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TEE AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Scotland. If imported direct, the price 

 is about £16 5s., and, if bought locally, 

 £22. The principle is simple: a plough 

 sort of ploughshare travels under the po- 

 tato ridge and loosens all above it. Im- 

 mediately above the share there is a 

 wheel with iron arms which revolves at a 

 great rate. The arms, divided at their 

 ends into what I might describe as two 

 huge fingers, send the loosened potatoes 

 flying to the side, the flight of the tubers 

 being limited by a screen of short sticks, 

 like broom handles, which hang some 

 three or four feet from the middle of the 

 machine. Mr. Kershaw was good enough 

 to show me the raiser at work, and I was 

 greatly struck with its efficiency. Only 

 two oxen were inspanned, the object be- 

 ing merely a demonstration; for continu- 

 ous work, however, four are desirable. I 

 also saw the machine dragged over as 

 awkward a lot of boulders, which consti- 

 tuted the drift of a spruit, as one can 

 well conceive, and it did not come to 

 grief. Mr. Kershaw saw nothing in what 

 I considered very rough usage — which in 

 its way is testimony to the substantial 

 character of the manufacture. Mr. Ker- 

 shaw believes he was the first in Natal 

 to use a potato raiser. 



2-FuEROw Plough. 

 Among the various ploughs, 1, 2, and 

 3-furrow, a 2-furrow came in for warm 

 praise. It was of Ransome's make, Eagle 

 75.2, and can be purchased from Messrs. 

 Steel, Murray & Co. for £7 15s. With 

 disc coulters (which are not necessary, 

 but lighten the draught) the price is £2 

 more. "It is," said Mr. Kershaw, "a first- 

 class plough in every way, its only de- 

 fect being a liability to topple over when 

 turning. The piece of scantling that you 

 saw I have tied across the top stops that 

 however. Use my 3-furrows? No; that 

 2-furrow is easily worked with six oxen; 

 for the 3-furrow I should have to put in 

 fourteen." 



EiDOiNG Plough. 

 "For ridging work I find the D.C.I., 

 sold by Messrs. Paul Henwood, in every 

 way first-class. It has three sizes of 

 shares. It is worked with a couple of 

 oxen, or a horse, if preferred," 



Harrov^s, &c. 



"That spring-tooth harrow, which I 

 got from Messrs. Steel, Murray I find very 

 serviceable for tearing up soil and to save 

 ploughing — when the land is in a fit con- 

 dition. It is very useful. The latest 

 ones have plates at the end of the teeth 

 which can be renewed as required, and 

 purchasers should see they get that kind. 

 That lever peg-tooth harrow is very good 

 for light work, the lever permitting of 

 the teeth to be set at any angle; the three 

 parts cost about £10. As to weeders, 

 there is none better than that first de- 

 scribed in the Journal by Mr. John Mar- 

 wick. My scarifiers are of the usual 

 class." 



Forage Press. 



"My forage press is a Macdonald, Mar- 

 itzburg. It is a very good make; price 

 £18." 



Mower and Reaper. 

 "My mower and reaper is a McCor- 

 mick. I gave £21 in Durban for it, and 

 in every respect I like it. My 'Daisy' 

 self-delivery reaper cost £26 10s. — works 

 excellently." 



Hay Rake. 



"This double-pressure hay rake works 

 splendidly on an uneven ground. The 

 double pressure is easily given with the 

 foot lever and is very useful. It is the 

 best hay rake I have seen. The agents 

 are Messrs. G. North & Son, Durban." 



Mealie Planter. 



"I do not plant many mealies now, 

 for I find it more profitable to buy the 

 mealies required and sell potatoes, but 

 for mealie cultivation, that Eureka planter 

 is first-rate. The fertiliser attachment 

 works well, putting in as desired, from 

 1501hs. to eOOlbs. It cost £12 10s. The 

 lever for lifting the front wheel makes 

 turning easy. The agents for this ma- 

 chine are also Messsrs. G. North & Son." 



The Harvester. 



This big and expensive machine, cost- 

 ing £150, was bought just before the 

 epidemic of forage blight, and has hardly 

 been used at all. From the way, how- 

 ever, in which it did its work, Mr. Ker- 



