The Anketell Potato Planter.
In tlu Wairarapa a new potato* planter is tning exhibited at worJb^ la construction it is on the plough piindplp, with a platform whioh carries two boys and a trough, contain* ing seed potatoes. A horizontal belt with zinc stops ran by a driving wheel carries the eeed down a shoot, while two mould boards set on an angle do the work of covering. Th 9 implement is run on two medium- 3ized iron wheels and a small one in the front and is there* fore easily drawn by two horses. A marker makes a farrow in whiob the wheel runs for the next round, and the work, with the driver on the Beat and two boys on the platform to place the potatoes on the belt, is carried out quickly and smoothly. The main advantages over sowing in the usual plough planting are that far more work can be accomplished with a man and two boys than with a man and four boys, the usual trampling on the seed by horses is obviated, potatoes are planted at a more even depth and at regular distances, a large quantity of seed can be carried on the implement, and the boys can ride, instead of walk which means that they can do more work with less exertion.
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Manawatu Herald, 6 October 1898, Page 2
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220The Anketell Potato Planter. Manawatu Herald, 6 October 1898, Page 2
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