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THE WHEAT CULTUR1ST. 



represented by the figure, with the upper point bending 

 over to the left three or four inches from a line with the 

 shank. As the stubble or coarse manure is forced up 

 along the edge of the blade, it is conveyed to the left of 

 the shank and falls off the point of the blade, instead of 

 being gathered beneath the beam to clog the plough. 



The Star Cultivator. 



In some sections of country where wheat is cultivated 

 to considerable extent, farmers like such an implement 

 for preparing the ground, as is represented by the 



Fig. 39.— The Star Cultivator. 



accompanying illustration of a combined cultivator and 

 seed-drill, which is manufactured by Ewell & Co., Bal- 

 timore, Maryland. In the next chapter this cultivator is 

 shown with the roller and seeding apparatus attached. 



