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support a revolving reel ; from these arms downward extend sheet-iron sides, over the 

 top a canvas covering ; all so constructed as to form a large wide mouth, into which 

 the 'hoppers are driven by the arms of the revolving reel and carried between the two 

 rollers and crushed. Horizontal strips running along the rollers serve to keep the 

 rollers and platform clear of the crushed grasshoppers. The whole machine is sup- 

 ported on two main wheels about the middle, and two smaller ones in front. Extend- 

 ing back is a frame or cross-bar, to which one or two horses may be hitched to push 

 the machine forward, or it may be operated by hand. The front of the platform runs 

 close to the ground, and by bearing down at the rear by the driver, it can easily be 

 lifted over any obstruction that may be in the way. The machine can be raised or 

 lowered in front to suit the crop over which it is run. 



Tig. 85.— The Flory Locust-machine : Front view, in operation. 



This invention will destroy the grasshoppers without the necessity and expense of 

 using oil or tar. The patent, we understand, also covers the combinations of a recep 

 tacle iinmediately under the rollers, into which the grasshoppers are carried, and into 



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FiG. 86.— The Flory Locust-machine : Side view of frame. 



which, if need be, water and oil may be kept, and also a long narrow hopper (just 

 over the rollers), into which coal-tar may be put and allowed to run through on to the 



