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A, bolts D, springs F, plow attachment C, con- 

 sisting of plow-beams c <? , plows E, all said 

 parts being constructed and combined, as shown 

 and described, to operate in the manner and 

 for the purposes set forth. 



188,917. MOSES JOHNSON, Lockport, 



N. Y. Hand Garden - Weeders. Mar. 22, 



1877. Filed Sep. 16, 1876. 



Claim. 1. The vertically and horizontally 



adjustable standard D, provided at one end 



with a plow-point E, and at the other end with 



weeding-knives F F, substantially as described, 



and for the purpose set forth. 



2. The knives F F having each a transverse 

 handle f, curved shank f l , and blade f 2 in 

 combination with the slotted holder G, block 

 H, and thumb-screw I, substantially as and for 

 the purpose set forth. 



3. Wheel-supporting arms B B, in combina- 

 tion with handles A A, wheel C, and adjust- 

 able standard D, said devices being reversible, 

 and adapted to operate equally well in either 

 position, substantially as set forth. 



192,697. MOSES JOHNSON, Lock- 

 port, N. Y., assignor of one - half his right 

 to M. C. Richardson, same place. Diggers 

 and Weeders. Jan. 3, 1877. Filed Dec. 

 23,1876. 



Claim. 1. In a hand-digger, the combina- 

 tion of a transporting-wheel with a curved 

 beam concentric with the upper part of said 

 wheel, and pivoted to the axis of the latter by 

 braces, substantially as described. 



2. The combination of handles E E with 

 bars B and D, curved beam C, and wheel A, 

 substantially as set forth. 



3. The combination of the curved beam C, 

 wi;h disks G G, perforated at g g g g, and with 

 standards H attached thereto. 



4. Standards H, provided with adjusting- 

 rods h, in combination with disks G, having 

 perforations g, and with curved beams C, sub- 

 substantially as set forth. 



5. As an article of manufacture, standard H, 

 provided with rods h and bracing-plate G, and 

 rigidly secured to upright shank J 2 of the weed- 

 er-blade J 1 ,, substantially as and for the purpose 

 set forth. 



194,007. T. E SMOOT, Florence, Ala., 

 assignor of one-third his right to A. M. Park- 

 hill, same place. Garden-Plows. Aug. 7, 

 1877. Filed May 24, 1877. 

 Claim. The combination with a garden- 

 plow having a front wheel, D, beam A and 

 handles C, of a reversible push or draft bar, 

 G, having breast-piece /, and forked lower end 

 pivoted directly to the axle of said wheel up- 

 on opposite sides of the same, as and for the 

 purpose set forth. 



194,977. EUGENE RUHLMANN, 



Lockport, N. Y. Garden Wheel-Hoes. 

 Sep. n, 1877. Filed Apr. 28, 1877. 

 Claim. 1. A combined wheel hoe and rake, 

 consisting essentially of the bed-plate B, pro- 



vided with channels and slots d, and with bear- 

 ings for the wheel N and notches r 1 of the cut- 

 ters A, adjustably secured within said channels, 

 and the rake pivoted near the front end of said 

 bed-plate, and having its curved teeth arranged 

 to pass through said notches r' , the whole con- 

 structed and arranged substantially as and for 

 the purpose specified. 



2. The combination, with the bed-plate B, 

 having the series of notches / r' , of the lever 

 C, pivoted to said bed-plate at e, and provided 

 with curved teeth arranged obliquely in rela- 

 tion to the lever C, as stated. 



3. A platform for a combined cultivator and 

 weeder, consisting essentially of a plate whose 

 forward part is bifurcated, and each fork pro- 

 vided with an eye whose middle part has two 

 transverse slot-holes, d, terminating in chan- 

 nels on the under side of said plate, and whose 

 rear end is downwardly deflected, and has a 

 series of excisions, r' ', along its oblique edge, 

 all substantially as described, the whole pro- 

 duced entire in the process of casting, as and 

 for the purpose specified. 



4. In a hand-cultivator, the combination, 

 with the vertically-adjustable poles D D', of 

 the radially-adjustable handles E, said handles 

 being composed of the bails connected by the 

 rods G, and provided with the circular disk F, 

 having radial corrugations, as described, and 

 adjustably secured to plates E' fixed to the ex- 

 tremities of said poles, and provided with 

 radial corrugations corresponding to those of 

 the disk F, the whole being constructed and 

 arranged to adapt the position of the handles 

 to the wrists of the operator without changing 

 the position of the poles, substantially as and 

 for the use and purpose stated. 



5. A combined wheel hoe and rake, consist- 

 ing essentially of the bifurcated bed-plate B, 

 mounted upon the wheel N between the fork, 

 the hoes A secured to the plate B, with capa- 

 bility of lateral adjustment, the rake pivoted 

 to the forward end of the plate B, and having 

 its curved teeth r passing through the excisions 

 /, the vertically-adjustable poles D D', and the 

 radially-adjustable handles E, the whole con- 

 structed and arranged substantially as and for 

 the purpose specified. 



197,731. MOSES JOHNSON, Lockport, 



N. Y. , assignor of one-half his right to Moses 



C. Richardson, same place. Garden-Weed- 



ers. Dec. 4, 1877. Filed Sep. 29, 1877. 



Claim. 1. The adjustable quadrangular 



frame B, pivoted to frame A, and provided 



with a spring-clutch E', standards C, and 



knives D, projecting obliquely to embrace the 



space between the standards, all arranged to 



operate substantially as shown and described. 



2. The frame B, pivoted to beam A, and 



provided with vertical bar I and spring-clutch 



E', substantially as shown, and for the pupose 



specified. 



198,129. JONATHAN A. LEES, Phil- 

 adelphia, Pa. Weed-Cutters. Dec. 11, 1877. 

 Filed June 29, 1877. 



