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  2. Improved Plough Attachment.

    THE invention herewith illustrated is an attachment to the ordinary plough, and is designed to open furrows or channels in the soil of suitable depth to receive potatoes, and afterwards to cover the latter with earth. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 342 words
  3. Kiama Agricultural and Horticultural Society.

    THE annual show of the above Society commenced on the 5th instant, under the most favourable circumstances. The weather was of the most propitious character—genuine summer weather, but with a lively breeze from ...

    Article : 1,083 words
  4. Circular Cutter for Wood Work

    OUR engraving illustrates a very handy bench tool for wood workers, by the use of which a great variety of ornamental circular work may be performed. It consists in the adaptation of variously shaped ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 221 words
  5. The Blight in Fruit Trees.

    SIR,—Will you or any of your many readers inform me what is the cause of the blight so much complained of, amongst the fruit trees? Is it in the air, the ground, or is it a grub, and what is the best preventative? ...

    Article : 831 words
  6. SCIENCE—INVENTION— CONSTRUCTION.

    THE lifting-jack illustrated in the annexed figure has been patented by Mr. J. Riddlesberger, in the United States. The following description of this "Herculean" lifting jack, as it is called, is from the Scientific ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 191 words
  7. To The Editor.

    SIR,— In your issue of January 17th, appears an article on "Agriculture" in the Upper Hunter District" which I read with much interest. Anyone that has had an opportunity of observing the way ...

    Article : 1,189 words
  8. New Mechanical Movement.

    Out engraving illustrates a mechanical movement invented by E. C. Rassell, of Ravenna, Ohio, patented through the Scientific American patent Agency, March 7, 1871. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 159 words
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