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fall into the holes, and rest upon the iron plate, preventing them from 

 falling until the slide is moved back or forward ; when they are car- 

 ried from over the plate and fall through the spout and conductor into 

 the furrow made by the plow of the machine. There are two bushes, 

 which sweep the upper surface of the slide, and strike all the seed 

 off of the holes which are not below the surface. 'Ihe slide is con- 

 nected by a vertical screw, with a vibrating rod or bar, supported on 

 two curved standards, with openings, in which it is moved by the re- 

 volutions of a heart-wheel or cam, arranged in a notch in the said 

 vibrating rod. The motion is given to the heart-wheel, or cam, by 

 means of a crossed band passing around corresponding puUies, on the 

 axle of the propelling wheel. The plow, in making the furrow, also 

 conducts the seed into it, and it is closed by iron covers placed close 

 behind. The roller is attached to two iron arms, connected by a cross 

 bar, from which bar there rises a segment, passing through a hole in 

 the end of a screw-bolt ; drawing the segments firmly against the end 

 cross piece of the frame, and holding it in any position desired, for 

 the purpose of regulating the depth of planting. The distance be- 

 tween the dropping is regulated by changing the bands on the different 

 sized pulhes ; thereby varying the motion of the slide ; and it conse- 

 quently drops more or less frequently, in passing over a given space. 

 This machine can be used to great advantage in planting corn, as it is 

 easily regulated to plant any number of grains at any distance apart 

 in the row, and at any desired depth. It also answers admirably for 

 planting broom corn, sugar beets, onion teed, &c. Its cost is $16 ; 

 very simple in its construction, and can be repaired with liille trouble. 

 It is drawn by a horse, and will deposit the seed well in the ground 

 in about the same time that it requires a man to strike out the ground 

 with a plow ; thereby saving the labor of boys to drop, and men to 

 cover the corn. 



Respectfully, 



JOSEPH JONES. 



