the position of the fulcrum post to be adjusted to regulate
the leverage, and as circumstances may require. To the lever is
attached a strong clevis, to receive the hook of the chain, that is
secured to the stump to be pulled.

IMPROVED SEED PLANTER.

Daniel J. Davis, Red Boiling Springs, Tenn.--In this invention two
wheels revolve upon the journals of the axle. Upon the end parts of
the axle are attached the rear ends of side bars, the forward ends of
which are bolted to the outer sides of the forward ends of the plow
beams. The forward ends of the beams are bolted to the ends of the
front bar, to the center of which is secured the forward end of the
central bar. To the beams are attached the plows for opening furrows
to receive the seed as it passes from the conductor spouts. The lower
ends of the spouts or tubes pass in through the sides of the plows, so
as to conduct the seed into the bottom of the furrows before they have
been partially filled by the falling in of the soil. The dropping
plate is concaved around its dropping holes, and is provided with a
plate that may be adjusted to cover one set of dropping holes to drop
the hills twice as far apart as when both sets of holes operate.

IMPROVED ANIMAL TRAP.

Thomas N. Hughes, Muddy Creek, Tenn.--This trap is for animals of all
kinds, as rats, mice, and larger animals, as foxes, minks, coons,
etc., that are allured by bait, and is automatically set again by the
animal caught, to be ready for the next animal attracted by the bait.
It is divided by a longitudinal partition into two main sections, in
which the working parts are disposed. The entrance at the end of one
section has a drop door, which is arranged back of the same, resting,
when closed, on side strips in inclined position, and being supported
on an upright arm, of a centrally pivoted treadle door, at the bottom
of the trap, when the trap is set. The treadle door is only required
to swing sufficiently on its pivots to release the drop door from the
arm, suitable seats at the under side of the trap, at both sides of
the treadle door, preventing the door from swinging farther than
necessary. The bait is placed, in a grated receptacle, near the
treadle door, and entices the animal to pass in, so as to close the
drop door when it arrives at the part of the treadle door near the
bait. The back end of this section is perforated or grated to admit
light, which attracts the frightened animal and induces h