INVENTIONS & APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURES

Otago Witness, Issue 3804, 8 February 1927, Page 75

INVENTIONS & APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURES

POTATO DIGGER ATTACHMENT. the two sections of this attachment are) connected to cranks forming an extension, of the axle of the digger. The potatoes and earth from the digger are conveyed

to them. Through the reciprocating action oi the cranks they shake the potatoes clear ot earth and tops, and leave them m a narrow row to one side of the machine. CULTIVATOR ATTACHMENT. This inventor planted beans with his corn planter set to seed forty-two inches apart and then straddled tho rows making

rows twenty-one inches apart. With this attachment, which connects to th e beams of an ordinary cultivator he was then able to cultivate three rows at a time, CALF WEAN ER. .The two members of this weaner are pivotally connected. Tho members are swung apart and the ballends inserted in the nostrils of the calf. The members

are then closed, and a spring pintle enters aligned apertures in the two members, thereby locking them in closed position.

ATTACHMENT FOR PLOUGHS

This device is pivotally mounted ori an extension beam connected to tho plough. Its purpose is to break up the soil in the bottom of the furrow. Thq

device comprises a cutting disc and, mounted on the same axle, a series of teeth with shovel points which penetrate and break up the soil as- the device is drawn—forward.

- ROTARY CULTIVATING DISC. A tubular member is attached to the shank of the cultivator foot here. ,~The diameter of this member is reduced for a part of its length to form a seat for

the disc which is held in place by a locknut. The revolving disc is said to sever weeds very effectively, and will not clog up.

GUARD FOR MILK PAILS. The lower frame rod of this device rests on the edge of the bucket, and its ends are sprung into the pivots of the

pail. The upper frame rod is of the same shape as the pail, and clips on to it. The object is to keep the cow. from switching its tail into the bucket.