162 . BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The Evans & Foos Manufactwing Company, Springfield, 0., exhibited a corn 

 planter, wliich has a very simple drop — a double-acting lever for hand and foot. 

 It is remarkable on account of the absence of springs and triggers. It is complete, 

 with drill and check rower attachments. This firm exhibited three planters, all 

 gotten up in good order. 



The Sterling Manufacturing Company, Sterling, III, exhibited the Sterling potato 

 digger. It has a broad share which runs under the potatoes and throws them out 

 without bruising them, and it has bars to sift the dirt out. 



Also, the Sterling hay tedder. It has ejght forks, which are flexible. It has a 

 superior spring arrangement. It is very simple, is positive in and out of gear. 

 The bearings ai-e all turned and the boxes all bored, and it is very light. 



Also, the Sterling Revolving Rake. It has a single lever, and acts as a self- 

 dump. 



The Wm. Anson Wood M. and R. Co., Youngatown, 0., exhibited a hay rake with 

 a nine-inch hub, with a friction band connected with a foot lever. It locks by a 

 treadle, and a sliding block changes the angle of the teeth. It is very simple. 



The Elkhart Iron Works, Elkhart, Ind., exhibited the Elkhart Sulky Plow Attach- 

 ment. It is light draft, turns square corners without backing, the land-wheel is 

 never in the furrow, and the furrow-wheel never gets out of the furrow in turning 

 corners. It claims greater variety of work and less labor on the team than any 

 other. A lock puts direct pressure on the beam, if necessary, and a loose connec- 

 tion takes the friction off the bottom of the plow. Its construction is simple, and 

 it is easily handled. 



The Economist Plow Co., South Bend, Ind., exhibited the Economist Hand Plow, 

 It is light draft, easily handled, and the manufacturers guarantee a saving of two- 

 thirds the cost of running any other. It has a reversible point, and is made in both 

 chilled and steel, and the combinations are all interchangeable. Also, the Econo- 

 mist Sulky Plow. It is the same as the above, with reversible points and shares. 

 It also has a revolving land-side, rolling the friction of the land-side on a wheel, it 

 turns corners without touching a lever. It has a flexible frame for rough surfaces, 

 as ridges and hills. It is of light construction, for it is all of steel and malleable 

 iron. It has an absolutely straight hitch for three horses, and is entirely free from 

 «ide draft. Also, the Economist general purpose hand-plow, in diflerent combina- 

 tions and sizes. 



The J. I Case Flow Company, Racine, Wis., exhibited a center-draft hand steel 

 plow. The beam sets in the center and divides the load, reducing the friction on 

 the land side and the bottom. It is easy running. Also, a full line of 

 steel plows. Also a full line of chilled plows. Also, the Jay Eye See 

 sulky plow. This is claimed to be the king of the field. It is made 

 entirely of steel, and, having only one lever, it is claimed to be the sim- 

 plest, lightest in weight, and most easily handled of any other sulky in . 

 use. The colter attaches directly to the axle by positive and adjustable fastening. 

 Also, an adjustable harrow, the teeth of which are adjusted by means of a lever to 



