CATCHING OR BAGGING LOCUSTS. 



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.— "Wilsox-Khode Locust-catcher : Top view. 



jourualed, and operated by the belt or chain 8 over the pulleys 9. The axles 5, upon 

 which ihe wheels a are placed, have their inner ends made U-shaped, so as to straddle 

 over the edges of the timbers d, _ 



to which they are secured by set- llll'l 1 1 PI 



screws. By thus forming these 

 spindles a heavy axle is dis- 

 pensed with, and the wheels can 

 be adjusted back and forth, so as 

 to regulate the distance the edge 

 of the floor shall travel from the 

 ground. 



The sweeps of the reel may con- 

 sisteitherof plain strips of v.ood, 

 or the strips may have sheets of 

 rubber or any other suitable ma- 

 terial clamped in between, or se- 

 cured to them, as shown. 



Mr. Samuel Godartl, of 

 Marysville, Mo., invented 

 a machine for catching lo- 

 custs (patent No. 191,421, 

 dated May 29, 1877), of 

 which we give the accompanying illustrations. 



Fig. 97 is a plan view of the invention. Fig. 98 is a vertical section 



of the same, and Fig. 99 represents an end view of the revolving frame. 



a represents a suitable rectangular frame, 

 whi(h is mounted upon the two wheels c, 

 and provided with the two handles d, so that 

 the whole machine may be pushed before a 

 man, like a wheelbarrow. Where the ma- 

 chine is too arge to be pushed by a man, 

 the shafts e may be fastened upon the top 

 of the handles by means of bands or loops g, 

 substantially as shown, or of any oiher 

 form, and then a horse be used for moving 

 the machine about over ihe g ound. 



Mounted upon the top of the frame are the 

 two brace-standards h, and journaled upon 

 these standards is the revolving, wire-cov- 

 ered frame i, of the form shown, and which 

 is made to revolve by a belt, j, that passes 

 over the pulley I on the end of the shaft on 

 which the frame revolves, and down around 

 the pulley n, fastened to the axle of one of 

 the driving-wheels. The frame i has two 

 openings, o, one in each end, that exterds the whole length of the frame; and inside of 

 the frame, to each opening, there is a hinged door, r, which is held open by its crank 



while the machine is in operation, and 

 then closed as soon as the 'hoppers are 

 caught, so that the,v cannot escape. In one 

 or both ends of the frame there are made 

 oijenings or doors, through which the cap- 

 tured 'hoppers can be removed from the 

 f ame to be destroyed. 



This njachine i.s to be pushed over the 



ground, and, as the 'hoppers rise in 



swarms before 



its approach, 



the revolving 



frame, with its 



openings at 



each end, flies 



around and 



Tig. 93— The Godard Locust-catcher: Vertical gathers them 



section. in. After they 



are once in they can never escape the way they got in. 



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Fig. 97.— The Godard Locust-catcher : Plan view. 



Fig. 



99— Godard C\tcme..: 

 End view of frame. 



