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of this a piece of Jin. wire netting is nailed, and the dresser 

 is complete. A riddle of IJin. or IJin. mesh is set across 

 the two pieces A A, the potatoes are put into this, and 

 the riddle is slid backwards and forwards till all small 

 tubers have fallen through on to the wire netting sieve. 

 Here the loose dirt falls through, and the chats roll down 

 the sieve on to the ground in front of the dresser. This 

 dresser is so simple that anyone can make it, and it also 

 has the advantage of being very cheap. It will be found 

 especially useful where the chats and seconds are picked 

 up together and clamped till winter. 



Weighing Machines. For weighing potatoes any 

 machine that will support a sack or barrel is suitable. A 

 simple and inexpensive one is the garden machine made 

 by Messrs. H. Pooley and Son, 89, Fleet Street, London ; 

 and another almost identical with it is sold by Messrs. W. 

 and T. Avery, Soho Foundry, Birmingham. Both of these 

 firms make other machines which are still more suitable, 

 though more expensive, having supports against which 

 full sacks may rest whilst being weighed. 



Potato Shovels The best shovel to use for pota- 

 toes when bagging or clamping is one specially made of 

 thin steel or iron bars, which hold the potatoes, but allow 

 any dirt to fall through. For shifting potatoes on a wooden 

 floor a wooden shovel, such as is used for grain, will be 

 found handy. 



Potato Hoes. For covering in the seed of small 

 crops, or when a ridging plough is not available lor this 

 work, the large potato hoes used in Lincolnshire are very 

 useful. These are about 16in. wide and 4|in. deep, and 

 have the handles fitted into straight necks about 2in. long. 

 If two men with these hoes work down opposite sides of 

 a row, one immediately behind the other, the work of 

 covering in the sets is rapidly and well done. 



