RIDGERS 



487 



resented and described, and for the purpose 

 specified. 



84,957. THOMAS J. MASON, Har- 

 mony, Me. Plowing Hoes. Dec. 15, 1868. 

 Claim. 1. The top frame ABC and the 

 side frames D E F, constructed and adjustably 

 combined with each other, substantially as 

 herein shown and described, and for the pur- 

 pose set forth. 



2. The combination of the adjusting lever 

 braces J with the side frames D E F and pivot- 

 ed scrapers I, substantially as herein shown and 

 described, and for the purpose set forth. 



3. The combination and arrangement of the 

 hinged tongue K, loop or keeper L, adjustable 

 wedge block M, and braces N with each other 

 and with the frame ABC, substantially as 

 herein shown and described, and for the pur- 

 pose set forth. 



87,356. GEORGE NOTMAN, Deer- 

 field, Ohio. Hilling-Plows. Mar. 2, 1869. 

 Claim. The shares E E, constructed and 

 arranged as described, and connected with the 

 handles D D and beam A by means of the 

 braces F G G, substantially as herein set forth. 



106,810. OZIAS W. GOSLEE, Glas- 

 tenbury, Conn. Tobacco-Ridger. Aug. 

 30, 1870. 



Claim. The combination of the shear-plates 

 a a, flattener g, and dividing and marking- 

 wheel h, substantially as and for the purpose 

 set forth. 



128,860. DAVID CULVER, Kingston, 



Pa. Cultivators. July 9, 1872. 



The slots e e allow the plow to be made nar- 

 row or wide, and also the points of the mold- 

 boards to be turned in any desired position so 

 as to plow toward or throw the earth away 

 from a row. 



Claim. The block m fitting in the cross- 

 beam d and upon each side of the tongue h, 

 and held in place by suitable clamp-bolt, sub- 

 stantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



132,405. GEORGE W. MEIXELL, 



Hecktown, Pa. Corn-Plows and Markers. 



Oct. 22, 1872. 



The tongue, loosely pivoted at its rear end, 

 has vertical movement only in a keeper or 

 strap ; and to relieve the horses' necks from 

 weight is held up by rods attached in front to 

 the double-tree bolt and in rear to the plow- 

 standards. 



Claim. The plow-tongue E, vertically mov- 

 able in keeper F on cross-bar D, and provided 

 with double-tree G, combined with plate H 

 and draft-bars I I, the latter pivoted to the 

 plow-standards B, as described, to give a con- 

 centered draft. 



142,753. JOHN R. WHITTEMORE, 



Chicopee Falls, Mass. Tobacco-Ridgers. 



Sep. 9, 1873. Filed June .6, 1873. 



Claim. 1. In a tobacco-ridger, the sides or 



shear-plates A A, when their rear ends are 

 made adjustable out or in, as well as their 

 front ends, substantially as and for the purposes 

 herein set forth. 



2. The combination of the perforated stand- 

 ards /; h and flange i, formed on or attached to 

 the bar B, the wheel G, and frame or rods /, 

 substantially as and for the purposes herein set 

 forth. 



3. The combination of the sides or shear- 

 plates A A, made adjustable at both ends, bars 

 B C, and the adjustable wheel G, attached rig- 

 idly to the machine, all substantially as and for 

 the purposes herein set forth. 



179,933. A. D. MARTIN, Abbeville, La. 



Ridge-Forming Machines. Jan. 18, 1876. 



Filed May 22, 1876. 



Plows for throwing the dirt inward, to be 

 pressed by inclined rollers into a ridge. The 

 plows and rollers are raised from the ground 

 by depending arms carrying bearing-wheels. 



Claim. 1. The combination of the plows 

 B C and the two inclined rollers D with each 

 other, and with the frame A, substantially as 

 herein shown and described. 



2. The combination of the wheels I, the 

 drow-bars J, the standards K, the cross-bar L, 

 and the lever N, with the frame A, to which 

 the plows B C and the inclined rollers D are 

 attached, substantially as herein shown and de- 

 scribed. 



211,701. MOSES CHANDLER, East 



Corinth, Me., assignor to John G. Mayo, 



and Josiah B. Mayo. Horse-Hoes. Jan. 



28, 1879. Filed Aug. 30, 1878. 



Claim. In a horse-hoe, the combination of 



the cross-bar a, having slots//, standard b, 



having slot / and notches e, yoke d, and nuts 



h h, substantially as set forth, for the described 



purposes. 



235,576. MAURICE SCHUBERT, 



Dover, Ky. Tobacco and Plant Hillers. 



Dec. 14, 1880. Filed Apr. 10, 1880. 



A cultivating and ridging machine for pre- 

 paring the land for planting, comprising cul- 

 tivating teeth, ridging plows, a leveling scraper 

 with teeth, and a roller to divide the ridge in- 

 to hills and mark their centers. 



Claim. 1. In a tobacco - hilling machine, 

 the scraper F, having adjustable teeth, as speci- 

 fied. 



2. In a tobacco-hiller, the herein -described 

 cylinder, formed with transverse ribs K, and 

 having the pins L, substantially as set forth. 



239,835. ELMER L. PARMLEY, Cen- 

 ter, Wis. Tobacco-Hillers. Apr. 5, 1881. 

 Filed Aug. 2, 1880. 



A ridger composed of two diamond-shaped 

 sections connected adjustably by slotted cross- 

 bars, the forward parts of the sections having 

 harrow-teeth for clearing and preparing the 

 soil and the rear parts constructed so as to 

 form the prepared soil into ridges. Rear con- 



