Abstract

This implement is an improvement upon and is intended to replace that most admirable indigenous implement known in one form as a 'guntaka' and in another as a' danti.". Admirable models of simplicity as these indigenous implements are, they yet possess certain features which allow of room for improvement. In the first place, the arms which carry the blade and the shaft-pole or poles are fixed in the beam and the position of the one in relation to the other cannot be altered at will. The methods of adjusting the depth to which the blade will work are therefore limited to altering the distance between the. beam and the point at which the shaft-pole is attached to the yoke-pole, placing the shaft-pole on top of or underneath the yoke-pole, and placing a weight on the beam e.g. by the driver standing on it.

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