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lever, substantially as and for the purposes here- 

 in set forth. 



154,119. BYRON C. BRADLEY, Chi- 

 cago, 111. Plows. Aug. 18, 1874. Filed 

 June i2, 1674. 



Claim. A plow having a convex mold-board 

 and share, the crown point or line of convexity 

 extending from a point in the cutting-edge of 

 the share to the delivery-point of the mold- 

 board upon the line c, substantially as and for 

 the purpose specified. 



156,836. CHARLES HENRY BALT- 

 ZER, Plows. Hickman, Ky. Nov. 17, 

 1874. Filed May 25, 1872. 

 Claim. 1. In combination with the mold- 

 board H formed of a section of a cylinder, 

 and applied as described, the lower mold or 

 plate G g' applied so as to be flush with the 

 front edge of the standard, as described, and 

 having the inclined slots as a means of adjust- 

 ing the mold-board both vertically and toward 

 the standard and land-side to compensate for 

 wear. 



2. In combination with the mold-board H, 

 the slotted mold G^-', and the standard B, all 

 having the coinciding curvatures described, 

 the slotted angle-plete K k' also having a cor- 

 responding curvature and slots, and having a 

 side wing or flange, and connected to and 

 bracing the handle, all as shown and described. 



3. The described combination and arrange- 

 ment, with the mold-board H, of the described 

 means for adjusting the same downward and 

 toward the land-side, and of the slotted and 

 adjusting plate D rigidly secured to the plow- 

 standard, for permitting the plow to take more 

 or less land, as shown and described. 



158,026. THOMAS CANTY, Kaufman, 

 Tex. Plows. Dec. 22, 1874. Filed Aug. 

 10, 1874. 



Claim. 1. The share E, having the con- 

 tinuous cutting-edge and notched upper edge, 

 the flat mold-board strips F G H, and branch- 

 ed T-headed brace I J N, combined and ar- 

 ranged as shown and described, for the purpose 

 specified. 



2. The land-side C, share E, and brace D, 

 welded together, as shown and described. 



3. The brace D, welded to the land-side C, 

 bolted to the standard B, and arranged to sup- 

 port the strip F of the mold-board, asset forth. 



163,352. FRANCIS R. BELL, Marsh- 

 all, Tex. Plows. May 18, 1875. Filed 

 \pr. 10, 1875. 



Claim. A wooden mold-board F, for plows, 

 saturated with oil, and provided with a num- 

 ber of oil-receiving holes or reservoirs, /', in 

 its edges to keep it saturated, substantially as 

 herein shown and described. 



171,477. ASA HALL, Rockford, 111., 

 assignor to himself, John G. Elliott, and 

 Edward D. Hall, same place. Plows. Dec. 



- 28, 1875. Filed Sep. 13, 1875. 



Claim. In combination with a plowshare, 



MOLD-BOARDS 



a plow mold-board constructed substantially 

 as described, with its opposite edges d fitted 

 to the edge / of share A, and its opposite 

 edges g made to form a shin line with the face 

 of the land-side, and made reversible, as de- 

 scribed, for the purpose of greater durability. 



174,423. EUGENE R. KNIGHT, 



Omaha, Neb. Plows. Mar. 7, 1876. Filed 



Dec. 27, 1875. 



Plow formed of a broad colter-plate bent at 

 right angles to form a flat cutting-share, also 

 turned up to form a vertical cutter at the outer 

 end, and provided with an adjustable skeleton 

 mold-board. 



Claim. The combination, in a sod-break- 

 ing plow with mold-board arms H, of colter- 

 share F, bent the width of furrow in a horizon- 

 tal plane and upwardly at the outer end, as 

 and for the purpose described. 



178,898. FRANCIS R. BELL, Marshall, 

 Tex. Plows. June 20, 1876. Filed Apr. 25, 

 1876. 



Claim. A wooden mold-board, faced upon 

 its rear side with metal, having a recess or 

 chamber between it and said metallic facing, 

 and perforated with numerous small holes, sub- 

 stantially as herein shown, and for the purpose 

 described. 



189,636. J. M. LOOKER, Abilene, 

 Kans. Plows. Apr. 17,1877. Filed Feb. 26, 



l8 7.7- 



Claim 1. A plow provided with an arrow- 

 head point, M, having its land-side wing pro- 

 jecting beyond the line of the land-side of 

 said plow, substantially as herein shown and 

 described. 



2. The share N, formed solid with the arrow- 

 head point M, made nearly flat, and having 

 the center part of its forward edge curved for- 

 ward, substantially as herein shown and de- 

 scribed. 



191,267. J. W. THOM, Minneapolis, 



Kans. Plows. May 29, 1877. Filed Dec. 18, 



1876. 



To a cross-plate, secured to a curved land- 

 side bar and brace, a share having cutter is at- 

 tached. 



Claim. The combination, in a sod-plow, of 

 the share A, having cutter a, the curved land- 

 side bar E, the curved brace D, and plate c, 

 all arranged and secured together substantially 

 as described. 



194,231, EZRA O. ENGLISH, and 

 ROSANNA WHYTE, St. Louis, Mo., 

 administratrix of N. Whyte, deceased. 

 . Plows. Aug. 14, 1877. Filed Jan. 11, 1877. 

 Claim. 1. The combination, with a plow, 

 of a perforated tube communicating with the 

 face of the mold-board, and with a reservoir 

 for containing a lubricating material, substan- 

 tially as described. 



2. The combination, with a plow, of the 

 perforated flanged tube /, the vertical pipe F, 



