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    WANTED: GADGETS, GIZMOS & CONTRAPTIONS

    Apr 15, 2022 2 minutes

    The genius of pioneer inventors can confound us. Countless contraptions that revolutionized farming in the 19th and early 20th centuries have become contemporary curiosities, or even mysteries. Here are six sent in by readers. Do you know what they are? Answers to the May 2022 items will appear in the July 2022 issue.

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