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Bucher, Gibbs & Co., Canton, Ohio, exhibited the Imperial breaking plow in six- 

 teen specimens. It is manufactured in two sizes. It is' of combined iron and steel. 

 All the parts are interchangeable with each other. It has a soft center steel mould, 

 and the surface is very hard. The breaking parts are made of malleable iron. 

 Also, a sulky attachment for any plow. The weight of the driver lifts the plow 

 out of the ground, and the plow is tilted by the driver. 



Bude Bros. Munnfadunrnj Co., Liberty, Ind., exhibited the Improved Indiana 

 Eight-hoe Pressure Hoe Castor-wheel Drill. It has a simple device for raising the 

 hoes and regulating the pressure, both of which are operated by one lever. The 

 seat does not injure the frame. On account of the castor-wheel in front, there is 

 no draft on the horses' necks. Uniform depth of the hoes is secured, and there is 

 no side lishing. Also, the same drill, plain. Also, a fertilizer drill, the disc of 

 whicli causes a positive feed, and the feed is in view. The feed is easily regulated 

 by a little lever, in reach of the driver, thus enabling him to distribute the fertilizer 

 as he choo.ses, on poor or rich ground. Also, the tongue and tongueless iron culti- 

 vator. The wheels are all wrought, the boxing is adjustable. It has a solid steel 

 arch and a simple sled for transfering. Also, a one-horse fertilizing drill, the only 

 one made in the United States. It has two castor-wheels to regulate its depth ; it 

 is chain gear, and has no cogs 



Also, a scractcher for running ahead of the fine hoe drill, or for cultivating 

 small corn. It has a device for widening or narrowing to suit the width of the 

 row, and it has break-back hoes. 



The Hoosier Drill Co., Richmond, lad., exhibibited the Hdosier Fertilizer Grain 

 Drill. It is a positive force feed for grain, grass, and fertilizer. It sows all kinds of 

 grain, and fertilizes in any desired quantity, without any change of gear. Also, a 

 hoe pressure drill. Also, a runner pressure drill, in which wheels follow after the 

 runner and press the dirt over the wheat and leaves an open furrow the same as a hoe 

 drill. Also, a douole corn drill, which drills two rows of corn at a time. The 

 drills work independently of each other. Also, positive feed three and five hoe 

 drills. Also, a plain and fertilizer one-horse corn drill. Also, the Hoosier lock- 

 lever hay rake. It has a truss rod under the axle, a traveling fulcrum in the arch 

 to shorten the throw of the lever, and is so adjusted that the weight of the driver 

 dumps the rake. 



The Brown Manufacturing Co., Zauesvilk, (Jhio, exhibited the Brown Cultivator. 

 It is a spring lift, and is furnished with .straight shovels, bull tongues and bar 

 shears. 



B. Lean, Man-Afield, Ohio, exhibited a steel harrow. The material in the frame 

 is genuine steel. It is channeled, securing elasticity, lightness and strength. The 

 teeth are extra quality of steel and diamond-shaped, and have a regular taper from 

 the top, and they clean very easy. The teeth are tempered, and will run a long 

 time without sharping. The sections are iadependent, and consequently are easily 

 adjusted to the ground, and are ea.sily handled. 



