3 AUGUST 1951, Page 13

Tripoding

On the way home, I was as surprised as delighted to see a field of tri-, poded hay. Why the Proctor tripod is not in universal use has long been a mystery to me. It is by far the cheapest method of conserving the full protein value of both hay and corn ; the cocking is a simple variation of the old tradition of stooking and hay-mow ; our catchy weather is completely defeated by it and two men's labour will see the job through, I have come to the conclusion that,'In our age of Brontosaurian machines, the tripod is too simple, too effective and too inexpensive for the modern technician.