CULTIVATORS. 



No. 153,127.— WM. SPURGIN, Brownsville, Mo.— 

 Comltiiidii Cultivators and Harrmos. — July 14, 1874. [Filed 

 Jum- IS, 1874.] 



The hinged side beams liave jointed spring-bar connect- 

 ions, which allow a rocking motion, and may be guided in 

 or out by the handles. 



Claim. — I. — The combination of the side beams CC, cen- 

 tre beam A, eye-bolts a, loops or straps b, and jointed perfo- 

 rated spring arms D D, substantially as and for the purposes 

 herein set forth. 



2.— The combination of the beams A and C C, spring amis 

 IJ D, ploughs t; G, and spring cutters H II, all constructed 

 substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth. 



No. iS3,i68.— PETER P. HILL, Creston, III.— O/*/- 

 valors.— lnlv \1. 1874. [Filed /v//;-H,?/-|' 29, 1872.] 



1 li li ini .11, ;M^ of a l(ingue, and cross bars, to which 

 ill' . : II : ' ; iiil.uil, aiL- attached. The depth to which 



tl" i i ii li-ti- ihi Miil i-. regulated by adjustable shoes 



or iiiiiiici., a|juii e.iuh side, and provision is made for the 

 subsutution of a "gopher blade," in place of the shares. 



Claim. — The combination of the standards B B, frame A, 

 sleds C C, gopher.lays U D, and spindles or hubs f, to which 

 cultivator plough beams may be attached when desired, sub- 

 stantially as specified. 



No. 153,586.— J. D. LYNCH, Independence, iMiss.— 

 Cultivators.— July 2%, 1874.— [Filed May 16, 1874.] 



In addition to the adjustable swinging beams of a parallel 

 cultivator, a fi.\ed plough standard is attached to the rear of 

 the draft-tongue. 



Claim. — The central plough 1^ of a gang of ploughs, rigidly 

 but removably attached to a draft pole. A, in combination 

 with ploughs g g, of whith the beams D D are pivoted 

 to a transverse cross bar, B, which is rigidly secured to the 

 rear end of the draft pole A, which beams D D are laterally 

 adjustable for different widths of rows, and which are con- 

 nected together at or near their rear ends, substantially as 

 and for the purposes specified. 



No. 153,942.-0. W. GO.SLEE, Buckingh.vm, Conn.— 

 Cultivators and Ridgers.— August u, 1874.— [Filed May 

 21, 1874.] 



The draft may be applied to the other end of the adjustable 

 cultivators bars, and a coverer and scrapers substituted for 

 the teeth, forming a ridger and potato coverer. 



Claim. — The combination of the scrapers d' , double share 

 teeth d and wheel and draft regulator c with the cultivator 

 frame «, having hinged adjustable side bars and reversible 

 handles, to adapt it to carry the scrapers e and curved hori- 

 zontal plate g of a coverer and ridger, substantially as shown 

 and described. 



No. 156,847.— THO.S. H. GARLAND, West Cleve- 

 land, Ow.lo.~Cultivators.—Novemher l-j , 1874.— [Filed 

 Sc/,lemi,er 7.1, 1874-] 



The beam, the handles, side bars, and braces, are con- 

 structed of one piece of metal, and adapted for various inter- 

 changeable cultivators. 



Claim. — The triangular frame A, constructed in the shape 

 described and shown, the handles E, and braces a a, the 

 whole made of one piece of metal, and adapted to carry a 

 shovel plough having adjustable wings, or various forms of 

 cultivator blades, with horizontal cutters and rakes, substan- 

 as and for the purpose set forth. 



No. 157,196.— JAS. COPELAND, Bloomingd.\le, 

 Ohio. — Corn Coverers and Cultivators. — Novemlier 24, 

 1874.— [Filed October 10, 1874.] 



The bars may be adjusted in width by their spring, and a 

 shovel carrying standard replacing the wheel standard when 

 used as a cultivator. 



Claim. — The combination of the beam^ .\ .\ with curved 

 flexible front ends, and the draw beam li. ha\ iiiy a notched 

 recess, with the spring braces C D, the perfoiatL-cl cross bar 

 E, and the standard F, having a wedge shaped seat at its 

 upper end, forming an adjustable cultivator, adapted to re- 

 ceive a wheel when used as a coverer, or shovels of various 

 shapes when used as a cultivator or shovel plough, substan- 

 tially as shown and described. 



No. 157,398.— JAMES M. HOLLADAV, T\vvm.\n's 

 Store, \ \.— Cultivators.— December i, 1874.— [Filed Oc- 

 tober 19, 1874.] 



Adjustable standards with right angled shanks, work- 



ing between frame bars, and held by break-pins. 



Claim. — I. — The standards B, bent at right angles at their 

 upper ends, in combination with the frame A of double bars 

 a i, and the break-pins e, substantially as shown and de- 

 scribed. 



2. — In combination, the hook F, having its rear portion 

 bifurcated, bent in the shape of an arc, and provided with 

 adjusting holes, the brace and draft bar E, and the front 

 standard, all having a common bolt, a", substantially as de- 

 scribed. 



No. 159,331— MOSES JOHNSON, Three Rivers, 

 Mich.— Culti7'ators.— February 2, 1875.— [Filed January 

 8, 1875. 



A cultivator-tooth is cut from a metal plate, and shaped 

 to present a mould-board form with a cutting or coulter 

 edge. The main frame, made of a single metal bar, has re- 

 movable wings, the front of the whole being of diamond 

 shape. 



Claim. — I. — A cultivator tooth, having the inclined coul- 

 ter ?;, the concave mould-board ///, with its oblique cutting 

 edge, and the sloping rear edges p//, forming the acute 

 angle or notch X, substantially as described. 



2.— The draft frame A, made of one piece of metal, con- 

 sisting of the parallel bar> ,: ,:. niectiny in front and doubled 

 to form the draft beam b. in Cimliination with the detach- 

 able wings B and inner bar^ < , , sulistantially as and for the 

 purpose set forth. 



No. 159,523.— JOHN O. MILNE, Minneapcjlis, Minn. 

 — Cultivators. — February 9, 1875. — [Filed November 7, 

 1874.] 



The adjustable beams are moved by arms attached to a 

 gear-wheel, and turned by a pivoted lever having a geared 

 segment. 



Claim. — In combination with the hinged beams C C the 

 lever d, having toothed segment x, gear-wheel m, levers n 

 n', and connecting bars 0, as described, and for the purpose 

 specified. 



No. 159,658.— M. EUSTACE, Hichfield, Drumcon- 

 DRA, and JAS. KENNAN and T KENNAN, Dublin, 

 Ireland.— yl/(7<7»V;,M for Thinning or Spacing Crops.— 

 Februarys, 1875. — [Filed December 6, 1873.] 



A .series of longitudinal slotted bars carrying a runner or 

 guide at each end, and a hoe with side c\itters in the centre. 

 Two cross-bars adju^^tably connect the whole, being fasten- 

 ed firmly to two, and loosely to the others. The machine 

 is .liiven across the rows, and the curved guides allow the 

 hiic^ III stiikr iliL- ridge of |ilanls, and then raise them to 

 (IcpcMl ilie earth and plants in the furrow. The guides 

 may be adjusted as to length and the hoes as to height. 



ClaiiTi. — X. — The combination of two guide-frames, II 

 and IV, fixed to transverse bars B B, with other frames, I, 

 III, and V, connected to the transver.se bars by guides I and 

 springs, chains or links K, so as to be capable of indepen- 

 dent vertical motion, substantially as herein described in 

 reference to Figs. 5, 6. and 7 of the drawings. 



2. — The guides A' A^, formed of metal bars, and secur- 

 ed so that they can be adjusted in length and position, to 

 suit drills of different widths, substantially as described 

 with reference to Figs, i and 5 of the drawings. 



3. — The combination of a straight guide, A^ with a cur- 

 ved guide .V, and hoe-blade F. placed either behind or in 

 front of .A.', substantially as described with reference to Fig. 

 14 of the drawings. 



No. 160,353— PETER D. ROQUEMORE, Panola 

 County, ■\:¥.x.— Cultivators. — Marc/i 2, 1875.— [Filed 

 .\oveniher 9, 1874.] 



Standards pivote<l to handles, allowing change of pitch 

 by slots in the beam ; the centre standards removable. 



Claim. — The combination of beam A, having diagonal 

 slots s s, adjusting-braces d, adjusting cross-rods and nuts /' 

 c, and standards a, pivoted to the handles, all arranged and 

 operating substantially as set forth. 



No. 160,545.— JOS. ROBSON, Osceola, Vf la.— l-Feed- 

 Cutters and Hillers.-Marcli 9, 1875.— [Filed -'%' 7. 

 1874.] 



The standard has arms extending backward and hinged 

 to the rear end of beam. This gives vertical adjustment to 

 the point, and holds the bars which govern the expansion 

 of the cutting and hilling wings. 



