Popular science monthly . ase of gatheringreduces the It is also claimed for thisinstrument that the plants are notdamaged as in hand-picking, in whichtwigs and branches are easily injuredand the entire plant is frequentlytorn out of the ground. Good servicehas been done 1)% the device ingathering seeds. The ditiiculty here inhantl-picking is that the dry pods areoften crushed and the seed scattered,while by the new method the seedpodsfall uninjured into the bag and no seedsare lost. It is also hoped that theinstrument, which is the in\-ention ofan apothecary of Colditz named
Popular science monthly . ase of gatheringreduces the It is also claimed for thisinstrument that the plants are notdamaged as in hand-picking, in whichtwigs and branches are easily injuredand the entire plant is frequentlytorn out of the ground. Good servicehas been done 1)% the device ingathering seeds. The ditiiculty here inhantl-picking is that the dry pods areoften crushed and the seed scattered,while by the new method the seedpodsfall uninjured into the bag and no seedsare lost. It is also hoped that theinstrument, which is the in\-ention ofan apothecary of Colditz named Meyer,may prove serviceable in flower-cutting instrument hasbeen lound particularly effective incropping dandelions when the plants areyoung and the flowers only a few incheshigh. For this kind of work the deviceis operated along the ground likegrass-cutting shears, and as fast asthe metal receptacle fills it is tippedand the severed flowers fall into thebag. of flowers withoutcan be accomplishedinstrument.
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