INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3831, 16 August 1927, Page 77

INVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.

HOG CONVEYOR FOR SCALDING TANKS. Four pairs of standards aix? erected on the tray of this scalding tank. Be tween each pair is a chain-driven shaft which carries several arms. Hung from the shafts are two angle bars with for-

wardly pointing teeth. The bars are actuated by rods connected eccentrically to two chain-driven discs. Tire combined action of tho arms and the bars dips and moves forward the hogs—both “ floaters ” and “sinkers.”

SICKLE SHANK AND HANDLE.

This shank is of sheet metal, V-shaped in section. One end is closed to hold the blade. The other end is tapered to enter the wooden handle. The iron ferrule

on the handle is notched to receive the edges of the V, and these edges cut into tho wooden handle, and secure it against turning.

CHICK BOX.

The novelty here is the spacers on the bottom of the box which ensure proper ventilation when the boxes are stacked for shipping. The spacers are formed in

triangular shape of corrugated board, the ends overlapping. They are held in shape with adhesive tajw, and gummed to the bottom of the chick box.

DETACHABLE RIM FOR TRACTOR WHEELS. This rim is in four sections, and is of sufficient width to support the weight of the tractor.' The sections sit over the lugs or grousers, and are connected to their

adjacent ends bv- a bolt passing tin V.igh a lug. Where connected the rim ends are turned down, one sitting on the base of the lug and the other on the rim of the wheel.

CORN PLANTER ATTACHMENT. A cleaner blade, as illustrated, is placed on each side of each shoe, and each pair is connected by pivot pin passing through the shoe. E"c 1 ' pair of blades is con-

nected by a transverse rock shaft on the planter' frame, and a pedal on the tongue operates the rock shaft so that the blades clean the shoe while the planter is working.

EGG TRAY.

Transverse rollers in this tray support the eggs. The operating shaft is journalled in the end walls of the tray. Above each r-'tior a cord is attached at both

ends to the shaft, after being wound round the shaft and the roller. When the shaft is turned all the rollers are turned an equal distance.