300 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Sepr., 1901. — 
for use in working cotton for the first time. The plough or cultivator embodies 
‘two disks which run on opposite sides of the row, together with devices 
whereby the angle of the disks may be varied to make the disk run deep or — 
shallow as may be required. A third is ‘‘a device for operating markers of 
corn planters” adaptable to any corn planter, whereby the marker can be- 
quickly raised by the foot of the driver and freed from any trash which may 
have been gathered. Thus, a plain mark is made during the planting, and the 
work of straight planting is facilitated. The device is also serviceable in raising 
the marker to clear a rock or stump. | 
PATENT STEERAGE HORSE-HOE. 
The Mark Lane Express says that Messrs. Carson and Toone’s (War 
minster, Wilts.) patent steerage horse-hoe is an important improvement on the — 
ordinary horse-hoe. The design of the hoe is the same, with the addition of — 
the steerage and improved blades for early hoeing. It is adapted for side | 
hoeing roots and plants either on the ridge or flat, thus doing away with 
expense of hand side-hoeing. The travelling wheel stand has a draught bar 
provided with notches to allow the draught attachment to be shifted to either 
side; a steering rod having a rack is situated within easy reach of the operator's 
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hand to enable him to move the travelling wheels at will, and so cause the” 
wheels and hoe blades to follow the track of the rows of plants irrespective of 
any slight deviation of the same, in the course followed by the horse, or any 
other cause. ‘The horse, walking between the rows or plants, does not dam 
them, and the driver is not obstructed in his view of the plants by the horse 
The wheels are adjustable to suit the width of rows or drills, and the hoe cat 
be used immediately the plant appears, as the improved blades cannot injure 
the plant; the weeds, &c., being cleared away by the blades, leave a light soll _ 
immediately round the plant, greatly promoting the growth, 
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