AN IMPROVED SELF-LOCKING BAIL

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1726, 29 March 1905, Page 64

AN IMPROVED SELF-LOCKING BAIL

The old-fashioned way of securing cow bails by means of a peg is altogether too slow and awkward. The peg gets out of reach or lost, and in bailing heifers or nervous cows they frequently pull back and get out unless one is pretty smart at putting the peg in. In the improved bail illustrated below there are no parts to get out of order. Wlieu the tongue A

is pushed forward, it slips past the catch C, which securely holds it in place. The cross piece B is bevelled on the inner face, so that the catch, which is pivoted on a bolt, naturally falls into position. The opposite cross piece D prevents the catch going too far. The lowt?r end of the catch being heavier will naturally fall into position every time. From the point of the catch to the ball hole should be, say, 8 inches, while the other end, which may be trimmed down to further reduce the weight, should be about 6 inches from the bolt hole.