INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3514, 19 July 1921, Page 54

INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

C. J. LYNDE, MACDONALD COLLEGE, QUE. PROV., CANADA. TAG. Tn applying this tag the operator punctures the lobe of the ear with the pointed end, shoves thi ; end through, and t! eu

j springs it under the blunt end to held the tag in place. The tag is stamped from fairly stout sheer metal, as shown. —Bertha M. Hawley, Hudson Falls, N.Y. (U.S. Patent, 1,368,628.) GANG PLOUGH. The raising and lowering mechanism of this plough is operated by power derived from one of the ground wheels. It is set in motion by pulling a rope and it raises

or lowers the plough in sequence. It can also be operated by hand if desired.—Thome Bros., Inc. Chicago, 111. (U.S. * Patent, 1,369,583.) ROTARY PLOUGH. The plough here consists of a drum faced with teeth or shares and driven by a gasoline engine mounted on a horsedrawn frame. It revolves contrary to the

direction of travel and prepares the soil for planting at one operation.—Jackson Plough Co.. Wilmington, Del. (U.S. Patent, 1,369,745.) OPERATING MECHANISM. The special feature here is a universal joint connection on the power shaft which passes through the hitching pest and trans-

mits power from the tractor engine tn the rotary tillers on the gang plough.- Scientific Farming Machinery Co., Minneapolis, Minn. (U.S. Patent, 1.369,745.) LANDLEVELER AND DRAG. The hand level on this machine is used to lower or raise the rear scraper and thereby regulate the depth of the central

cutting blade. The machine is used as a land leveler or as a road drag.—Juau M. Vigil, Capulin, Col. (U.S. Patent, 1,368,585.) A fall of about £4 per ton has recently taken place in the price of bar shoeing iron.