nM can ** c aeß - iea W anyone. taornine or evening, and during the sowing and growing seasons he often cannot, without one of these invaluable implements, keep pace with the work which it is essen-' Itial to success should be done between certain dates. Unless he can afford to hire (labour to assist him, he misses the season for certain things he would like to grow, or, having managed to put in the seed, a crop is often spoilt through want of time to (properly cultivate and keep it weeded. With a ' Planet Jr.' implemonb these diffi. fculties are quite overcome, for in a couple of hours he can do as much is he could acicomph'sh in a whole day' 3 work with the ordinary tools, doing the work better and ti&Nv with far less labour to himself while he is ab work. iK'v */(Jm llfillW COMBINED DRILL, WHEEL HOE. CULTIVATOR, RAKE AND PLOUGH. j_% fJM'lv?' .Jfe We musb now sa y a word aboufc tho ' planeb Jr -' 889 cl drills, one of which was jtfllmF , W^S !^'T3^^ «MS> also worked in our presence on the occasion referred to. The chief requisites of a good ffffl Wdb Bm/Ta\ »°od drill are the depositing of the eeed at regular intervals in a straight and narrow HWi liiK m jmlr Jflillil£ 1 %* line, at a uniform depth, without injuring the seed in thji process. Also it is a greab *m. 1 poinb that the discharge should be easily regulated, and that the machine should not _ r £j owing to dirfci stioks, weeds, or what nut. All these good points the makers claim ■ '--- ! &^m^(,- for tho'Pianab Jr.' drills, and we must say, so far as we can judge, their claim is ~ CißßßaEegss^-jB S "- 0 "^_se_is(l«*SWbm» — fully justified. The drill can be accurately set to sow seed of any size, from the small- .; est flower seeds up to peas and broad beans. It is unnecessary for us to occupy space f SINGLE WHEEL HOE WITH ADJUSTABLE EART3. with a description of bhe mechanism of those drills ; bub suffice it to say they are very f . _, simple in construction, and perfectly reliable in the work they do. The makers supAb the invitation of Messrs E. Porter and Co., of Auckland, local agents for the p _y a com b.ned drill, cultivator, hoe, rake, and plough—thab is, with the tame frame «Planet Jr.' implements, we lately had tho pleasure of witnessing an actual trial of ftnd wnee - B & \\ theaa tools can be used as required. these tools in a market garden at Newmarket. The implements were worked by w . th < P i anet J r .' horse hoe and cultivator worked, a grand implement Mr Sandford, the travelling expert for the manufacturers, who has been all over the vineyards. In sofb ground ib can be worked with one Australasian Colonies making known by actual example the practical merits of the j c . ul ™ n =y° u Si dSrup to planta or young trees than any tool for machineshe represents. There wore,a large number of I a wheel present, who watched the trials with keen interest, and one and all seemed perfectly , thepu,pos.w inw men we are a q workman to a i fcer the depth of working in a satisfied with the character of the work done,, ebme being so cony.ncedj> the.value,, 3^ t to the nature of the ground or the kind of work of the tools that they became immediate purchasers on the groand, c«2i?sif Mr ! you Saflt to do bedonS wibhoubbhe use of a screw wrench, thus avoiding new acquisitions with pride and satisfaction as soon as the tests were completed. Mr youl oo xnu can mo improvement is a patent lever expander Sandford began with the single-wheel hoe and cultivator, working it among,.row.-of | fc heTidbh o bhe working can be narrowed or expanded a few inches at a P time, young lettuces standing . about 12 inches apart or less. He showed how bins tool, whereby"WW ™£ JJ cne Vdth between rOVV!I . This can be done without any stepcould be worked to destroy weeds and loosen the ground.between the rows oplants, to be confessed is an admirable feature in an impleworking wibh perfect safety and despatch ,rerv.close untoi the plants. By changing ping-of the horse, wnion the wheel to one side lof the frame*both sides of a row of youtag plants can be hoed ment of this Ulna, aboricewith this tool, although ib is chiefiy intended to work between the rows. It is J ____*<2_jy ■wonderful what close work can be done with this cultivator. Where the plants are acculately set ab equal distances apart both ways, the tool can be used both up and down and acrosoShe rows, thus leaving littlj or no nand-Weeding bo be done ab all. r '•'"'' $mf -sS9 "THEFIREFLY" WHEEL GARDEN PLOUGH. "' We have heard it said that this machine is too light to stand a heavy sudden strain- , % All we can say is that we saw Mr Sandford bring a good strong plough horse to a stand. \SfiBWW""-- A'l we can say fche deep . gronnd while a man sat «PO» theLplement, and nobbing gave way under the strain. Th.|ta* b, «gj to th principle of construction greab strength is secured combined with lightness, one ot the DOUBLE-WHEEL HOE WITH ADJUSTABLE PARTS. characteristic merits of many American implements. Tn rt vin„ «r»Ari» with the ordinary hoe. we all know that the inch or so of The lastimplement we shall mention jusb now is the potato-digger, ihese are made •fcttSffi every half-inch you can get closer both with shfgle and double mouldl board the one we teste to the plants without getting down on your marrow-bones, and using a knife and tbe board digger. The digger runs directly under the rt>w o: po atoes, »» « « « ar SSmSSi -S mrnense laving of time and labour. The makers fairly claim that being formed of short steel prongs, which break th baoTSng up th tha f rtn i *!,.,(• -/;il ~« on nrti-i half-inch no\b the nlants will very soon save its entire turned on edge, a fork with four lateral tines adjuscea mrtner uik,», »«» ««k 7" ' D plement for work on both sides of a row ab the same time, as it is easier to keep This we saw the *$> • ' ° U Q ? crop this digger will to oach Bt °P- therefore no good farmer will allow his potato field to be choked with weeds if he can possibly helpV With this digger, there are no logs or gearing to get oub of order, « which is agreab point in its favour. , . THE POTATO-DIGGER. . ' HORSE HOE AND CULTIVATOR. 0n fc y, e wbo ] e we can confidently recommend the "Planet Jr." implement* to the t» „ a ,.____»«,„ ».-. of««». m. •. * ««-*»* %2££tt.l*£&. £S X" »?-"* b,e " *° v " ,hoo ' d " leMt havs ' Blne ' B wheßl *"•"* 1B» ™«.h.=gin_ l«v» or vioo. oa6 of th. way of oolUy.top. PRICES AND CATALOenES ON APPLIOAtION. |||M 11 ■■■TIT " ' "—*—'*"""" HWII' HARDWARE MERCHANTS. Branches at Newton, Symonds-street, and Newmarket