COTTON-SCRAPERS. 



4,553. JOHN M. OULLEN, Benton, 



Miss. Plows. May 30, 1846. 



Claim. The combination of the scraper e 

 and rake or harrow f with the cultivator, in 

 the manner and for the purpose set forth. 



6,379. WM. C FINNEY, Fayette Co., 

 Tenn. Cotton Scrapers. Apr. 24, 1849. 

 Claim. The peculiar connection and ar- 

 rangement of the slide H, landside K, and 

 mold-board No. 1. as described, securing the 

 proper position of the scraper, regulating the 

 position of the stock, and preventing the al- 

 teration of its set by the wear from friction to 

 which the unprotected helve is subject. 



8,524. HENRY GOLDSON, Greensbor- 

 ough, Miss. Plows. Nov. 18, 1851. 

 Claim. A cotton scraper, constructed as 

 herein described, with a share and mold-board 

 projecting from the side of the landside, op- 

 posite that to which the earth is thrown, the 

 landside thus extending from the point of the 

 scraper to that wing of the mold-board oppo- 

 site the one to which it usually extends ; and 

 the several parts being so arranged that the 

 landside will run deep enough to hold the im- 

 plement firmly to its work, the share will pare 

 the ground and cut off the weeds near the 

 roots of the plants, and the mold-board will 

 conduct the same towards the middle of the 

 space between the rows. 



8,802. JAMES LATTIMER, Chattoo- 

 gaville, Ga. Shovel Plows. Mar. 16, 1852. 

 Claim. The combination of the wing or 

 or half shovel plow and the adjustable scraper, 

 arranged on different stocks, in the said beam, 

 when said scraper is arranged on the landside, 

 and rearward of the plow, and so that the 

 grass, weeds, &c, shaved off by the scraper, 

 will be thrown into the furrow made by the 

 plow ; the whole being arranged in the man- 

 ner and specially for the purpose herein set 

 forth and fully shown. 



9,483. WILLIAM A. GATES, Mount 



Comfort, Tenn. Plows. Dec. 21, 1852. 



Claim. 1. The rhomboidal plate, c, d, bent 

 on one of its diagonals, and constructed and 

 arranged substantially as described, so that 

 either leaf can be used as a landside or share, 

 at pleasure ; the edges of the share becoming, 

 when the plate is reversed, the edges of the 

 landside, and those of the landside the edges 

 of the share, in the manner and for the pur- 

 poses specified. 



2. In combination with the plate, c, d, as 

 described, the double bifurcated brace,/, g, h, 

 i,j, for attaching said plate to the beam, sub- 

 stantially as described. 



11,454. CHARLES K. FARR, Auburn, 

 Miss. Cultivators. Aug. 1, 1854. 



Claim. The hollow standard b b, with the 

 ground-plate for firmly uniting the beam to. 

 the implement by means of bolts passing 

 through said standards, as hereinbefore set 

 forth. 



11,601. O. G. EWINGS, Heart Prairie, 



Wis. Plows. Aug. 29, 1854. 



Claim. The jointed beams a b, in combi- 

 nation with the adjusting-screws g g 1 , as de- 

 scribed. 



12,571. GEO. W. N. YOST, Port Gib- 

 son, Miss. Cultivators. Mar. 20, 1855. 

 I am aware that cultivators and scrapers have 

 been used, which were laterally and perpen- 

 dicularly adjustable; therefore, I do not claim 

 such devices. 



Claim. The combination of the adjustable 

 scraper E, with the bar, point, &c, D, as de- 

 scribed, for the purpose of barring off the row 

 and rapping up the middle ; also, for scraping 

 off the row, and rolling the scrapings over into 

 the furrow opened by the plow, substantially 

 as set forth. 



18,475. DAVID K. THOM, Farmington, 



Tenn. Plows. Oct. 20, 1857. 



Claim. Combining with the ordinary turn- 

 ing plow an adjustable scraper, A A, adjustable 

 laterally and perpendicularly, as hereinbefore 

 described. 



18,478. R. A. VICK, Byhalia, Miss. Cot- 

 ton Cultivators. Oct. 20, 1857. 

 Claim. The construction and arrangement 

 of the body E, top piece, D, and front bar G, 

 so as to be firmly and conveniently combined, 

 and so that three bolts will unite them to- 

 gether, and at the same time secure the handles, 

 beam, and blade thereto, substantially in the 

 manner specified. 



18,525. J. G. WINGER, Vicksburg, Miss. 



Cotton Scrapers. Oct. 27, 1857. 



Claim. The longitudinally-adjustable cutters 

 C C, having each an inclined, vertical, and 

 curved portion, as described, in combination 

 with mold-board supports and frame, substan- 

 tially as set forth. 



21,657- C. A. GAINES, Watson, Miss. 



Cotton Scrapers. Oct. 5, 1858. 



Claim. Giving a hollow or concave form 

 to the bottom E of the block from the rear and 

 side edges inward and forward to the mold- 

 board or scraper D, substantially in the man- 

 ner and for the purpose herein specified. 



23,17L JOHN HENDERSON, Bluff 

 Springs, Miss. Cotton Scrapers. Mar. 8, 

 1859. 



Claim. The forked bar F, and brace bar C 

 in combination with the beam B, and wings A, 

 of a double winged cotton scraper, when con- 



