INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3488, 18 January 1921, Page 52

INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

C. J. LYNDE, MACDONALD COLLEGE, QUE. PROV., CANADATREE SAWING DEVICE. This device has a boom attached to the tree by means of a standard and set screw, and a whip arm which holds one end of

the saw against the tree. It enables one man to fell a tree. —Gikichi Kusutani, Seattle, Wash. (U.S. Patent, 1,349,772). GRAPPLE HOOK. The new parts of this grapple hook are the vertical arms. These bear against the front end of the log and prevent it from

catching on roots, stones, or branches, as the log moves forward.—Steve Thomas, AlacClenny, Florida. (U.S. Patent, 1,344,320)'. AD J USTABLE HAND SA W. The object of this invention is to provide a hand saw which can be adjusted, as shown, to hold blades of different lengths, and which has the usual turn-

buckle for tightening and loosening the tension. —Galen M‘Kennv, Bangor, Alaine. (U.S. Patent, 1,349,427). STUMP PULLER. This stump puller is designed to have ample power to pull large stumps and to clear a wide area at one setting. It is pivoted to an anchor sunk in the ground,

and winds the cable on a vertical drum operated by a steam engine by means of a worm gear. —American Clearing Co., Hamilton, Ohio. (U.S. Patent, 1,349,803). STUMP PULLER. T 1 lis machine is operated by hand by means of a lever attached to the axle at the left. It is designed particularly

for medium work and is easily moved from place to place.—A. J. Kerstin Co., Escabana, Alieh. (U.S. Patent, 1,348,940).