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171,706. M. Y. THOMPSON, Arkadel- 

 phia, Ark. Hand - Plows. Jan. 4, 1876. 

 Filed Aug. 14, 1875. 



Claim. The combination of the bars A A, 

 having their ends twisted and bent backward, 

 as described, with the wooden handles G, the 

 wheel upon which the plow is mounted, and 

 the plow-share attached to said bars, substan- 

 tially as herein described and shown. 



173,179. JOSHUA PIERPONTand 

 SIDNEY S. TUTTLE, Bushnell, and C. 

 B. TOMPKINS, Lewiston, 111., assignors 

 to Pierpont and Tuttle. Hand-Cultivators. 

 Feb. 8, 1876. Filed Nov. 4, 1875. 

 Claim. 1. In a hand-cultivator, the combi- 

 nation of the pivoted and adjustable handle G 

 with the. tongue A and fixed handle F, sub- 

 stantially as and for the purpose specified. 



2. In a hand-cultivator, the combination of 

 the pivoted and adjustable handle G, fixed 

 handle F, and draft-bar E, substantially as and 

 for the purpose specified. 



173,324. WM. H. MOSHER, Owosso, 

 Mich. Cultivators. Feb. 8, 1876. Filed 

 Nov. 6, 1875. 



Claim. In a weeder, the combination of 

 the beam sections A A', connected by arched 

 braces B, and provided with spaced transverse 

 slots d d' ', the horizontally-vibratory and later- 

 ally-adjustable weed-cutting blades E, and the 

 plow G, substantially as specified. 



176,438. J. L. McCULLOCH, Daven- 

 port, Iowa. Cultivators. Apr. 25, 1876. 

 Filed Aug. 18, 1875. 



Claim. In a garden-cultivator, the combin- 

 ation of the frame adjustable laterally at both 

 ends, the wheels C C having cutting-flanges, 

 and adjusting with the frame, the horizontal 

 weed-cutters D G, and the hinged fork H, all 

 arranged and operating substantially as de- 

 scribed, and for the purposes set forth. 



176,845. JAMES K. DUGDALE, White 



Water, Ind. Hand-Cultivators. May 2, 



1876. Filed Dec. 20, 1875. 



Claim. 1. The curved side pieces extended 



beyond the wheel, in combination with arched 



frame B, provided with vertical bars c c and 



sockets d d, as and for the purpose specified. 



2. In combination with frames A and B, 

 provided with guides c' and device F, the frame 

 C, provided with notches k, as described and 

 set forth. 



3. The adjustable arm E, in combination 

 with frame C, as and for the purpose set forth. 



4. The device F, serving both as a pin and 

 button, in combination with frame C, having 

 notches k, as and for the purpose described. 



176,963. M. JOHNSON, Lockport, N. 



Y. Garden-Weeders. May 2, 1876. Filed 



Apr. 15, 1876. 



Claim. The rotating axle C, having ratchet- 

 wheel E and radial arms d, for the attachment 

 of cultivating devices, in combination with the 



spring tooth-pawl G, substantially as and for 

 the purpose set forth. 



177,262. WILLIAM L. MAYS and 

 ANDREW B. TIGRETT, Dyersburg, 

 Tenn. Hand-Plows. May 9, 1876. Filed 

 Aug. 7, 1875. 



Claim. The single-wheel hand-cultivator 

 herein described, having the handle-levers A 

 A, carrying the journals of the wheel B, and 

 extended forward and downward beyond said 

 journals in a spread position, the oblique 

 shovel-beam D, bifurcated at d d, provided 

 with the adjusting perforations e e, and pivoted 

 to the spread extended ends of said levers, and 

 the adjustable connecting-braces E, constructed 

 and arranged as shown and described. 



177,390. CHARLES H. FINS ON, 



Pittsfield, assignor of one-half his right to 

 Henry McLaughlin, Bangor, Me. Wheel- 

 Hoes. May 16, 1876 Filed Mar. 1, 1876. 

 Claim. 1. The cutter-arms C C, having 

 the reverse curves, as shown, each arm hung 

 adjustably at one end to the wheel-axle, and 

 connected at their rear ends by the blade or 

 knife D. 



2. In combination with the reversely-curved 

 arms C C, hung as shown and described, and 

 connected by the blade D, the handles B B', 

 connected directly to the upper short curves of 

 arms C C at points near the axis of the wheel. 



181,380. RUDOLPH VAMPILL, 



Mullins, S. C. Wheel - Hoes. Aug. 22, 



1876. Filed July 22, 1876. 



Claim. An improved wheel-hoe, formed of 

 the handle A, the diamond-shaped frame B, 

 provided with the slotted cross-head lugs b 1 , 

 and the cutter-seat lugs b 2 , the wheel C and 

 axle-bolt c' , and the knife D, constructed and 

 combined with each other, substantially as 

 herein shown and described. 



182,374. JAMES S. LUCAS, Bowling 

 Green, Ky. Hand - Cultivators. Sep. 19, 



1876. Filed July 11, 1876. 



Claim. The combination of the spreading 

 wings A, cultivator-teeth C, cutting or prun- 

 ing knives D, and handle B, all constructed 

 and relatively arranged as herein shown, for 

 the purpose set forth. 



186,606. J. D. O'CALLAGHAN, Chat- 

 tanooga, Tenn. Combined Wheelbarrows 

 and Garden - Cuitivators. Jan. 23, 1877. 

 Filed Nov. 13, 1876. 



Claim. The combination of the hinged 

 legs X and connecting-rod D with the remov- 

 able tray A and wheeled frame B, as shown 

 and described, for the purpose of adapting the 

 frame for attachment of and use with a culti- 

 vating device, as set forth. 



187,222. JOSEPH W. DOWLER, St. 



Louis, Mo. Hand - Cultivators. Feb. 13, 



1877. Filed May 11, 1876. 



Claim. The shoulder - frame B, consisting 

 of the beams b b 1 , having crutch parts P, truck 



