INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES

Otago Witness, Issue 3520, 30 August 1921, Page 53

INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES

OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE. C. J. LYNDE, MACDONALD COLLEGE, QUE. PROV., CANADA. TRACTOR. This invention applies particularly to tractors used to Wul cultivating implements, and it consists of an L-shaped guide attached to the draft plate. This guide tells the operator at all times just how

much the rows deviate from the path of the tractor, and therefore how lunch to shift the blades laterally by means of the foot levers.—L. Allen Co., Moo'-estovvn, N.J. (U.S. Patent, 1,373,852.) "SWILL D TSTRTBUTOR. The swill tank shown here is attached to a carrier and is moved from pen to pen by means of overhead rails. It discharges the swill through a valve controlled by

the handle at the top and through an extension spout which can he raised at will.—Louden Machinery Co., Fairfield, lowa. (U.S. Patent, 1,373,521,) BREED IN G CRA TE. The object of this invention is to provide a crate in which part of the weight of a heavy boar can be supported. The sow and boar are driven into the crate and the fore part of

the boar is supported by the pully- tackle and belt. The crate is adjustable and collapses for storage. Geo. 11. Schultz, Winterset, lowa. (U.S. Patent, 1,373,921.) HOE. The advantages claimed for this hoe are: first, that the length of the handle can be adjusted to the height of the worker; and second, that the blade moves

at such a small angle to the surface of the ground that it jseed be raised only- a short distance to make an effective stroke. Levi Jarvis, Cedar Rapids, Nebraska. (U.S. Patent, 1,374,740.) WEEDER. The narrow blade of this weeder is sharp on both edges and works equally well forward anc\ backward. It cuts the weeds underground and mulches the surface of

the soil, and is especially useful in weed i.ng between row«> or in thinning. W. M. Anderson, Seat!Ns, Washington. (U.S. Patent, 1374,051.)

Carp and pike are the longest-lived fish. They both have been known to live over two centuries.