INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE,

Otago Witness, Issue 3512, 5 July 1921, Page 55

INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE,

C. J. LYNDE, MACDONALD COLLEGE, QUE. PROY., CANADA. CHICKEN HOUSE. The outer section of this house slides on the inner section and makes a runway for the chickens. The top and bottom are open, the front and back are covered with wire mesh, but the end is solid and serves as the end of the

house when closed. (Janes Meszaios, East Millsboro, Penn., U.S. Patent, 1,367,416.) CATTLE STALL. The claims made for this stall are that it is simple, cheap, and durable. It lias at each stall two bent iron pipe posts and a bent iron pipe partition supporting tlie common top rail. The figure shows

one post of the near stall, and one of the neighbouring stall beyond. (Stevenson Mfg. Co., Barton, \Yis.‘ U.S. Patent, 1,367,515.) LANTERN HANDLE. | The handle here conei-ls of leather washers strung on a double wire handle.

The leather is non-eon ducting, and prevents the heat from reaching the hand. (Charles F. Rossettt-r. Los Angeles, Cal. U.s. Patent, 1,367,505.)^ MILK BOTTLE CARRIER. This carrier i: quickly attached or detached by turning it parallel to the neck ring as shown at the right. It carries the bottle without danger of slipping, as

illustrated at the left. (Gustave C. Pearson, Denver, Col. U.S. Patent, 1,342,568.) STRAW SPREADER. This invention turns a manure spreader into a straw spreader. It has a rack which increases the capacity of the body, and an upper cylinder which revolves

rearward on its lower side and brings the straw down to the manure spreading cylinder. (Deere Co., Moline, HI. US' Patent, 1,368,165.)