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This device is designed to prevent clods 

 (in plowing young corn) from falling upon the 

 plants, and at the same time to deposit the 

 loose soil around the roots. 



Claim. The above described shield, when 

 made of rigid vertical bars, having both their 

 lower and upper ends united by rigid horizon- 

 tal bars, substantially as set forth. 



78,186. CHARLES A. COGSWELL, 



Maquoketa, Iowa. Cultivators. May 26, 



1868. Antedated May 12, 1868. 



The rod has free vertical play in the eye 

 which attaches it to the plow beam, and in 

 hilling up potatoes and other crops, the rod 

 raises the stems and leaves of the plants to pre- 

 vent them from being covered. 



Claim. The attachment of the curved rod 

 A to the standard and beam of the ordinary 

 s'lovel plow or cultivator, in the manner and 

 far the purpose above specified. 



78,799. GEORGE GARRETT, Elk- 

 hart City, 111. Cultivators. June 9, 1868. 

 The fender shields the young plants from 

 clods thrown toward them by the shovels. 

 The brace beams allow the shovels to pass ob- 

 structions without injury. 

 . Claim. Providing a double cultivator with 

 a fender, F, having bearing chains f f, when 

 the same are united and combined with the 

 beams B and C C, and the whole is so con- 

 structed and arranged as to operate substan- 

 tially as described and for the purpose speci- 

 fied.' 



79,133. ALEXANDER KIRK PAT- 

 RICK, Newark, N. J. Shielding Plants 

 from Hoes. June 23, 1868. 

 The lower edge of the shield may be ser- 

 rated for crusty earth, and plain for sandy 

 ground. The handles project below the shield, 

 steadying and supporting the same when forced 

 into the ground alongside of the row of plants. 

 Claim. The shield, single or double, for 

 protecting plants from injury by the hoe, con- 

 structed in the manner and for the' purposes 

 specified. 



81,173. AARON JENNINGS, West 



Cairo, Ohio. Shovel Plows. Aug. 18, 



1868. 



The device operates .to uproot and cover 

 weeds and grass close to the cultivated plants, 

 provision being made to prevent the clods 

 from falling upon the plants. 



Claim. The plow, provided with the side 

 projection a, and with the upright guard b, on 

 which the fingers c are secured substantially as 

 herein shown and described. 



83,259. WILLIAM CUSTER, Shannon- 

 dale, Ind. Cultivators. Oct. 20, 1868. 



Three or more fingers joined at one end to 

 a long crooked bar, fastened to the plow beam 

 by a bolt, nut, screw, and head, form a shield 

 to catch clods or stones thrown out by the 

 plow, and prevent them from falling on the 

 plants. 



Claim. A shield or fender attachment to a 

 plow, constructed and operating substantially 

 as herein specified, and for the purposes men- 

 tioned. 



83,999. SAMUEL J. REED, Middle. 



town, Ohio. Plow Fenders. Nov. 10, 1868. 



Designed to form a receptacle for the earth 

 and clods thrown up by the share, and is slot- 

 ted to allow the pulverized earth to pass 

 through. 



Claim. The curved fender e g, in combina- 

 tion with lever f, constructed, arranged, and 

 connected with a plow, in the manner and for 

 the purpose substantially as described. 



85,118. SAMUEL J. MILLER and 



LUNA WRIGHT, Economy, Ind. Corn 



Plows. Dec. 22, 1868. 



The rod which holds the fender passes 

 through a slotted upright attached to a slotted 

 bar, by which the fender is adjusted toward or 

 from the plow, and is raised by a lever under 

 control of the operator. 



Claim. The fender, with the rod b, lever d, 

 slotted bar t, and slotted standard /, in combi- 

 nation with a corn plow, substantially as set 

 forth. 



85,601. JAMES W. MONICAL, Moores- 



ville, Ind., assignor to himself and Adam 



Howe. Plow-Attachments. Jan. 5, 1869. 



Claim. 1. The adjustable shield D, as con- 

 structed with slots a a, and curved end D', in 

 combination with slides C C and B B, substan- 

 tially in the manner and for the purpose as de- 

 scribed. 



2. The rods e e, in combination with the 

 shield D, substantially as and for the purpose 

 described. 



86,521. JOHNFOX, Homer, Ind. Shields 

 for Corn in Plowing. Feb. 2, 1869. 

 Claim. The bar B, set-screw C, screw-shaft 



D, plate E, nuts a a, and rod F, used with the 



beam A, substantially as and for the purpose 



set forth. 



89,470. JOSEPH C CURRYER and 

 WILLIAM F. CURRYER, Thorntown, 

 Ind. Clod-Fenders. Apr. 27, 1869. 

 Claim. The devices, herein described and 

 shown, for attaching a clod-fender to a plow- 

 beam, consisting of the staples c, wedges s, 

 bolt u, rods v, with the tube or hook, as de- 

 scribed, when constructed, arranged, and op- 

 erating substantially as herein specified. 



90,376. WILLIS E. MOORE, Craw- 



fordsville, Ind. Fenders for Cultivator- 

 Plows. May 25, 1869. 

 . Claim. 1. A guard or clod-fender for cul- 

 tivators, composed of tines b b', formed and 

 pivoted to head E and bar F, substantially as 

 described. 



2. A jointed fender, attached to arm a by 

 means of a pivot-joint, and provided with a 

 stop, c, substantially as described. 



