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COTTON CULTURE. 



The drag-bar, .Z), has two adjustable covering shares, 

 -Z? j5, which will run over obstructions without catching, 

 and cover the seed well and evenly. 



The lever, JET, raises both furring-wheel and drag-bar 

 off the ground, when not wanted. 



By reversing the form of the seed-box, so that the seed 

 will fall from both ends, a machine is made by which two 

 rows are planted at once. In this case, the horse travels 

 between the rows, the man rides on the machine, the 

 wheels running on the ridges, and the seed is dropped just 

 inside of each, and covered as shown above. By this 

 simple and desirable improvement, one man can plant 15 

 to 20 acres per day, and it is a matter of great importance 

 that the planting be accomplished as soon as possible after 

 the ground is ready for the seed. 



These machines are manufactured in a substantial and 

 durable manner by Ingersoll & Dougherty, Green Point, 

 Kings Co., L. I. 



Fig. 6. FOSTER'S COTTON SEED PLANTER. 



Fig. 6 represents Foster's Cotton Seed Planter, as sold 

 by R. H. Allen & Co., of New York. The implement is 

 the invention of Newton Foster, of Palmyra, N. Y., and 



