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COTTON-CHOPPERS. 



22,487. CALVIN CANNADAY, Indi- 

 anapolis, Ind. Cotton Cultivators, Jan. 4, 

 1859. 



The nature of this invention consists in ar- 

 ranging the shares or blades E E 1 of the im- 

 plement, whereby the same are prevented from 

 being choked or clogged, and also rendered 

 capable of being adjusted to suit the form of 

 the ridges of the rows of cotton plants. It 

 also consists of a thinning hoe L arranged and 

 operated automatically so as to thin out the 

 cotton plants in the drills the required distance 

 apart as the implement is drawn along. 



Claim. 1. The two shares or blades E E 1 , 

 when placed obliquely with each other, pivot- 

 ed to their respective standards c c and adjust- 

 ed by the rod G, nut g, and fork F, substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose set forth. 



2. The employment or use of reciprocating 

 hoe L attached to the bar K, which is connect- 

 ed with the rod I, the hoe being operated sub- 

 stantially as shown, to wit, through the medium 

 of the cam J and spring / in connection with 

 the pin / and springs n n, so that the transverse 

 movement of the hoe relatively to the row of 

 the plants will be obtained, and also a vertical 

 movement to allow the hoe to clear the plants 

 when passing over them previous to each thin- 

 ning out stroke, substantially as shown and de- 

 scribed. 



3. The lever N when applied to the rod I 

 , and used in connection with the thinning hoe 



L, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



22,647. JOHN M. HALL, Warrenton, 

 Ga. Cotton Cultivators. Jan. 18, 1859. 



As the machine is drawn along, the scrapers 

 K cut off the excess of plants in the land, 

 leaving only a row between them, and the 

 driving wheel A impart a rotary motion to the 

 bevel wheel C, which, meshing into the wheel 

 D, causes the shaft E and the hoe-wheel G to 

 revolve the hoes H, chop out the cotton in a 

 transverse direction, and thus leave what re- 

 mains in hills. 



Claim. In combination with the series of 

 adjustable revolving hoes, the scrapers K K, in 

 advance of them, substantially in the manner 

 and for the purpose described. 



24,500. J. C STODDARD, Worcester, 

 Mass. Cultivators. June 21, 1859. 

 The object of this invention is to obtain a 

 scraper wheel that may be rendered available 

 for earthing various kinds of plants, and its 

 operation otherwise modified according to the 

 work required of it. 



Claim. The arrangement and combination 

 of the slotted adjustable reversible blades /i, 

 arms E, and hub e, as and for the purposes 

 shown and described. 



25,419. ASA M. KEITH, Kosciusko, 

 Miss. Cultivators. Sep. 13, 1859. 

 This cultivator is intended to bar off and 



scrape both sides of a row, chop out twelve 



inches and leave four, and to hill and dirt cot- 

 ton, and to bar off, scrape, and hill or dirt corn 

 all at the same time and by the same move- 

 ment, thereby saving a great amount of time 

 and labor. 



Claim. The arrangement of the double 

 scraper, the hoe drum, and the hillers or corer- 

 ers in their relation to each other and to the 

 parts of the frame to which they are attached, 

 as and for the purpose set forth. 



26,606. PETER MONAGHAN, Camak, 



Ga. Cultivators. Dec. 27, 1859. 



Claim. In combination with the hinged 

 frame of a cotton cultivator, the spring H, 

 which is secured to the tongue of said culti- 

 vator for the purpose of automatically raising 

 the rear end of the machine, when the same is 

 released by the operator, substantially in the 

 manner described. 



26,699. THOMAS NEWCOMB and 

 G. W. BYRD, Smith's Fork, Tenn. Cot- 

 ton Cultivators. Jan. 3, i860. 



The beam A, which is similar to the beam 

 of a plow, is supported by two wheels B be- 

 hind the two fore wheels C C, and it is furnish- 

 ed with two handles D, whereby the course of 

 the machine may be governed in the same 

 manner as that of plows. 



Claim. The arrangement and combination 

 with the plows G C, of the central beam A, 

 double-acting hoe F, cog pinions c d, crank g, 

 rock shaft i, and pitman h, all in the manner 

 set forth for the purpose specified. 



27,987. L. B. JOYNER, Hilliardston, 

 N. C. Cotton Thinning Plows. Apr. 24, 

 i860. 

 Claim. The arrangement of the shares i 



h, revolving cutters g g, frame a, driving wheel 



b, and gear wheel d c, substantially as and for 



the purpose set forth. 



28,583. W. F. JOHNSON, Wetumpka, 

 Ala. Cotton Cultivators. June 5, i860. 

 This invention consists in the use of a rotary 

 wheel attached to a beam provided with hoes 

 or cutters, and so arranged as to be placed under 

 the complete control of the operator, and ro- 

 tated by the draught of the machine the 

 wheel being placed in such relation to the 

 beam that the knives or hoes will pass obliqe- 

 ly over the rows of plants and cut or thin 

 them out, as required. 



Claim. The arrangement of the beam A, 

 wheel E, shaft F, with cutters or hoes f attach- 

 ed, and lever J, (with or without the wheel I,) 

 substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



28,978. RICHARD J. GATLING, In- 

 dianapolis, Ind. Cotton Cultivators. July 

 3, i860. 



Claim. 1. A rotary cutter head, provided 

 with hoes or cutters capable of being adjusted, 

 to vary the depth of their cut, as well as to 



