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AGRICin/rURAI, MACHIXERY 



less than one horse-power. It weighs 450 pounds and has wheels 25 in- 

 ches high with 3 y2 inch tires. The height of the handles can be adjusted 

 to suit the operator. It will cultivate anything that grows in rows. 



Any kind of garden hoes, cultivator teeth, knives or disks can be quick- 

 ly attached and a boy or'girl can operate the machine for it needs ovA.y to 



The Bccman garden Tractor. 



be steered. B> going astride the row this tractor cultivates all vegeta- 

 bles grown in narrow rows such as onions, beets, carrots and by going bet- 

 ween the rows it will cultivate maize, potatoes, peas etc. 



This tractor can also be used for driving other small machines such as 

 pumps, churns, cream separators, wood-saws and the like. 



789 - Experiments on the Fuel used in Farm Portable Engines.— AVif^a de i unis, 



JHrcction 'generate dc V Au^riculturc, du Commerce ct dc la Cnliiniaatinn, BiiUdin, Year 2<i, 

 Xo. 87. pp. 49-55. Tunis, March, April 1916. 



The present high prices of coals have induced many farmers in Tunis 

 to use other fuels for their steam engines. The wood of olive trees, lentisks 

 and thuyas are those most frequently burned. 



The Direction Generale de 1' Agriculture has recently caused experi- 

 ments to be carried out in order to determine the best means of utilizing 

 Tunisian fuels and their value in comparison with that of coal briquettes. 



A 24 HP. portable engine driving a straw baling press turning out 

 40 to 50 bales per hour was used for these experiments, in each of which 

 the pressure was first brought up to 64 lbs. by burning only the strictly 



