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2. The peculiar construction of the shovel, 

 as and for the pu/pose set forth. 



3. The construction of the colter, as and 

 for the purpose specified. 



4. The hinged platform T, for regulating 

 the depth of the furrow or ditch, substantially 

 as described. 



5. In combination with the above, screw h 

 and spring /, substantially as set forth. 



6. Axle B, wheels C C, beam A, platform 

 T, screw h, springs t, and vervical knife P, all 

 combined and arranged as and for the purpose 

 set forth. 



73,560. E. WORTH and C A. DAVIS, 



Oswego, 111. Ditching Machines. Jan. 21, 



1868. 



Claim. I. The knives L, arranged to op- 

 erate substantially as and for the purpqse set 

 forth. 



2. The point F, jointed to the shoe E, in 

 combination with the cutter-bar K, screw J, 

 and standards I I, arranged to regulate the 

 depth of the machine in the ground substan- 

 tially as set forth. 



3. The combination of the horizontal shares 

 D, inclined flanges C, with cutter-bars K' K', 

 knives L, and mold-board B, substantially as 

 set forth. 



73,858. J. L. WILSON and J. R. HA- 

 WORTH, Iowa Falls, Iowa. Ditching 

 Plows. Jan. 28, 1868. 



Claim. 1. The beams R R, the gauge beams 

 N N, and wheels C, when combined and con- 

 structed as set forth. 



2. The levers M M, constructed and oper- 

 ating in the manner specified. ■ 



3. The mold - boards d, the supplemental 

 mold-boards E, in combination with lever P, 

 the whole constructed and operating substan- 

 tially as set forth. 



4. The wheel U, in combination with colter 

 T and shovel e, when arranged and operating 

 substantially as described. 



74,729. STEPHEN W. STANDART, 



Bellevue, Ohio. Plows. Feb. 18, 1868. 



Claim. The arrangement of the land-side 

 bar D, movable mold-board E, provided with 

 metal knife at its bottom, bars F, bar H, and 

 roller, operated by the lever I, the whole com- 

 bined and used with the plow beam, in the 

 manner and for the purpose set forth. 



76,237. W. A. NICHOLS, West Liberty, 

 Iowa. Ditching Machines. Mar. 31, 1868. 

 Claim. 1. The ditching machine, consist- 

 ing of the forward plow C, attached to the 

 beam B, the cutting disks D 1 , in front of said 

 plow, in line with its outer edges, the cutting 

 disk D, in line with its point, the rear plow C, 

 having cutters a, and secured to the beam E, 

 bearing the cutting disk D 2 and attached to 

 the forward beam by the clevis and link, all 

 constructed end arranged to operate as herein 

 shown and described. 



2. The rear plow C, when provided with 



the vertical cutters a, for shaping the sides of 

 the ditch, as herein shown and described. 



3. The arrangement of the forward cutting 

 disks D D 1 with relation to the forward plow 

 C, as described, whereby the earth at the sides 

 and center of the ditch is cut, to enable the 

 plow to throw the dirt equally upon each side, 

 as herein set forth. 



77,024. E. L. FOREMAN, Rantoul, 111. 



Ditching Machines Apr. 21, 1868. 



The boards are set at an angle to each other, 

 the rear of one being adjustable as to deverg- 

 ence. The platform is for the driver to stand 

 upon, and the lever assists in regulating the 

 machine as it is drawn along in the ditch. 



Claim. The platform C, in combination 

 with the lever F and sides A and B, when ar- 

 ranged and used as and for the purpose speci- 

 fied. 



79,851. PATRICK O'CONNOR and 



MORRIS COLLINS, Decatur, 111. 



Ditching Machines. July 14, 1868. 



Claim. In combination with the beam A 



and the plow C, the mold-boards D, knives K 



and L, screw G, and guides I, so that the 



whole may be moved and adjusted by said screw, 



substantially as specified and for the purpose set 



forth. 



80,113. PHILLIP BALLARD, Texas, 

 Ohio. Drain Plows. July 21, 1868. 

 Claim. 1. The cutters C and D, share B, 

 and adjustable wings E, constructed and ar- 

 ranged substantially as herein shown and de- 

 scribed, in combination with the beam A, as 

 and for the purpose set forth. 



2. The combination of the gauge wheels F, 

 curved arms G, lever H, support I, and curved 

 adjusting arm or bar J, with each other, and 

 with the beam A, substantially as herein shown 

 and described, and for the pnrpose set forth. 



80.880. JASPER N. SMITH and 

 WILLIAM O. BUCKLEY, Washing- 

 ton, 111. Machines for Cutting Open Ditch- 

 es. Aug. 11, 1868. 



Claim. 1. The hanging the ditcher in a 

 frame, as shown in the drawings, thus avoid- 

 ing the use of a beam, and avoiding all clog- 

 ging under the beam in machines which make 

 use of it. 



2. The movable slides A A, in connection 

 with the movable knives B B, so constructed 

 as to carry out a greater or less width of earth 

 as the machine is cutting. 



3. The form of the rear of the nose, that is, 

 the rear carried up, as shown, to avoid friction, 

 and expanded, as shown, to support the slides. 



84,136. LEONARD RICKARD, Dan- 

 ville, 111. Ditching Machines. Nov. 17, 

 1868. 

 The wings are adjustable, so that the ditch 



can be made of any width desired. 



Claim. The arrangement of the point I, 



mold-boards H H and B B, adjustable wings 



