. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. The Country Gcntleniaiis Magazine ,8i Jlgrtcultural inipleincuts diti) ^ttachiues. AN IMPROVED BAG-HOLDER. THE accompanying engravings illustrate an excellent arrangement for holding bags while undergoing the process of filling, which, we think, will help materially to economize time and labour. Farmers are. Fig. I. Fig. 2. Improved Bag Holder. well aware of the trouble and labour involved in this simple operation; how two, and fre- quently three hands, are seen engaged in replenishing a single bag of corn, where on
. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. The Country Gcntleniaiis Magazine ,8i Jlgrtcultural inipleincuts diti) ^ttachiues. AN IMPROVED BAG-HOLDER. THE accompanying engravings illustrate an excellent arrangement for holding bags while undergoing the process of filling, which, we think, will help materially to economize time and labour. Farmers are. Fig. I. Fig. 2. Improved Bag Holder. well aware of the trouble and labour involved in this simple operation; how two, and fre- quently three hands, are seen engaged in replenishing a single bag of corn, where one might suffice without much additional labour. Besides, the process, as a general rule, is slow and unprofitable to the farmer, and it would be to his interest to adopt something which will at once economize time and labour. Tlie following, we imagine, would meet a want long felt:— A proper size for the one defineated in fig. 2 is the platform k, 24 inches long, 14 broad, and 2 in thickness, either pine or oak; standard B, 36 inches in height; hopper p, 16 by J 6 inches at the top, bevelled to admit of the hooking thereon of the bag o, as shewn. It is obvious that by having the upper portion of the hopper of larger dimen- sions than the top or mouth of bag, the opera- tion of filling can be performed much quicker, and with less liability to spill the grain. This bag holder also dispenses with one hand. Fig. I illustrates a simple arrangement for the purpose. The hopper is of the size of that in fig. i. It is supported by three short straps or chains r, r, r, attached to as many of its several sides, which in turn are attached at the point m. This bag-holder is cheap, simple, portable, and durable. It can be attached to the granary wall or any portion of the barn above the floor. By providing the main chain m with a hook, it can be raised or lowered to accommodate bags of various Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been
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