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justable on the truck-frame, and provided with 

 adjusting-rollers, cords, and holding-pawls, all 

 substantially as specified. 



5. The conical flange I, wheel G, and chute 

 L, substantially as specified. 



133,974. LEWIS W. FISHER, Rock- 



ville, Ind. Ditching - Machines. Dec. 17, 



1872. 



Claim. 1. The combination of the frame 

 A, adjustable spade C, and spread ing-beams L, 

 substantially as specified. 



2. The curved brace I bearing against the 

 under side or lower end of blade and adjust- 

 able in the frame behind, as described. 



146,725. DUDLEY W. TRAVIS, 



Ithaca, N. Y. Ditching - Machines. Jan. 



20, 1874. Filed Oct. 10, 1873. 



Claim. 1. A machine for cleaning out the 

 furrows made by the ditching-plow, consisting 

 of a pointed plate, a, provided with operating- 

 handles c, substantially as set forth. 



2. The pointed plate a, for cleaning out the 

 furrows made by the ditching-plow provided 

 with the adjustable roller 2, substantially as 

 specified. 



3. The pointed plate a, for cleaning out the 

 furrows of ditching-plows, provided with the 

 wings 3 and guide 7, substantially as described. 



4. The pointed plate a, provided with the 

 rollers, wings 3, guide 7, and suitable strength- 

 ening-bars, in combination with the scraper 9, 

 substantially as shown. 



149,337. HENRY G. RICHARDS, 



Galesburg, 111. Ditching and Tile -Laying 



Machines. Apr. 7, 1874. Filed Feb. 7, 



1874. 



The forward end of the frame rests upon 

 two supporting - wheels, while the rear ends 

 drags upon the ground. The plow-beam is 

 pivoted to the rear end of the main frame, and 

 the forward end is regulated in height by a 

 screw. The earth is lifted upon an inclined 

 plane, raised above the surface, giving a space 

 for introducing the tile, which are covered by 

 the falling earth. 



Claim. The adjustable frame B, pivoted to 

 the drag-frame A, and provided with the cut- 

 ters DEE and elevator G, arranged and op- 

 erating substantially as and for the purpose 

 specified. 



150,529. JOSEPH A. CLARK, Fair- 

 view, Pa. Ditching-Machines. May 5, 1874. 

 Filed Feb. 24, 1874. 

 . The chute for elevating the earth is arranged 

 at the side of the plate, constituting the curved 

 beam, standard, and guide-plate or land-side. 

 The tongue is adjustable upon the front end 

 of the beam, and carries gage-wheels. 



Claim. The standard A, having the for- 

 ward bent beam B and guide-bar C, and the 

 adjustable draft-tongue M pivoted directly to 

 said beam, and carrying the gage-wheel or 

 wheels N, when all are arranged and combined 

 with the chute G, located at the side of the 



beam, substantially as described, for the ob- 

 ject specified. 



152,436. WILLIAM B. TICHENOR, 



. Tipton, Ind. Ditching - Plows. June 23, 



1874. Filed May 8, 1874. 



The mole has a flat and broad bearing-sur- 

 face, and from the point curves outward and 

 upward to convey the earth to the elevat- 

 ing mold-board. Side colters cut vertically 

 the edges of the ditch, and a middle one di- 

 vides the center. 



Claim. The mold-board E, constructed as 

 described, in combination with cutters H H G 

 and gage-rod O, as and for the purpose herein 

 set forth. 



155,184. P. L. DELFER, Burlington, 

 Iowa. Ditching-Machines. Sep. 22, 1874. 

 Filed Aug. 24, 1874. 



Claim. 1. In combination with the side and 

 bottom cutters of a ditching-machine, an ad- 

 vance or preliminary furrow-cutter, A, pro- 

 vided with an angular or gouge-shaped cutter, 

 B, substantially for the purposes set forth. 



2. The advance or preliminary furrow-cutter 



A, provided with an angular or gouge-shaped 

 cutter B, and its own side-discharge slide C, as 

 set forth. 



3. In combination with the angular cutter 



B, the central colter D, as set forth. 



4. In combination with the cutter H, of a 

 ditching-machine and the advance furrow-cut- 

 ter A, substantially as set forth, the guide-slide 

 e, as described. 



5. In combination with the side cutters G, 

 fixed upon the axle F, a chain or cord L, 

 wound upon said axle, and one end of said 

 chain or cord attached to some stationary ob- 

 ject, to cause said cutters to rotate as the ma- 

 chine advances. 



6. In combination with the discharge-slide 

 of a ditching-machine, a water tank and pipe, 

 to discharge water into said slide for a lubri- 

 cant, as set forth. 



155,309. WILLIAM B. HYDE, Oak- 

 land, Cal. Ditching and Embanking Ma- 

 . chines. Sep. 22, 1874. Filed Aug. 26, 



1874. 



Claim. 1. A ditching and embanking ma- 

 chine composed of one or more timbers, A, 

 arranged to move diagonally to the proposed 

 line of embankment, and having two or more 

 plows, CFG, each of said plows being pro- 

 vided with a scraper, E E' E", substantially as 

 and for the purpose above described. 



2. In combination with the plows C F G of 

 a ditching-machine, the wings or scrapers E 

 E' E", arranged to convey the earth turned by 

 each plow successively to the outside of the 

 ditch, and deposit it in a line to form an em- 

 bankment, substantially as above described. 



156,139. JAMES DAVIES, MAZO 

 MANIE, and CHARLES C SKIN- 

 NER, Eau Claire, Wis. Ditching-Plows. 

 Oct, 20, 1874. Filed Aug. n, 1874, 



