354 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Srpz., 1901. 
Agricultural Patents. 
PATENTS ACCEPTED. 
Reevunarine? Ixcusarors.—Class 35 (3 Figures)—5823: William 
McArthur Stewart, of Unwin’s Bridge road, St. Peters, near Sydney, New 
South Wales, manufacturer. ‘ Improvements relating to Levers for Incubator 
Lamps.” Dated 24th December, 1900. (Drawings, 12s. 6d.; specification, 4s. 
6d.) In incubators in which the wick-shield of the lamp is moved up and down 
by a thermostat lever; the wick-shield is at one end of an horizontal bar which 
is guided by a cylindrical balance weight sliding in a tube; the chain or link 
from the thermostat lever is attached above and in the vertical line of the centre 
of gravity of the balanced parts. (1 claim.) 
General Notes. 
A CURIOUS GREEK COIN. 
A correspondent of the Farmer and Stockbreeder, London, sent to that 
journal the accompanying copy of a very curious Greek coin in his possession. 
‘We know that the raising of live stock occupied a large share of the attention 
of the most ancient nations. From the earliest Biblical narratives and from 
inscriptions and sculptures on the walls of temples and other public buildings, 
as well as from the monuments of nations once powerful, long since vanished 
from the face of the earth, we have proof of the important part played by 
agriculture and stock-breeding in ancient times. 
One would scarcely have expected so refined and artistic a people as the 
Greeks to have issued a coin such as is here depicted, showing the efligy of 4 
wretched razor-backed sow with a litter, three of which appear to have five 
legs. The coin is of silver, about the size of a florin, but much thicker an 
heavier. ‘The coin may have been a prize medal for best sow and litter. 
TO MEND CRACKS IN STOVES. 
To mend cracks in stove and stove-pipes, make a paste of ashes and salt, 
with water, and apply. A harder and more durable cement is made of iro? 
filings, sal ammoniac, and water. 
