INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3610, 22 May 1923, Page 62

INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

C.J, LYNDE, MACDONALD COLLEGE OLE. FRGV., CANADA. DRINKING FOUNTAIN FOR LIVE STOCK. The water in the drinking troughs here is kept from freezing by the lamps below, and passes down as needed from the large

tank above. The supply is regulated by the floats in the central tank which control the valve in the outlet.—Charlie Long, .L/incoln, Nebraska. ATTACHMENT FOR HAYFORKS. The four extra prongs or pins, two of which are shown in working position, are shoved into the hay so that a bigger and more compact load may be taken to the mow. When the trip

is released the prongs pull out and fall into a vertical position in line with the fork because of the pivoted connections between the prongs, arms, and fork itself.—A. W. Burnham, Amboy, Illinois. DRAG. T-tS implement levels and packs the soil efficiently because the runners between the end beams are free to go up and down independently when passing over uneven

places in the soil. Straps on the top of each axe supplied at the rear end with springs which urge the runner down but also allow upward movement. —W. Hedrich and J. Lindeman, Trcehu, Alberta, Canada. AGRICULTURA L IMPLEMENT. The soil is prepared for seeding in one operation by this machine; the first set of teeth on the adjustable erc-ss bar cut

and turn aside the soil, the second harrow it, and the last two cross bars are so angled that their lower edges smooth and pack the surface.—Milburn Implement Manufacturing Co., Arlington, Kentucky. END GATE FASTENING DEVICE. This end gate dees away with the use of a rod. It lues at each end a metal plate with two slot.s which ixiss over

hooks on two metal plates attached to the sides, and it- is held securely bv two latches which engage the lower hooks. —Wm. 11. Billet, Ralston, Oklahoma. AUTOMOBTTE AND VEHICLE LOCKING DEVICE. The chain for locking the car is kept in the case underneath the front axle by the tension of the spring surrounding it. Ivhen the auto is to be locked, the rings

of the chain are pulled out against this tension and the padlock shank is passed through them and round one of the spokes in the wheel. —T. J. Willet, Louisville, Kentucky.