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    WANTED: GADGETS, GIZMOS & CONTRAPTIONS

    Nov 11, 2022 3 minutes

    DECEMBER MYSTERY TOOLS

    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 December 2022 items will appear in the February 2023 issue.

    Answers for new items in this issue must be received by December 1, 2022.

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