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Journal of Agriculture. 



[9 Sept., 1907. 



dimensions, &c., were kindly supplied Ijy Mr. R. G. Wilson of Whittle- 

 sea. It is a useful two-horse implement, and will do good work in 

 most soils and in most paddocks. It is, in fact, a sort of cross between 

 the buckscraper and the smoother ; but fails to combine all the good 



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PL.4N. 

 THE HANDLE. 



qualities of both. It mav readily be made on the farm, the ironwork 

 being procured from the local blacksmith. The log or cutter is of 

 red gum, and the rest of hard wood. Both edges are shod with iron, 

 one to serve when the other wears out or gets broken. No description 

 is required of its manufacture as the illustrations clearly show the method. 

 The cutting edges are secured by stout screws. 



Reference has been made to the timber buckscraper, and the steel 

 scraper was stated to be superior. The wooden form has, however, the 



THE TIMBER BUCKSCRAPER. 



merit that it can be made by an unskilled person and costs .somewhat 

 less. The accompanying figures give a clear idea of the arrangement. 

 All the timber should be of oregon except the handle, which is hard- 

 wood. In all practical details this scraper is identical with the steel 

 scraper already described, (pp. 323-4). It is the same length, 7 feet, and 

 requires a four-horse team, worked in two pairs to separate swingle-trees. 

 The handle, which has to meet considerable strains, needs securely fasten- 

 ing with iron plates above and below as shown. Where the Oregon joins 

 the cutting edge, a strip of light gauge, about 20, steel is bent round 



