INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES

Otago Witness, Issue 3614, 19 June 1923, Page 62

INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES

OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

CLJ.LYNDE, MACDONALD COLLEGE, QUE. PltOV., CANADA. FENCE STRETCHER. The use of this stretcher will be readily understood from the drawings. The woven wire fence is clamped securely in the bracket shown at th- right, then the U

shaped frame is braced against the post and the handle is turned to tighten the fence.—John Floyd Ball, Estep, West Virginia. METALLIC FENCE POST. The operator here fust drives the fence post- into the ground then slides the anchor plate over it and drives it down. Next he slips the wire holding sheath

over the web of the post, bolts it, and bends the tongues over the wires. The lower tongues bend downward to prevent small animals from lifting the wires.— Wm A. Holland, London, Ohio. POST HOLE DIGGERS. The fulcrum attachment is the new feature of this digger. It prevents the shovel from damaging the edge of the

hole, and also aids the operator because it can be moved up or down to change the leverage.—Oliver Gilbert, Lewistown, Maine. WIRE STRETCHER. This device is used to tighten single wires. It holds the wire in the clamp at the-left- end of the notched metal bar, and

tightens it when the operator moves the handle back and forth to force the notched bar, to the right.—Patrick CuUerton, Mansfield, Wash. TOOL. This simple tool clamps the fence wire as shown and tightens it- when the handle is moved to the left. r lhe claw on the

handle serves as a fulcrum or as a staple puller, as desired.—Robert E. L. Smith, Holland, Mo. WIRE STRETCHER. The long steel handle here makes it an easy job to tighten the wire clamped in the pliers, because it gives a. long lever-

age. Also it lightens the work of pulling out the- posts, for the same reason.— Adolph Bloom, Lansing. Mich.