120 THE POTATO 



It is the intention of the authors to present in 

 this book descriptions and illustrations of a large 

 number of implements used satisfactorily in the 

 potato industry. This will enable the reader to 

 form an opinion as to those best suited to his 

 conditions. 



THE IRON AGE MACHINERY 



The following machines are made by the Bate- 

 man Manufacturing Company, Greenloch, N. J. : 



Iron Age (Improved Robbins) Planter 



This planter feeds the seed automatically. It 

 shakes the seed out into the pockets of an elevator 

 wheel, which in turn drops it through a short spout 

 to a horizontal feed wheel, also provided with 

 pockets. This wheel makes one complete .revo- 

 lution in front of the boy or man on the rear seat; 

 when he finds a pocket that has no seed in it, he 

 supplies a piece from a pile within reach; if a 

 pocket gets two seed pieces, he takes one out. The 

 result is that you get one seed piece in every space 

 and one only. You can understand what this 

 means if you will consider a few figures. If a 

 normal average for a perfect stand were 150 

 bushels (and this is very reasonable) 5 per cent, 

 skips would mean a loss of seven and one half 

 bushels, or $3.75 per acre at an average price of 

 50 cents. It costs no more to cultivate, spray, and 

 fertilize a perfect stand than it does one with skips 

 here and there. 



Iron Age Riding Cultivators 



Cultivators should have all of the necessary 

 adjustments for narrow or wide rows, deep or 



