INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES

Otago Witness, Issue 3510, 21 June 1921, Page 61

INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES

OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE. <» ■

C. J. LYXDE. MACDdNALD COLLEGE, QUE. PROV., CANADA. DITCHING AND TIdIRACING IMPLEMENT. Ihis invention provides a wing which is attached to a plough frame behind the plough point and spreads the upturned soil evenly. It is operated by a plough-

man a one, or more conveniently by a ploughman and a cliiver seated as shown above. Ceo. R. Cook, Carrollton, Georgia. (U.S. Patent, 1,358,522.) GRADING MACHINE. T he new feature of this machine is that the rear wheels are steerable. They are mounted in the same way as the front wheels of an automobile, and can be eet

at an angle to hold the scraper to its work. —Western Wheeled Scraper Co., Aurora, 111. (U.S. Patent, 1,557,245.) ROAD GRADING APPARATUS. In this machine the scrapers, used in cutting and filling, are hauled by a power driven cable. In other machines of this kind the cable wears away rapidly by

frictional contact with the drum, but this is overcome here by passing the cable over a number of sheaves a.; shown.—Caldwell and Sawyers, Malvern, lov.a. (U.S. Patent, 1,355,938.) BEE CAGE. The improvement in this bee shipping' cage lies in the cleats at the top and ends. Those project beyond the top and sides, and prevent oilier packages from being

placed so close to the cage as to shut out the air and smother the bees.—Eugene B. Ault, Calallen, Tex. (U.S. Patent, 1,355,137.) YOKE. The sleeve of the yoke here has a horizontal slit which passes over the T-shaped pole piece when the yoke is vertical. It holds securely in all other positions and

gives perfect freedom of movement to the horses. -Forest Hooper. Edmonton, Albert.a, Canada. (U.S. Patent, 1,300,528.)