INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3511, 28 June 1921, Page 55

INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

C. J. LYNDE, MACDONALD COLLEGE, QUE. PROV., CANADA.

WATERING TROUGH

This invention provides a sheet metal trough without seams. A single metal sheet is folded at the corners in the manner illustrated in the small figure, and us

then braced at the ends and middle by metal straps.—Carl C. Rchnepil, Sioux City, lowa. (U.S. Patent, 1,361,350.)

LISTER PLOUGH

The guide runners here are attached directly to the beam by means of a cross bar, and are thereby kept in the same relation to the beam at all depths and are always in proper "position to clear trash

They improve the action of the plough in “double listing,” that is, in bursting out ridges.—lnternational Harvesting Co., Chicago, 111. (U.S. Patent, 1,359,055.)

DETACHABLE PLOUGH SHARE

It is an advantage to be able to change a plough share quickly when it becomes dulled, and this advantage is given by this invention. The share is held securely while at work, and is detached quickly

without removing bolts, simply by moving the handle shown.—Rock Inland Plough Co., Rock Island, 111. (U.S. Patent. 1,356,725.)

GRAIN SEED CUP

The object of this invention is to provide, in tractor drawn seed drills, seed cups so made that the tractor operator can see at a glance whether the grain ie

feeding properly. This is accomplished by making the cups open at- the top, as illustrated in the figure at the right.—Thomas Mfg. Co.. Springfield, Ohio. (U.S. Patent, 1,359,758.)

CORN PLANTER

This planter does without a check wire but needs shallow furrows made at the conoct intervals across the field. The seed dropping mechanism is operated by

tiie- carrying wheels, but if these drag in slippery soil, the gage wheel conc-cts the error automatically when it drops into the next furrow. International Harvester Co., Chicago, 111. (U.S. Patent,1,359,028.)