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ft. 8 in. by 12 ft. It is used either behind a pole or thills. 

 L. H. Bailey, in At/ierican Garden, 88. 



Lawn Mower Attachment. — (Fig. 

 13, page 255.) — A patented device for 

 catching and holding the grass thrown 

 off by a lawn mower. — Rural New- 

 Yorker, y4S' 



Root Lifter.— (Fig. 14, page 255.) — 

 The beam is of hard wood, 5 feet long 

 and 2>^X3>^ in. In front is an inch 

 hole through which the wheel-rod 

 passes. The upper end of the clevis 



Fig. 16. 



Fig. 15. 



is turned up and a threaded 

 hole cut in it to receive the 

 thumb-screw which holds the 

 wheel-rod in place. The iron 

 lifter is inserted in a mortise 

 about mid-way of the beam, 

 and is held in place by a key, 

 which provides means for ad- 

 justing it to various depths. 

 The foot is made of ^-inch 

 jv, f iron 3 inches wide, with a small 

 .y^":*^ wing of steel riveted to the 

 3^^^^-^-.?,.^ 1 o w er end. The roots are 

 ''^--"' topped with a hoe before being 

 lifted. — A7n. Agriculturist, ji^. 



