FARM IMPLEMENTS. 



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plow are made of half-inch oak or baaawood stripe, Bteamed and bent into 

 shape. The outer surface of these stripe should be dressed smoothly, which 

 will make the draft easier. 



Bag Holders. — Farmers who raise crops of cereals for market are well 



aware of the trouble and 



labor involved in the one 



operation of bag filling. 



It oftentimes happens that 



one person is required to 



hold open and fill the bag 



at the same time; this, how- 

 ever, is a slow and tedious 



process, and to expedite 



this important operation, 



at the same time render it 



less laborious, the bag 



holders shown in our illus- 

 tration were invented. A 



proper size of the one de- 

 lineated in Fig. 1 is platform 



IL, 24x14x2 inches, either 



pine or oak; standard B, 



4x3x36 inches; hopper P, 



16x16 inches at the top, 



beveled to admit of the 



hooking thereon of the bag 



D, as shown. It is obvious 



that, by having the upper bao holdkis. 



portion of the hopper of 



larger dimensions than the top or month of the bag, the operation of filling 



can be pertormed much quicker, and with leas liability to spill the grain; the 



bag holder also dispenses with one hand. 



Fig. 2 illustrates a simple arrangement for the purpose. The hopper is 



of the size of that in Fig. 1. It is snpponed by three short straps or chains, 



EBB, attached to as many of its sereral sides, which in turn are attached «t iha 



point M. This bag holder 

 is cheap, simple, portable, 

 and durable. It can be at- 

 tached to the granary wall, 

 or any portion of the bam 

 above the floor. By pro- 

 viding the main chain 3( 

 with a hook, it can be 

 raised or lowered to ac- 

 commodate bags of various 

 " ~^^"~^ "^^ lengths. 



HAND PLC'W. 



Hand Plow. — Most 



vegetables are greatly benefitted by having the ground stirred frequently 

 around them. Hoeing is a tedions operation both for time and patience. 



We give a drawing of a small shovel plow with a wheel set in the tram, 

 which can be pxtshed like a wheelbarrow. When loosening the soil is the 

 object, it is a very expeditious machine. The tram is made by screwing to- 



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