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pieces and scatters it evenly over the land as the cart moves along. 

 By a simple device a fast or slow speed is given the apron to spread 

 different quantities per acre as may be required, and the farmer may 

 know just how much manure he is using without the trouble of measur- 

 ing his field and manure pile. It handles all grades of manure on 

 the farm, from the coarsest to the finest; also lime, ashes, muck, 

 marl or cotton-seed, broadcast or in drills, and when in operation will 

 do the work of ten men. It is thrown in gear by means of a single 

 lever at left of the driver's seat, and throws itself out of gear when 

 the load is spent. When traveling to and from a field none of its 

 machinery is in motion. 



This machine is of exceeding value for top dressing grain or grass 

 in the spring. The broad tires carry the load over the soft ground 

 without sinking into it and spread the manure more evenly than can 

 possibly be done by hand, besides breaking it up fine so that the 

 grain or grass is not smothered in places by the large unbroken 

 lumps. Some personal experience with this machine has strongly 

 -convinced us of its great value. It can be made to spread the finest 

 artificial fertilizers with perfect evenness, by first putting on a load of 

 manure, setting the gears to spread as little as five or even two loads 

 to the acre, and then scattering the proper quantity of fertilizer upon 

 the top of the manure. As the revolving floor or apron feeds the 

 manure down to the spreader or revolving beater, the manure and 

 the fertilizer are thrown out together with perfect evenness. As little 

 as 100 pounds of fertilizer per acre can be spread in this way. Two 

 minutes is sufficient to spread a load of manure at the rate of twenty 

 loads to the acre. 



CULTIVATORS. 



Cultivated or hoed crops have taken the place in our modern farm 

 work of the old-fashioned summer f allow, in which, to reach a certain 

 end, a whole season's use of the land was sacrificed. We have learned 

 to do better than this, by growing what are known as cultivated crops, 

 as corn, potatoes, beans and roots. For these crops there are several 

 Taluable implements provided. Perhaps the most useful of all these 

 is the 



PLANET JUNIOR HORSE HOE, CULTIVATOR, PLOW AND COVERER 



COMBINED. 



The various uses of this implement are shown by the engraving 

 liere given. It is drawn by one horse, and from personal experience 



