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carriage by means of shafts. The axles of the wheels are cranked upwards 

 and I'astened below the carriage frame ; they may be adjusted laterally to 

 different widths. The frame is suspended below the carriage, its forepart 

 moving on friction rollers, and resting on a wrought-iron bar which is fastened 

 below the carriage by a bracket; its back part is composed of an upper 

 "bar, to which the two suspending chains are attached. Thus the frame is 

 liung upon three different points. To the lower bar of the frame, chains are 

 attached, communicating with the lever handle and pulleys for raising the 

 hoes off the ground. In raising the hoes, the lower bar catches up the levers 

 close to where the stems of the hoes are inserted. 



Vertical guide rods, fastened above and below by clips to the back frame, 

 pass through slots in the levers. The levers are of wood braced with iron. 



The hoe stems are inserted into the ends of the levers and are fastened and 

 adjusted by a set screw. 



The hoes are guided laterally by two lever handles ; these are attached in 

 front to the carriage, and constitute the fulcrum, and are again connected by a 

 moveable joint with the upper bar, constituting the weight. The implement 

 made good work, and is easily guided. Its construction is simple, and all the 

 screw nuts are of the same size. All the j^arts liable to be subjected to strain 

 are of wrought iron, and the materials and workmanship are good. The 

 price is moderate as compared with the other independent lever horse-hoes 

 that were entered, being 12?. 12s. 



It would be a great improvement to construct the levers entirely of iron, 

 instead of a combination of wood and iron. 



No. 866. F. Mote, of Wisbech Boad, March. — This is an improved rigid- 

 frame horse-hoe, inasmuch as the frame is divided into three sections, each 

 of which is fitted with a compound lever for raising and lowering the hoes, 

 or for altering their pitch. In working along ridges, the sections may each 

 be regulated independently to suit the level of the ground along which they 

 are travelling, and the attendant may with ease, while the implement is at 

 work, alter either the depth or the pitch of hoes. 



The hoe frame is carried by a two-wheeled carriage, to which the horse is 

 attached by shafts. The frame is well placed below the carriage, so as to 

 balance the whole implement upon the centre axis. The hoes are steered by 

 a lever handle and rack and pinion. 



The materials are good and mostly malleable iron, while the wheels are of 

 wood. Workmanship is good. Price 14Z. 



No. 778. Vijjan and Headley, of Leicester. — This implement moved the 

 soil well, but having the single duckfoot-hoe in each row, it left many of 

 the thistles on the sides of the rows of corn, uncut. 



No. 2963. O. Lewis and Son, of Albert Works, Kettering. — This is a rigid- 

 frame horse-hoe ; it did not thoroughly clean the rows. 



No. 649. J. L. Baker and Co., of Hargrave, Kimbolton. — The improved 

 steerage of this implement may also be noticed (Fig. 13, p. 666). It consists 

 in a long shaft, a, fastened by bearings, B, B, across the frame of the carriage, 

 bearing at the front end an upi:»er and lower lever — the former, c, d, com- 

 municating with the steerage wheels, and the latter, e, connected with one 

 end of the hoe frame, F. The shaft is turned by means of a lever handle, 

 G, behind, and in guiding the implement either right or left, the steerage 

 wheels and the hoe frame are both moved in the same direction, thus working 

 in complete harmony with each other. 



