Barb Wire Maze Cutter.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 4 December 1914, Page 3

Barb Wire Maze Cutter.

A Queensland dairy farmer sends along a description of a device he has hit upon for cutting his maize by means of barb wire : —"lt is simply necessary," he says, "for the horse to which the wire is hitched to be led around the break it is proposed to cut, so that the Wire, in its forward motion, will be kept cutting. Every stalk will be sawn through close to the ground, with not a root disturbed. Whereever a little hillock has been thrown up above the surrounding" surfaces, the barb will saw ri>;ht through it. On thistles it was a failure, a.s the barbs became plugged with tough grass. For this reason some improvements on the barbs as teeth are necessary .beiore the principle can be generally applied. A demand for such an appliance should certainly be met bj- the manufacturers. In the meantime much good work cau be performed by the barb wire in the hands of a practical man."