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loading in either mow without change of carrier. If the rope is twisted it is cer- 

 tain to catch the fork pulley. The rope can be reversed in the carrier without 

 getting up to it. This intrunient is of malleable iron material. 



Also, the Climax plows. This is a good variety of general purpose plows, with 

 a very thin cutter. Also, Brown's Excelsior corn planter. It has an admirable 

 way of regulating the depth by a combination of the seat with the tongue. The 

 power is applied on the outside of the dial plate. It has no gearage, and has a 

 positive lever motion. 



' Also, the same planter with a drill attachment. Its distance varies from 

 twelve to twenty inches. It is very simple, having only one set of gears. Also, 

 the same with a check rower, which has a latch in the slot of the fork to prevent 

 a miss; no gear, and all levor motion. It is very positive and durable. Also,. 

 Brown's Favorite spring cultivator. The spring will raise the gang to the proper 

 position, and hold it there without hooking up. It has an adjustable handle coup- 

 ling. Also, a steel-beam cultivator. The beam is made of "I" beam steel. It is 

 extra strong, and is lighter than an ordinary iron beam. Also, the Universal har- 

 vest truck, manufactured by the Ashley Wire Company, -Joliet, 111. This claims to 

 be the most complete in use. One man can load alone, and it has the lightest- 

 wheel made. Also, the Acme hay ricker and hay raker. The rake is drawn by 

 two horses. The rake is carried by trucks, and rakes a swath twelve and one-half 

 feet wide. The load is brought up against the ricker head and the horses are then 

 taken away and one horse is hitched to the ricker, and the hay is thrown by his 

 power on to the rick. It is claimed that with five men and four horses thirty ton& 

 of hay can be ricked in a day. Thi-s machine does away with hard labor in hay 

 harvesting. 



Also, the Eushford wagon, manufactured by the AVinnona Wagon Company, 

 Winnona, Minnesota. By the shape of the skein of this wagon the draft is thrown 

 near the shoulder, and thus the draft is lightened. It i? claimed also that the 

 general iron work is superior, and the painting is excellent. 



Also, a hay tedder. It is very simple, and it is claimed to be the only one made 

 with a fork. The gear is simple, and the power is direct from the wheel, and it 

 has double braces on the forks. 



The Beedle & KeUey Co., Troy, Ohio, exhibited the Troy Planter. A lever regu- 

 lates the depth of the machine, and by a simple device the tongue is either flexible 

 or rigid. It has a drill attachment, a visible dLsc, and it easily plants across the 

 end of the field. Also, the Champion Planter, in wnich the plates revolve outside 

 of the box. A knocker drops into every hole, and insures the corn to leave the 

 plate. It is center coupling. Also, a check sower attachment, which has a positive 

 stroke and positive lock. Also, the Troy Champion Eake. The teeth are raised 

 vertically so as to leave the trash on the ground. The shaft i.s hinged to the axle, 

 and is a foot dump. It is with or without a lock. Also, the same rake with dif- 

 ferent style of teeth. The teeth have a three-inch bearing on the axle, and fasten 

 with a cap. 



Thonms Meikle & Co., Louisulk, Ky., through Solomoii Beard of Indianapolis, ex- 

 hibited a tongueless cultivator. Each horse pulls his half, and very short turns can 



