INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3384, 22 January 1919, Page 61

INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

C. J. Lynde, Macdonald College, Quebec, Canada.

ROPE HALTER AND BRIDLE,

The advantages claimed for this combination halter and bridle are : that itis made of rope, and that it can be put

v .;__ y on and taken off without the use of a buckle, simply by sliding the neck ring forward and back.—O. P. Robmson, Oddessa, Missouri. (U.S. Patent 1,278,021.) PLOUGH. The new feature of this plough is that the rear wheel can turn at the corners. The side pressure at the turns lifts tho rounded lugs out of their sockets on the

supporting bracket, and permits the wheel to turn automatically.—W. W. Cameron, La Crosse, Wisconsin. (U.S. Patent 1,277,542.) . BAG FILLER. This hag filler is attached to the discharge outlet of a grain bin, and it consists of two parts. One part is the bag holder, illustrated at the right, and the"

other is the mechanism which opens the vertical outlet gate. Both can be folded up when not in use. —International Harvester Co., New Jersey. (U.S. Patent 1,216,257.) NAILLESS HORSESHOE. This horseshoe is attached to the horse's hoof by means of levers -which are secured at the top by a stout -wire. Each lever

has a spring at the bottom which prevents it from pressing unduly against the hoof. —Frank Karpy, Cleveland, Ohio. (U.S. Patent 1,277,219.) PLOUGH. The power driven plough shown here tilts up over ah obstruction. It is pulled normally by means of a breaker pin, as illustrated above, which breaks when the

plough strikes against a rock or other obstruction, and allows it to tilt as shown. —National Tractor and Plough Co., Carey, Ohio. .(U.S. Patent 1,276,720.) KILLING HOGS AND CURING PORK. If you are planning to kill and cure your own pork, write to Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C., and ask

him to send you Farmers' Bulletin Ql3, Hogs and Curing Pork" j five cents. It has 39 pages and 22 illustrations.