INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3397, 23 April 1919, Page 55

INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

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

FARM GATE

The new feature of this flexible wire gate is that the wires can be tightened or loosened -when necessary. Each wire is

attached to any eye bolt with a long threaded shank on which the nut can be tightened or loosened. A. F. Bebl, Watertown, Wisconsin. (U.S. patent 1,282,368.)

AUTOMOBILE POWER. In using this device the operator backs the automobile up the incline until each rear wheel rests on two grooved wheels.

The power Is taken from a pulley on the axle of one pair of grooved wheels. Harm ftoae, Rosemont, Neb. (U.S. patent 1,282,952.) SILO DOOR MOUNTING. The hinges here permit the silo door to swing into the silo and leave the door •pace unobstructed. The turning cross

bar looks the door in the closed position Cement Products Co., Worthington, Ind (U.S. patent 1,282,605.)

TREE PROTECTOR, i

The idea embodied in this invention is that if the tree trunk is warmed, the warm sap will travel up to the foliage and protect it from frost. The covering is made

of canvas, and is extended over a circular metal frame at the bottom. The heat is supplied by a lamp. M. H. Comstock, Upland, California. (U.S. patent, 1,282,677.) TWIN" GRAFTING TOOL. The object of this invention is to provide a tool which -will make the complete hole for receiving the graft. One blade

makes a V-shaped cut and the other makes the third side. John Sperch, Sacrament, Cal. (U.S. patent 1,282,132.)

ICE HOUSE AND MILK ROOM. The plan and specifications for this ice

house and milk room, and others, are given in Bulletin 49, " Small Cold Storages

and Dairy Buildings," issued free by the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada. Write for it if you are interested.