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four different angles without stopping the team, which adapts it to hard or soft 

 ground. The bars runs crosswise. Also, the tongue and tongueless cultivator. It 

 has an independent hitch, each horse pulling his own bar — an adjustable arch, 

 which is automatic when the cultivator is used tongueless. Also, a riding culti- 

 vator, in which a foot treadle raises and lowers the beams to clean the cultivator 

 or to go over obstructions. The wheel and axle are either steel or wood. 



Kendrick, Robinson & Robinson, Indianapolis, /nd, exhibited a soil pulverizer. It 

 is a combination of a roller, a crusher and a harrow. By using this implement 

 the seed can be planted soon after the soil is prepared. It will cultivate wheat and 

 grass in the spring and does not tear it out of the ground. It will cultivate sod 

 ground without tearing up the sod. It will harrow and roll corn at one working. 

 It is made of wheels and in sections, and can harrow ground from one to five inchefl 

 deep. 



The Oliver Plow Works, South Bend, Ind., exhibited, by H. B. Dickson, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind., the Casaday sulky plow. The furrow wheel operates at an angle to 

 counteract the friction of the land side. Also, a full line of general purpose plows, 

 both steel and chilled. It is claimed that the material of these plows is three 

 times as hard as cast iron, and is susceptible of a very high polish. The plows 

 were made in excellent style and the display was very elegant. Some of the work 

 was inlaid with pearl. A model plow was exhibited which was on exhibition at 

 the Centennial Exposition, which is made of nickel and is triple plated with gold. 



The Albion Manufacturing Company, Albion, Mich., exhibited a sulky spring 

 tooth harrow and seeder combined. It sowe grain broadcast and harrows it in at 

 the same time. The sulky harrow is detachable. These instruments are made so 

 they can be sold cheap. Also, tlie sulky corn spring-tooth cultivator. It can be 

 made a fallow machine by an attachment. 



The Enu Claire Chilled Plow Company, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, exhibited the Eau 

 Claire plow. There were seven plows in the exhibit. It has a patent curved 

 standard, which prevents choking in clover or weeds. There is the same curve in 

 the jointer. The iron used is Mclntire's crystalized iron, and it gives a superior 

 quality for scouring. 



The Mechanicsburg Machine Company, Mechanicsburg, 0., exhibited the Baker 

 drill. It has a tubular iron frame, which gives strength and durability. It has a 

 spring hoe pressure, which regulates the depth by a lever, and also a zig-zag lever. 

 Also, the same with a share-shaped hoe to raise the ground, and the grain is de- 

 livered underneath. 



The Indianapolia Ploiv Company, Jndianapoli.i, Ind., exhibited the Indianapolis 

 cultivator. The shovels are always in line of ihe draft, and it has a spring lift 

 which regulates the depth. 



The Kimberlin Manufacturing Company, Indianapolis, Ind., exhibited the Iron 

 Duke harrow. It has a wrought iron frame made of wrought and malleable iron,^ 

 forty-eight steel teeth. It is durable, and the frame is adapted for pulverizing. 



