INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3755, 2 March 1926, Page 79

INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

SEEDER. Below the hopper of this seeder is a trough iu which revolves a gear-driven roller with lengthwise grooves in it. The roller fits snugly in the trough so that

seed is only carried to the tubes by tlie grooves of the roller. The frame which supports the cultivator shovels is adjustably supported by a spring at its rear end. POULTRY DISINFECTING DEVICE. Air is pumped into this disinfectant tank through a cheek valve. Tlie end of the discharge tube in the roof of the tank is normally closed by a fulerumed

lever, on the opposite end of which is a treadle. This treadle is depressed when a fowl passes over it, and the disinfectant is discharged into the hood and over the fowl. HAY STACKER. The mast of this stacker pivots in a base plate on the truck, and in a collar supported by the inclined braces. A hand winch is used to raise the boom.

Tlie load is lifted by a team hauling on the hoisting rope, which passes through two pulleys on the boom and one on the lower horizontal arm. TRACTOR CULTIVATOR. The bull wheels of this tractor are driven by a divided jack shaft, so that one wheel may lie stopped while the other is driven. This allows short turn-

ing. The cultivator gangs are supported at their forward end on wheels, and are controlled by levers for raising and lowering them, and swinging them laterally. POTATO DIGGER. This digger works normally after the manner of many other such implements, but iu addition lias modifications which adapt it specially for harvesting a crop

when the soil and vines are wet. In this case the conveyor is shortened, and the potatoes drop to a revolvable hopper, whence they are dumped in heaps on the ground. GRAIN SAVER FOR BINDERS. Grain is lost by being thrown up to the table too forcibly, or by passing downward between the lower conveyor and the table. This inventor uses a canvas-covered wire frame under each

conveyor. The upper ends of both frames are curved downwardly, the upper frame directing the straw downwardly on to the table, and the lower ono covering the space between the conveyor and the table.