SEEDING MACHINERY 121 



granted to E. Corey, of Jerseyville, Illinois, for a device to mark 

 the point where the corn was planted, and this device led to 

 the use of a marker in laying off fields and putting the hills of 

 corn in check. Brown's patent previously referred to was the 

 first patent to cover the hand-dropping idea. M. Robbins, of 

 Cincinnati, patented in 1857 a checking device for a one-horse 

 drill using a jointed rod and chain pro- 

 vided with buttons for a line. The check 

 rower was developed to a practical de- 

 vice by the Haworth brothers. The 

 Haworth was for a long time the stand- 

 ard machine. The check wire in this 

 implement was made to travel across the 

 machine. Among the first of the side- 

 drop check rowers was the Avery, which 

 became at one time very popular. Recent 

 changes in check rowers have been con- 

 fined to reducing the amount of work 

 done by the machine. 



166. Hand planters have never 

 come into any extended use, as they 

 are not any great improvement over 

 the hoe. This planter is made now 

 much like it was years ago. Fig. 88 

 shows the common style and is used 

 to some extent in replanting. A 

 slide extends from one handle to the 

 other and passes under the small 

 seed box. When the slide is under 

 the box a hole of the proper size is 

 filled with the desired number of 

 grains. When the handles are 

 opened so as to close the points the FIG> 8 g_ A HAND CORN 

 hill of corn is drawn from under the PLANTER. THE CORN 



, , j 11 e 11 ,1 IS DRAWN FROM UNDER 



seed box and allowed to fall to the THE SEED BOX BY A 

 point. There are modifications of this SLIDE UPON CLOSING 



j . , . , . ., AND OPENING THE 



hand planter m which a plate is used HANDLES 



