Tools and Conveniences of the Year. 



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spray, and will sow fertilizer or grain. The machine is a light 

 one for one horse, being constructed in great part of wood, 



mounted on two iron 

 wheels. The distribu- 

 ting power is obtained 

 by a blast of air pro- 

 duced by a revolving fan, 

 worked by the traveling „ 

 wheels of the machine. 

 As the material falls from 

 the hopper it is caught 

 by a blast of air and 

 spread from the back of 

 the machine. For solids 

 a metal spreader is fixed, 

 while liquids are sent 

 through nozzles placed 

 in different positions for 

 various purposes. Small 

 hand-power machines 

 are made for gardens, fruit plantations, and other purposes, 

 as well as horse-power machines for farms. Special distribu- 

 tors are made for use in vineyards, for which purpose they are 

 already in great demand in England. It appears to be one of 

 the most useful of modern inventions. 



Mole Trap. — (Fig. 16, page 178). "Two pieces of inch 

 board, of the shape shown, seven inches wide and thirty inches 

 long, are hinged to- 

 gether on one end. 

 The iron trigger is 

 ten inches long, its 

 lower end somewhat 

 like a flattened spoon 

 or paddle and the up- 

 per end notched as 

 shown. The upright 

 post is curved to cor- 

 respond with the 

 sweep of the top 

 board. On each side of the top are six teeth, either fastened 

 directly on the board or riveted on a plate an inch wide and 



