INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3443, 9 March 1920, Page 61

INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

C. J. Ltnde, Macdonald College, Quebec, Canada. , POWER SHOVEL. In operation the shoivel here is driven into the material to be loaded, and ia then elevated up over the hood and driver seats, until it drops the load into the box.

It is raised by means of a hydraulic oil cyclinder and pump operated from the main shaft of the motor.—Carolina Motor Co., Statesville, N.C. (U.S. Patent 1,320,970.) METAL TANK. The improvement in this tank lies in the end piece which, is made of oast iron and has a grooved half circle flange into Which fits the beaded end of the sheet metal sides. Suitable packing is used and

the two are clamped together by a curved bolt.—California Corrugated CulveTt Co., Oakland, Gal. (U.S. Patent 1,319,826.) SOIL BKEAKER. This machine las six sharp picks (we show two only) which operate something like a hay tedder and break up the hardpan under the outivated soil. It can be

used on ploughed land,, alfalfa, grass,' or even grain whidh is up.—Billington Co., Los Angeles, Cal. (U.S. Patent 1,321,004.) TRAP~STAKE. The metal stake here anchors one or more traps as desired and carries a brush hook as a second anchor. It is withdrawn

easily after being first turned with a wrench.—John S. Knight, La Jara, Colorado. (U.S. Patent 1,309,036.) PUR STRETCHER. In using this. , device the operator stretches the skin over the frame, moves the arms outward, and clamps them in this

position. He uses the short central firm to hold the edges, or turns it ou'bward to stretch the head part. John H. Stuhr, Midway, Wisconsin. (U.S. Patent 1,307,522.) - MUSKRAT PUR Farmers' Bulletin 869, "The Muskrat as a Pur Bearer," has twenty-?wo pages and three illustrations devoted to this subject.

It also mentions a number of bulletins of interest to trappers. Write for it to: Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. It costs five cents.