Abstract: A plant picking and boxing apparatus is mounted on a wheeled frame and includes an engine for driving the wheeled frame by a hydraulic system. Parallel mounted endless belts are supported on the frame and grip tomato plants, or the like planted in rows, and transport the plants into a loading mechanism. The plant roots are cleaned by rotatable, flexible flaps hitting the roots of the plants being transported between the parallel belts. The loading box has microswitch to determine when it is filled and ready for shifting to a second box, and to allow the plants to be pushed from the loading box into a packaging container where they can be placed on a conveyor and be conveyed to a closing platform on the wheeled frame.

Abstract: A rotatable head sprinkler apparatus incorporating a lower bearing seal and having a swivel device for connection to a source of water under pressure, a spindle connective device and a self-powered rotary sprinkler head of the type used for irrigation of large circular areas.

Abstract: Continuously flowing cooking oil is recovered by passing the oil through a series of filters, one of which contains a carbonaceous material, such as bone char. The oil may be simultaneously heated during each filtering step, and the acidity of the oil may be reduced to avoid rancity.