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• Claim, i. The levers C C and cord a, or 

 their equivalents, when both shall be operated 

 in the manner and for the purpose substantially 

 set forth and described. 



2. The capstan B, hinges a a, tongue G, 

 slide e, brace or lever x, in combination with 

 levers C C, cord d, the whole being arranged 

 in the manner and for the purpose substantially 

 set forth and described. 



29,357. JAMES BROOKS, Romulus, 

 N. Y. Ditching Plows. July 31, i860. 

 To use this plow I adjust the ground wheel, 

 or pulley, at about four inches above the bot- 

 tom of the share, and pin it fast ; the guide 

 bar I also place above ground at first ; I then 

 cut a furrow, and coming back on the oppo- 

 site side of the ditch already begun, I cut 

 again, follow, and throw out the dirt ; I then 

 change the clevis so as to alter the point 

 of traction, and cut deeper, and alternate as 

 before, so going on until the ditch is finished. 

 Claim. The combination and arrangement 

 of the guide bar and colter share, substantially 

 as described and set forth. 



29,647. ALLEN S. BALLARD, Mount 

 Pleasant, Iowa, assignor to himself and Jo- 

 seph Howe, same place. Ditching Ma- 

 chines. Aug. 14, i860. 

 This invention consists in constructing a 

 plow with an inclined bottom, and furnishing 

 it with a series of cutters and wings, arranged 

 in such a way, and combined with two car- 

 riage wheels and an adjustable mechanism, 

 that the plow will dig into the earth any de- 

 sired depth to form a ditch or trench, and ele- 

 vate the earth as rapidly as it is loosened by 

 the cutters, which, after being elevated to the 

 surface, will be thrown off from each side of 

 the ditch by the wings of a plow and a scraper 

 that follows in the rear of the machine. 



Claim. The plow G G 1 , constructed sub- 

 stantially as described, with or without the 

 movable bottom, in combination with the hor- 

 izontal cutters k k k, cutters e e, and carriage 

 A B, the whole being arranged and operating 

 in the manner and for the purposes set forth. 



31,551. E. C MARTIN, Muscatine, Iowa. 



Ditching Machines. Feb. 26, 1861. 



Claim. The use in the described connec- 

 tion with a ditching plow of a V-shaped fol- 

 lower made in two halves K H, K H, con- 

 nected together by adjustable hinges, with or 

 without cross pieces J J, so as to adapt the im- 

 plement to ditches of different width, in com- 

 bination with two adjustable friction rollers N 

 N, substantially as set forth. 



32,997. THOMAS HUTCHINSON, 



Green Point, N. Y. Excavators. Aug. 6, 

 - 1861. 



Claim. 1. The combination of the plow K 

 with the scoop V, and the mechanism as de- 

 scribed, by which the plow K is elevated or 

 lowered. 



2. The scoop V, in combination with the 



plow K, and the mechanism as described, by 

 which the movements of the scoop are regula- 

 ted and controlled. 



35,403. BENJAMIN TOBIAS, Wash- 

 ington, 111. Ditching Machines. May 27, 

 1862. 



Secured to the main beam by means of the 

 standard and brace is a shoe, from the center 

 of which rises a central inclined cutter. The 

 sides of the ditch are formed by two inclined 

 flaring cutters, the lower ends of which are se- 

 cured to the shoe, and the upper ends to a 

 cross-bar upon the beam. The dirt is thrown 

 off by means of inclined planes and deflecting 

 plates, so as to be piled up on each side of the 

 ditch. 



Claim. The combination of the deflecting 

 plates L and bar C with the the inclines J, 

 cutters G H H, standard D, and shoe F, when 

 the said parts are arranged and operate to- 

 gether, as shown and descriced. 



35,736. NELSON KIDDER, Moscow, 

 Iowa., assignor to B. F, Linville, same 

 place. Ditching Machines. June 24, 1862. 



Claim. The combination of the share E, 

 and adjustable expanding wings I I, adjustable 

 supporting wheel H h, and rollers O, all con- 

 structed and operating substantially as and for 

 the purposes set forth. 



35,890. 8. T. W. POTTER, Scott, N. 

 Y. Subsoil Plows. July 15, 1862. 



Claim. The inclined curved mold-board and 

 share, provided with the ledge or guard, arrang- 

 ed substantially as and for the purpose herein 

 shown and described. 



43,060. GEORGE W. WIGGIN, Ex- 

 eter, Mass. Ditching Machines. June 7, 

 1864. 



This invention consists in a combination of 

 knives or cutters which cut from both the bot- 

 tom and sides of the ditch, together with de- 

 vices that elevate the soil to be removed and 

 place it at one side of the ditch. The sides 

 and bottom of the ditch are cut at one oper- 

 ation. 



Claim. The combination of the sole plate 

 P, mold-boards M M', curved and inclined as 

 set forth, cutters C C and K, and beams S S 

 and fender D, or their equivalents, substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose herein described. 



51,014. TUNIS J. BURHYTE, Fond du 

 Lac, Wis. Ditching Plows. Nov. 21, 1865. 

 Claim. 1. A ditching plow having its side ' 

 cutters P inclined backward, as shown, and 

 extending in an unbroken line from top to 

 bottom, in combination with the horizontal 

 cutter C, arranged substantially as shown and 

 described. 



2. The channel B, curved first to the left 

 and then to the right, as shown and described. 



3. Mounting the plow upon the independent 

 adjustable side wheels L, and the adjustable 



