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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 159, 7 July 1899, Page 3

Mr A. M. Waters, of Medway-street, Gore, is taking out a patent for an improved potato digger, bagger and separator. The machine consists of an iron box furnished with a steel sock, in combination with an elevator carrying an endless canvass belt, it) which are fixed at regular spaces wooden or iron straps, which receive and carry the potatoes to the top of the elevator. The separators consist of two riddles having different sized meshes, and worked by a cog-wheel fixed to one of the hind wheels of the machine, to which is attached tin iron shaft, which causes riddles to oscillate vertically, and by a reciprocal motion by means of endless belts deliver the potatoes to the right and left hand sides, the large potatoes going to one side,and the small ones to the other. As the potatoes arrive at the top of the elevator, bags that await them are automatically filled. The invention is an important addition to labour saving machinery used for agricultural purposes. It will be drawn by horses and will require the attention of two men. It will do the work thoroughly as well as expeditiously. In district such as North Otago, where potatoes are grown extensively, there should be a large demand for the machine.

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