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cross-rods R R, arranged to support the rear 

 plows and their fitting levers, and adjust the 

 same laterally thereon, so that by a removal 

 of the front and rear plows on one side the re- 

 maining rear plow can be shifted, so as to 

 adapt the machine for a gang-plow. 



194,865. SETH FURNAS, Bridgeport, 



Ind. Ditching-Plows. Sep. 4, 1877. Filed 



July 18, 1877. 



Claim. 1. A ditching-plow consisting of 

 the combination of a beam, C, the brace-bars 

 D D, the handles G, and the inclined scoop 

 and trough A B, bolted to the said brace-bars 

 and rear end of the beam, and arranged to 

 support the handles, at its extremity, substan- 

 tially as and for the purpose described. 



2. The" combination, with the rear extension 

 of the trough B, and the handles G having 

 keepers H, of the cross-bar E having guide- 

 bars F, and the set-screws f, substantially as 

 and for the purpose described. 



202,416. OWEN T.DAVIES, Brighton, 



Cal. Ditchers and Cultivators Combined. 



Apr. 16, 1878. Filed Dec. 26, 1877. 



Claim. 1. A ditching-machine consisting 



of a round-bottomed body, widened toward 



its rear end, and having at its front. end a right 



and left handed mold-board, and provided 



with handles, substantially as specified. 



2. The body A, having its bottom rounded 

 and its rear end flared, and provided with 

 right and left handed mold-boards at its front 

 end, as described, combined with laterally-ex- 

 tensible weed-knives, substantially in the man- 

 ner and for the purposes specified. 



3. The body A, provided with a rounded 

 bottom and flaring rear end, as described, 

 combined with front right and left handed 

 mold-boards and rear adjustable plow-beams 

 and blades, substantially as herein set forth. 



4. In a ditching-machine, around bottomed 

 body having a widened or flaring rear end, and 

 carrying plow-beams and blades, as described, 

 the upward inclined part h, whereby the blades, 

 when the front end of the implement is raised 

 in being drawn, are allowed to sink into the 

 earth. 



5. A compound implement consisting of a 

 round-bottomed body having a widened or 

 flaring rear end, a right and left handed mold- 

 board at the front end, a pair of extensible 

 weed-cutting knives, a pair of adjustable plow- 

 beams and blades, and suitable handles, com- 

 bined substantially as and for the purposes 

 specified. 



203,042. HUGH W. HILL, Decatur, 



111. Machines for Opening Ditches. Apr. 



30, 1878. Filed Mar. 25, 1878. 



Short teeth upon the sides and bottom of a 

 boat-shaped drag remove grass, weeds, &c, in 

 the ditch. A rod or bail permits the draft- 

 chain to slip from end to end interchangeably. 



Claim, i. The boat-shaped machine A, pro- 

 vided with the teeth a a, substantially as de- 

 scribed, and for the purpose set forth. 



2. The rod B and ring b, in combination 

 with the boat-shaped machine A, chains c c, 

 and spreading-rod C, substantially as described, 

 and for the purpose set forth. 



3. The combination of the boat-shaped ma- 

 chine A, teeth a a, rod B, ring b, and runners 

 D D, substantially as described, and for the 

 purpose set forth. 



205,325. ALEXANDER WILEY, 



Bluff Point, Ind. Ditching-Plows. June 

 25, 1878. Filed Nov. 20, 1877. 



A heavy wooden beam is supported upon two 

 pairs of wheels. Between the forward and 

 hind wheels the colter and standard are in- 

 serted. The foot or point is secured to the 

 lower end of the standard, and to this the 

 mole is attached by a bolt that passes through 

 it and secured by a nut. A brace extends from 

 the heel of the point to the rear end of the 

 beam. 



Claim. In combination with the colter, 

 share, and male, the brace G, attached by a 

 bolt, which also serves to secure the hind axle 

 to the beam, substantially as set forth. 



707,993. ITHAMER W. STUART, and 

 JAMES G. ALLEN, Holliday Station, 

 111., assignors to said James G. Allen. 

 Ditching-Plows. Sep. 10, 1878. Filed July 

 29, 1878. 

 Claim. 1. The cutting-edges b b, formed 



on the side beams A A, in combination with 



the curved cutters G G, substantially as and 



for the purpose set forth. 



2. The crank a and pitman I, provided at 

 its rear end with shovel H and cross-bar d, in 

 combination with the vertical grooves h h and 

 horizontal grooves h 1 k 1 , the shovel being ar- 

 ranged to operate substantially as and for the 

 purposes herein set forth. 



3. In a ditching-plow, the combination of 

 side beams A A, constructed to form cutting- 

 edges b b, curved cutters G Gf wheels C C, 

 crank a, pitman I, and shovel H, all con- 

 structed and arranged to operate substantially 

 as described. 



4. The combination of the side beams A A, 

 having grooves h h 1 h 2 , the plow F, wheels C 

 C, with crank a, shovel H, with handle I and 

 pins e e, and the springs * i, all constructed, 

 substantially as and for the purposes herein set 

 forth. 



5. The swinging-valve L, in combination 

 with the plow F, shovel H, and frame, with 

 side chutes K K, substantially as and for the 

 purposes herein set forth. 



208,682. JAS. W. HUMPHREYS, 



Otterbein, Ind. Ditching-Machines. Oct. 



8, 1878. Filed June 11, 1878. 



Claim. In a surface-ditching machine, the 



hinged adjustable sole K, in combination with 



the adjusting-screw O and the adjustable shoe 



R, constructed and operating substantially as 



and for the purposes set forth. 



