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DEERE IMPLEMENT COMPANY. 



The American Champion Reversible Road Machine. 



In strength and durability the Champion challenges comparison with any other road machine on the 

 market. Roots and stones and other obstructions, which would mean good, hard dollars in repairs to 

 other machines, when brought in contact with them, have no terrors for the Champion, as it is built in 

 such a manner as to be practically unbreakable. 



The American Champion is not only built systemmatically, but simply as well. Complication is a 

 quality which is especially noticeable by its absence The user of the Champion is not obliged to provide 

 himself with a kit of tools to be continually doctoring parts which get out of order, as we take pride in 

 asserting that the Champion, with fair usage, will not get out of order, even after it has been in use for 

 years. 



Although the American Champion is built in such a manner as to be practically unbreakable, it is 

 not a clumsy or cumbersome machine. Its weight is about the same as that of any other four-wheeled 

 reversible road machine, but its great strength lies in the manner of its construction, and in the materials 

 used in its construction. It is a combination of wood, iron and steel, so nicely proportioned and so thor- 

 oughly braced that it will stand the strain of five good teams, yet its draft is so light that in ordinary work 

 two eood teams will operate it. The trussed frame makes it very rigid, giving it the necessary strength 

 to withstand all shocks. The axles, main blade or mold-board, cutting-edge, semi-circle and wing-rods 

 are of the best quality of steel. Almost all other parts are of malleable iron. 



THE REVERSIBLE BLADE. The importance of the reversible feature in a road machine was 

 years ago recognized by all practical road makers. The reversing device, as employed on the American 

 Champion, is the simplest, quickest, and easiest known, enabling the operator to quickly and easily 

 change the blade for riarht or left action, square across the road, or to almost any angle without leaving 

 his position on the machine. 



THE PITCH ADJUSTMENT. This is a very important feature, as it enables the operator to in- 

 stantly and easily set the blade either forward or backward for plowing hard or soft soil. 



THE LIFTING DEVICE. This device, as used on the Champion, is the safest, easiest and quick- 

 est ever applied to a road machine. With a counterpoise mechanism, which consists of a spring, sup- 

 porting the weight of blade and semi-circle, we make it as easy to raise as to lower the blade. 



THE SHIFTING HIND AXLE- Of the many distinctive features of advantage peculiar to the 

 American Champion Machine, the shifting hind axle is one of the most valuable The shifting hind axle 

 insures at all times a steady motion to the machine by extra width of track, and at the same time can be 

 instantly adjusted to bring either the right or left wheel in line with the front wheel and cutting point of 

 blade. It will be seen that we thus get, in the front and rear wheels, a rolling landside aainst the bank, 

 and at the same time the other hind wheel is carried beyond the furrow discharged by the blade. By in- 

 termediate adjustment it enables clearing or deepening ditches without cutting back into bank. This 

 feature adds at least one-third to th- caoacity and effectiveness of the machine, and no practical road of- 

 ficial or read machine operator will fail to appreciate it. 



Price $825 00 



