INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.
C. J. Lynde, Macdonald College, Quebec, Canada.
SELF FEEDER.
Tho agitator of this feeder is operated by the hogs themselves; it consists of a series of fingers attached to an axle which in turn is attached to a narrow platform
in front of each trough : The hogs move the fingers when they step on either platform..—H. F. Brown, Washington Court House, Ohio. (U.S. Patent 1,283,464.)
POWER TRANSMITTER.
In using this device, the operator places blocks under the rear end of the inclines, bacKs the automobile up the inclines until the rear wheels engage the grooved wheels,
and then remove the blocks. The axle of the car rests on the side bars and keeps the wheels in engagement.—G. H. McLaren, Mullinville, Kansas. (U.S. Patent 1,282,894.)
STUMP BURNER
The shell of this burner is-placed over the stump and filled with combustible material; then the sliding _top_ is put in position and. the material is lighted. It is claimed that the sliding top confines
the heat in a small space and promotes complete combustion. —W. F. Ritt, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (U.S. Patent 1,284,778.)
The new feature here is the curved extension of the mold board. This, it is claimed, prevents the fiwrow slice from going over the mold board, and thus
permits more rapid plowing; also it turns the slice into the furrow where it belongs. —Patrick A. McGirr, De Kalb, Illinois. (U.S. Patent 1,280,057.)
FRONT TRUCK
This truck has two wheels which straddle the irow to be cultivated; its new feature is that the wheel support is of the caster
type which, it Is claimed, prevents undue tilting when the implement makes short turns.-—Demster Mill iVlfg. Co., Beatrice, Nebraska. (U.S. Patent 1,279,677.)
DAIRY BARN.
This barn is described, with others, in Farm Bulletin No. 7, "Dairy and General Purpose iiarns," issued by the National
Lumber Manufacturers Association, Chicago, Illinois. Write for it if you are interested.
PLOW
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Otago Witness, Issue 3400, 14 May 1919, Page 61
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