COTTON-CHOPPERS. 



J. GATLING, Murfreesborough, N. C. Ro 

 tary Cultivators. June 19, 1835. 

 Claim. The manner in which I have com- 

 bined the operation of the wheel and hoes in 

 the interior of the frame so as to produce the 

 application I have described of giving motion 

 to the said hoes. 



HARVEY W. PITTS, Wilsonville, Ala. 



Cotton Plows. Mar. 31, 1836. 



Claim. The machine for plowing and thin- 

 ning out cotton, called "Pitts' Cotton Culti- 

 vator," as before described. 



253. JOHN WEAVER, Washington, 

 D. C. Rotary Cnltivators. July 5, 1837. 

 Claim, The use and application of the re- 

 volving harrows in combination with the be- 

 fore described machine. 



5,257. E. H. HARRIS and J. CLEG- 

 HORN, Cass Co., Ga. Wheel Cultivators. 

 Aug. 21, 1847. 



Claim. The combination of the handles 

 with the axle and hoe frame as described, the 

 handles and hoe frame being independently 

 attached to the axle which forms the fulcrum, 

 and the relative position of the handles and 

 hoe frame being adjustable, the handles are 

 converted into adjustable levers for elevating 

 and depressing the hoes. 



5,340. WINFIELD CRICHTON, Dia- 

 mond Grove, Va. Cotton-Choppers. Oct. 



23,1847. 



Claim. Placing the cutter in rear of the dri- 

 ving-axle and plows and outside of the frame, 

 as herein described and set forth. 



11,008. WHITMAN PRICE, Goldsbor- 



ough, N. C. Rotary Cultivators. June 6, 



1854. 



Claim. 1. The construction of the accom- 

 modating frame ff, having uprights g g, and 

 cross-ties or suspension bars h, together with 

 the compensating strap or equivalent//. 



2. The construction of the twisted obliquely- 

 curved blades or thinners ddd attached to 

 the radial arms v v, forming a rotary cotton 

 thinner; and the using the same with the right 

 and left double-shank furrow-shares J J, spe- 

 cifically as set forth, and as arranged with the 

 cultivator, as described. 



11,593. WILLIAM T. BAZEMORE, 



Bibb Co., Ga. Cotton Cultivators. Aug. 



29, 1854. 



Claim. The form of the hoes C and D, 

 and the arrangement of the rods A and F, by 

 which arrangement the hoes are made adjust- 

 able, and yet may be held stationary. 



12,690. A. H. MORREL, Marlen, Texas. 

 Rotary Cultivators. Apr. 10, 1855. 

 Claim. 1. The combination of the adjust- 



able thinning point (or points) m, at the for- 

 ward end of the cultivating point (or points) 

 r, at the rear end of the cultivator, substantially 

 as herein set forth. 



2. Combining the rotating cutter d, with 

 the laterally adjustable thinning point (or 

 points) m, and the coltivating point (or points) 

 r, substantially, in the manner and for the 

 purpose herein set forth. 



14,540. A. W. WASHBURN, Yazoo 

 City, Miss. Cotton Choppers. Mar. 25, 

 1856. 



Claim. The bevel wheels for supporting 

 and guiding the machine, when they are ar- 

 ranged in combination with the side scrapers 

 I, I, and the thinning out cutter G, or either 

 of them, substantially in the manner and for 

 the purpose herein set forth, 



17,091. JOHN M. HALL, Warrenton, 

 Ga. Cotton Cultivators. Apr. 21, 1857. 



Claim. In combination with the wheel P, 

 the adjustable hoes t, constructed, arranged, 

 and operating in the manner and for the pur- 

 pose set forth. 



17,849. THOMAS E. SHANNON, 

 Woodville, Miss. Cotton Cultivators. July 

 21, 1857. 



Claim. The combination with a wheel car- 

 riage of a series or gang of revolving cultiva- 

 tors, arranged and operated in the manner and 

 for the purpose set forth. 



18,442. DANIEL P. FORNEY, Jackson- 

 vile, Ala. Gotton Cultivators. Oct. 20, 



i857- 



Claim. The application of the rollers I and 

 brake K, in combination with the hoes G and 

 cranks E and F, substantially in the manner 

 and for the purpose before described. 



18,785. A. QUARLES WITHERS, 



Red Banks, Miss. Cotton Cultivators. 



Dec. 1, 1857. 



Claim. Hanging the stock bars G G to the 

 frame by hinge joints, so as to give them a 

 vibratory play side wise, substantially, in the 

 manner and for the purpose specified. 



18,939. LORINWETHERELL, Wor- 

 cester. Mass. Rotary Cultivators. Dec. 22, 



1857- 



Claim. In combination with a plow, H, 



the pair of revolving hoes or scrapers, having 

 a vertical adjustment in addition to the adjust- 

 ment of the edges, thereof, so that the capacity 

 of the machine may be increased with the in- 

 creasing height of the plants to be culivated 

 by it, substantially as set forth. 



