196 Miscellaneous Implements ExJiihited at Doncaster, 1912. 



is passed in a grooved channel, of sufficient diameter to avoid 

 too sharp a bend, and then under a cam-shaped clip ; the 

 heavier the pull the tighter the grip. The hooks that ai*e 

 necessary for the rope-ends are attached thereto by unravelling 

 the strands, passing them through a socket, and then inserting 

 a wedge between them at the back side and driving home. 

 This arrangement and the cam clip are of course not new, but 

 daring the trial the rope broke just at the wedge, and the joint 

 was re-made in about five minutes, showing this to be a quite 

 simple and practical fastening. 



In case a stump is to be uprooted where there is no up- 

 standing part of the tree, a triangle is used to lift the rope high 

 enough to make the pull more in a vertical direction. 



An oak stump of a tree some 15 in. diameter was operated 

 upon, and in thirty-five minutes, including the stoppage on 



Fig. 1.— Winch Tree Grubber. 



account of the breaking of the rope, it was pulled up and com- 

 ])letely turned upside down, bringing with it a boll of earth 

 aliout 9 ft. diameter. 



Four men operated the whole thing ; three of them working 

 hard at the lever, but only at the time of heaviest pull when 

 the roots were beginning to come out. 



It is possible that the implement will be of most use in the 

 C'Olonies where large tracts have to be cleared of timber. 



No. 3461, Stand 286. — Dr// Sprayer or Fungicide Distri- 

 h I (tor for Potatoes. Price 211. 10s.— Exhibited by Mr. Alfred 

 lloyle, Don Foundry, Doncaster. This seems to be a successful 

 attempt to produce a machine for distributing fungicide in a 

 dry state, it having been found that in some cases this method 

 of application is preferable to the wet process. 



