162 



THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 



September, 1913 



Improved Orchard Harness. 



It is durinn^ the next few 

 months, when sprin<j and snmmer 

 cultivation work will be the order 

 of the day, that the unsnitabilitv 

 of ordinary harne.s.s for orchard 

 purposes will be most 

 broujrht Jjefore the notice 

 growers. 



Ei\-eryone in a general sort of 

 way recognises that a great deal 

 of damage is done each season bv 

 the teams, but to really get a grip 



forcibly 

 of fruit 



It was probably this aspect of 

 the case which led Messrs. Wicks 

 Bros., of Ballvannah, and who are 

 recognised as leadinij occhardists of 

 our State, to consult Messrs. Hol- 

 den &< Frost, of Grenfell Street, re- 

 garding the improvements which 

 the\- considered necessary for cul- 

 tivation purposes in the orchard. 

 We may mention that Messrs. 

 Hold'en &, Frost have been very 

 successful in producing a first class 



reference to " Orchard " harness, 

 which we are pleased to publish 

 for the benefit of our readers : — 



Renmurk, 

 July iith, • 1913. 

 Messrs. Holden ^ Frost, 

 Adelaide. 



Dear Sirs. — We must express our 

 regret that we did, not report be- 

 fore. JMr. Basey is visiting Ade- 

 laide shortly, and intended to make 



Original Patented ^Orchard Harness, w-ith draug-ht in the oentre, shownng horse working near 



to the trees and implement not close enough. 



of the position it is necessary to 

 carefully note the amount of wood 

 destroyed or damaged in once 

 going over the orchard, and then 

 multi])ly it by the number of times 

 the cultivat'or is run over .the land. 

 It is quite obvious that one can- 

 not pick the same fruit twice over, 

 and, in other words, if one, picks it 

 (or, to be more exact, hooks of! 



the fruit-bearing wood) t^^th har- 

 ness or swingle bars in September 

 it won't be there when the pickers 

 come round, later in the season. 



sub.stitute for the present-day cm- 

 suitable harness^ and swingletrees, 

 which have hitherto been the cause 

 of a gneat deal of exasperation on 

 the part of the orchard owner. We 

 have no hesitation in .stating that 

 the " Orchard " harness as manu- 

 factured bv Messrs. Holden and 

 Frost will prove extremely bene- 

 ficial, and ' a boon to the fruit 



grower, who in turn will appreci- 

 ate the efforts put forth by them. 



The following interesting testi- 

 m.onial has been handed, us, having 



an early call upon your good 

 selves. However, we have now de- 

 cided to forward you a few lines 

 concerning the harness. 



We tried' the new pattern as 

 soon as it came to hand, and are 

 pleased to be able to tell von that 

 we regard it as A COMPLETE 

 SUCCESS, By adjusting. the 

 draught on the bow we found the 



f 



swing-out of the latter entirely 



done away with. As far as we 



could see the "one-sided" draught 



had -no iU effect >vhatever on the 



Improved Patent/cd Orchard JIaines,s with movable draught, sho wing horse working quite 

 free of trees or vines a \d cultivator quite close up to the roots or trellis. 



