INVENTIONS & APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3808, 8 March 1927, Page 76

INVENTIONS & APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

CATTLE STANCHION. In carrying- out this invention a slide bar is mounted in the heads of the gido bars. This bar has stops at its ends, which limit the outward movement of the stani cbion.« Under th© slide bar is a plat®,

whose ends abut shoulders in the elbows of the side bars, and thus position the bar. with its end protruding equally on each side of the stanchion. CHICKEN BROODER. This brooder is heated by lamps placed below double wall cylinders. The burnt gases in the inner cylinder pass through pipes in the brooder to a heating drum in the scratch pen. Pipes bring fresh air from outside Hie brooder inside the jacket

of the cylinder, where it is heated and passes under the hover. Over each hover is a water tank, heated from the cylinder, which keeps the temperature even. Ventilation is thermostatically controlled. MANURE SPREADER. Amongst other new features in tin’s spreader two are important. The draft strains are applied directly to the wheel knuckles, and not to the centre of the axle. This prevents whipping of the pole-

The body bolster rides on the upper face of the axle when one end of the axle is raised above the other. The king bolt hole is enlarged for this purpose. This keeps the front end of the spreader horizontalELECTRIC INCUBATOR. This inventor’s idea is to apply beat only to the upper side of the egg. (the location of the germ during incubation), and thus avoid excessive drying out of the egg, and consequently the use °f

moisture. In the cover of the box is a resistance coil which generates heat. Below this is a tanned skin with the fur side down, the fur contacting with the eggs, and communicating heat to them. This, he claims, is as good as, natural incubation. MULCHING ATTACHMENT FOR PLANTERS. The mulching discs here are carried o-i brackets attached to the planter shoe, and passing round on each side of the wheels. This method is preferred to- at-

taching the bracket to the wheel frame, since, if the wheels skid, as on a side hill, the discs will cut into and scatter the planted row. Moreover, raising- the planter shoes raises the discs.