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REPORT UPON COTTON INSECTS. 



Fig. 59 represents the patent of Mr. Charles F. Levy, of Natehi- 



toches, La. 



No. i. No. 2. 



FIG. 59. C. A. Levy's machine. 



.No. 1 is a side view of the machine j No. 2 is. a side view partly in 

 section hrough one of the cylinders. 



A are 1 wo cylinders formed by attaching the wire gauze or finely-perforated sheet- 

 metal to circular ends or disks. To the inner surfaces of the cylinders A are attached 

 longitudinal strips B, to one side of each of which is attached a strip C, of tin or other 

 suitable sheet-metal, which strips thus form flanges, which, as the cylinders revolve, 

 raise the compound and allow it to fall back, so as to keep it stirred up and prevent 

 the heavier ingredients from settling and thus escaping in too largo a proportion 

 and unevenly. The cylinders A are placed upon the end parts of a shaft, D, and are 

 secured in place adjustably by keys or nuts, so that they may be movt d toward or 

 from each other to correspond with the distance apart of the rows of plants. Upon 

 the middle part of the shaft D is formed a crank, d', by means of which the cylinders 

 revolved, either by taking hold of said crank d' directly, or by a short handle, E, 

 pivoted to said crank. The shaft D revolves in eyes in the upper ends of two bars, 

 F, the upp%r parts of which are curved to give room for the crank d' to operate. The 

 lower parts of the bars F are parallel with each other, and pass down upon the oppo- 

 site sides of the standard G, to which they are secured by a bolt, H, which passes 

 through a hole in the lower parts of the snid bars F, and through a slot in the said 

 standard G, so that by loosening the hand-nut h' of the bolt H the cylinder A may be 

 raised and lowered, as the height of the cotton plants may require. 



The bars F may be kept from turning upon the bolt H by lugs formed upon the 

 inner sides of the bars F, and which enter the slot of the standard G, or by a second 

 bolt. 



The lower end of the standard G is branched, and has screw-holes formed through 

 said branches to receive the screws or bolts by which the machine is secured to the 

 forward part of a saddle, or to the frame of a snlky, according as it is designed to 

 operate the machine upon horseback or upon wheels. [Patent No. 154690, dated 

 September 1, 1874.] 



