532 Miscellaneous Implements Exhibited at Doncastei'. 
nessed, it did better work. The steerage is fairly good ; the 
potatoes can be planted at various distances apart, and the tubers 
seemed to have suifered little by being pricked. A simple 
arrangement might with advantage be attached to cover in the 
potatoes after they are deposited in the furrow, as it would 
save the necessity of covering them in by other means, and extra 
trampling by horses would be avoided. This is an effective 
Fig. 9.— Compressed Air Shccp-Sbearer. 
and labour-saving machine, and in those districts where labour 
is scarce is likely to be found very valuable. Price 15/. 
The Australian Shearer Co., Limited, 81 York Street, Sydney, 
N.S.W., showed their Compressed Air Sheep Shearer (Art. 
3906), which is undoubtedly a clever and useful invention.- 
The appliajice is worked by compressed air, and embraces a 
reciprocating double-pistoned engine having a suitable air-valve 
