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implement. Only the fixing on the truck to bring it back 

 to the beginning of the furrow is a rather troublesome and 

 tedious operation. It is done as follows : The beam of the 

 plough carries a vertical shaft with a toothed rack, gearing 

 with a pinion. Directly the plough has come out of the furrow 

 leaning on the mould-board, or breast, it is lifted upright, 

 .a plank is placed under the vertical shaft, and, by means of 

 .a handle working the pinion the shaft is lowered. It rests 

 on the plank lifting the body of the plough. The truck is 

 slided under the frame and keyed on to it. The shaft is 

 then raised and the plough resting on the truck is ready to 

 be drawn back. This device is shown in Fig. 8. 



MUSQUERE'S HORSE-GIN. 



The horse-gin of Musquere, of Salses (Pyrene'es-Orientales) 

 presents some analogy to that of Beauquesne. 



Description. The frame of the capstan is made of rolled 

 joist girders, braced with angle iron. 



The winding drum is 3ft. 3in. in diameter, the pole 11 ft. 

 in length. The ratio of the speeds ^. Two poles may be 

 iixed on the socket head. The device for throwing into gear 

 resembles that of Beauquesne. 



Working. To instal the capstan a deep trench is dug to 

 Teceive the wheels and frame. The machine is buried to 

 the level of the bottom flange of the drum. The stability is 

 .great, but the fixing tedious. The cable passes over a fixed 

 pulley made fast to a chain, the two extremities of which 

 are anchored to a series of iron pegs arranged like a claw. 

 The sliding of the pulley on the anchoring chain is done in 

 the same way as with the Beauquesne plant. 



The plough used is a Vernette trenching plough. To 

 carry the plough back to the beginning of the new furrow, 

 it is tilted over on two wheels. 



This gin with 274 yards of cable costs 64. 



GRUB'S HORSE-GIN. 



Leonce Grue first attempted in 1876, on his farm at 

 Eeaulieu, Sollies-Font (Var), to haul heavy trenching 

 ploughs by means of a winding drum. The first machine 

 vras very imperfect, but the principle was good, and Grue" 

 tad only to make a few modifications to create the horse- 

 .gin which now bears his name, and which is sometimes 

 known under the name of Beaulieu gin. 



