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Show TUBER COVERER AND RIDGER Useful Implement That Greatly Faclll-tates Faclll-tates Potato Planting How Constructed. Make the runners of this potato coverer of hard wood six feet long, six inches high and two inches thick! writes W. H. Bond in Missouri Valley Farmer. Put iron plates on bottom of runners and make a tight cover. Coverer Ready for Work. Explanation: A. A. runners; E front croBspiece; C, rear crosaplece; B. tongue-D, tongue-D, handle. ' Front crosspiece Is three feet long, rear crosspiece one foot Use two horses and two men, one man to drive and the other to hold rear end In place by means of handle. Two men can cover a large patch in a day. |