INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3487, 11 January 1921, Page 57

INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

C. J. LYNDE, MACDONALD COLLEGE, QUE. PROV., CANADA. COLLAPSIBLE CR ATE. To knock down this crate, the operator first folds each side down against the tension of a spring, then turns the enda on toggle links (see lower

figure), and finally presses the top down and hooks it to the bottom,—John T. Hendrick, Ready Kv. (U.S. Patent, 1,287,307). KNOCKDOWN CRATE. Tiie bottom sideboard at the left of this crate is higher than the one on the right. This arrangement permits the left side, and larger half of the top, to fold

down above the right side and smaller half. The ends lie on the bottom under these.—C. L. Austin) Sullivan, Ind. (U.S. Patent, 1,335,635). TRACTOR. Each of the four wheels of this tractor are drive wheels, and each turns in steering. It is claimed that this arrangement is especially advantageous in orchards and

vineyards where short turns are made vt the ends of the rows,—Lisenby Mfg. Co., Fresno, Cal. (U.S. Patent, 1,543,979). TRACTOR. The new feature of this tractor is that the sprockets can be interchanged by removing the cotter pins and caps. They

are arranged as shown for power in hauling, but are interchanged for speed.— Nash Tractor Co., Denver, Cal. (U.S. Patent, 1,325,853). CORN DUSKER. The snapping rolls here squeeze the ear out of the husk without injury to the ear and without shredding the husk. The flat

sides of the rolls admit the stalk of the husk, and the grooved sides separate the ear. —Burkett Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio. (U.S. Patent, 1,329,752).