INVENTIONS OF AGRICULTURAL INTEREST.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3, 20 September 1929, Page 212

INVENTIONS OF AGRICULTURAL INTEREST.

Applications for patents, published with abridged specifications in the New Zealand Patent Office Journal from 25th July to sth September, 1929, include the following of agricultural interest : No. 60492 : Manure ;C. H. Robbins, Carterton. No. 62247 : Hoof cushioningpad ; A. V. Downie, Kensington, N.S.W. No. 62538 : Manure distributor; A. Storrie, Auckland. No. 62928 : Grip for tractor wheel; A. M. McGregor, Parkes, N.S.W. No. 62939 Egg container; J. H. Pickett, Hamilton, Ontario. No. 60332 : Support for cast sheep ; G. A. Bruce, Oxford. No. 60710 : Fibrehandling apparatus ; Maddren Bros., Ltd., Christchurch. No. 61138 : Gravity grader for fruit ; D. Knowles, Motueka. No. 61217 : Milking-machine pulsator : H. H. Sutton, Waihi. No. 61468 : Machine sheep-shear ; J. E. Ellis, Auckland. No. 62638 : Milking-machine pulsator; C. A. Martin, Hamilton. No. 62815 . Milking-machine releaser; J. Treloar, Hamilton. No. 62990: Snail trap, N. J. Gilberd, Auckland. No. 63130 : Hemp bleaching ; Spectrum Dyes Pty., Ltd., Melbourne. No. 62134 : Horse cover ;J. Curry, Riversdale. Copies of full specifications and drawings in respect of any of the ab we 'may be' obtained from the Registrar of Patents, Wellington, price is. prepaid.

Noxious Weeds Orders. — The Picton Borough Council has declared broom, fennel, and St. John’s wort to be noxious weeds within the borough boundaries. The Green Island Borough has similarly declared all plants specified in the Second Schedule of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1928, and Rotorua Borough broom and gorse. The Amuri County Council has declared Californian thistle not to be a noxious weed within that county.