INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3430, 9 December 1919, Page 69

INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

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

(Released November &, 1919.) FRUIT BASKET. The handles here are interlocked when used for carrying, but are folded down on the bottom when the empty baskets

are nested, or when the filled baskets are covered with lids for shipping. — Gaines M. Walker, St. Louis, Mo. (U.S. Patent, 1,308,824.) SEED CORN HANGER. These U shaped hangers suspend ears of any size from wires strung between rafters where they dry quickly and are protected

from rats, mice, and other animals.— EL M. Salluc-t, Owen County, Ind. (U.S. Patent, 1,312,271.) CORN HARVESTER. The special features of this harvester are: first, that the cutting parts are driven by power from the tractor; and second: that the harvester frame" Is so

connected with the tractor that H can be lowered, or tilted by the operator from his seat on the tractor. —lnternational Harvester Co., Chicago, 111. (U.S. Patent, 1,312,432.) AUTOMOBILE ATTACHMENT. This enclosed caterpillar tread replaces the rear wheels of an automobile and turns it into a tractor. It is driven by sprocket wheels attached to the rear axle

and is so arranged that It can oscillate up and down on rough ground.—Adams factor Co., Seattle, Washington. (U.S. Patent, 1,310,406.) - ,MUD LUG. The detachable mud lug shown here is made from a single piece of sheet metal ridged and bent as illustrated. It ie

attached by means of two chains locked about the rim and tire.—Pressed Steel Auto Lug Co., Minneapolis, Minn. (U.S. Patent, 1,312,483.)