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shares M M', adapted to operate upon the soil, 

 in the manner set forth. 



2. The described arrangement of one or 

 more series of plows M or M', rotating head I 

 J K, and fixed cam N, whereby the said plows 

 are subjected, during the advance of the ma- 

 chine, to a continuous rotation, partly in and 

 partly out of the ground. 



3. In the described combination, with the 

 elemets of the clause next preceding, the de- 

 scribed arrangement of adjustable roller O, 

 whereby the penetration of the plow is con- 

 trolled. 



107,777. LOUIS HOMRIGHOUSE, 



Baltimore, Ohio. Cultivators. Sep. 27, 1870. 



Claim. An enlarged bearing - wheel, H, 

 combined with the draft-beam A of a cultiva- 

 tor-plow, about midway of its length, to carry 

 and support the machine, all substantially as 

 herein described. 



109,273. JOHN THOMPSON, Louis- 

 ville, Ky. Rotary Pulverizers. Nov. 15, 

 1870. 

 • Claim. The combination of the pulverizer 

 E, the gearing by which it is rotated, and the 

 several devices for adjusting and maintaing it 

 in position, all constructed, arranged, and op- 

 erating substantially as herein described. 



109,741. NELSON T. JUDD, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. Rotary Plows. Nov. 29, 1870. 

 Claim. 1. The frame F, pivoted centrally on 

 the axle B having a series of rotary plows 

 mounted upon a transverse shaft at its rear end, 

 and so arranged that by adjusting its front end, 

 the plows can be raised or lowered at will, sub- 

 stantially as described. 



2. The arrangement of a series of gangs of 

 rotary plows substantially as described, where- 

 by the plows of each gang may be adjusted to 

 cut at any required depth, independently of 

 the other gangs in the series, so that, while one 

 side of the machine is lower than the other, 

 the whole series of plows may be adjusted to 

 cut at a uniform depth, as set forth. 



3. The oscillating frame F, having levers m, 

 with their pins n, and springs / attached there- 

 to, in combination with front frame or rearch 

 C having the screw G and inclines p thereon, 

 and the sliding clutches i and wheels D, with 

 the clutches h, all arranged to operate as and 

 for the purpose set forth. 



110,109. HENRY BELMONT, Rom- 

 ford, England. Machines for Tilling or 

 Cultivating. Dec. 13, 1870. 

 Claim. 1. An improved cultivating or dig- 

 ging-machine, constructed substantially as de- 

 scribed, having a number of strong forks////,, 

 fixed in a frame, d, which is suspended within 

 another frame, c, upon the arms of crank-axles 

 b b of carriage-wheels a a, arranged so that at 

 each turn of the wheels with the machine mov- 

 ing forward the forks// are, by means of the 

 crank-axles, forced into and brought out of the 

 ground to break up the soil. 



2. The digging forks / /, in combination 

 with the suspended frame </and the crank-axles 

 b b, arranged and operating as and for the pur- 

 pose described. 



3. The cultivating-machine, so constructed 

 as to allow the use of interchangeable parts, as 

 described. 



112,913. LAWRENCE F. FRAZEE, 



Jersey City, N. J. Plows. Mar. 21, 1871. 



Claim. The diggers J, the colters H, and 

 the plows B, arranged in relation to each other 

 substantially as described. 



113,190. JOSEPH R. MORRIS, Hous- 

 ton, Texas. Rotary Plows. Mar. 28, 1871. 

 Claim. A shaft having thereon a series of 



disks, to the circumference of each of which 



are attached at an obtuse angle to the radiuses 



spades, operating as set forth. 



127,453. HENRY W. BOWEN, Provi- 

 dence, R. I. Cultivators. June 4, 1872. 

 Antedated May 29, 1872. 

 Claim. 1. The automatic cultivator, sub- 

 stantially as shown and described or, in other 

 words, the combination of the locking frame F 

 and the guide bar d, provided with operative 

 mechanism in substance as explained, with the 

 carriage C, and its series of rotary tool shafts G, 

 having mechanism for operating them essential- 

 ly as set forth, and described. 



2. In combination therewith, I claim one or 

 more posts, B, arranged in the manner and for 

 the purpose as shown and explained. 



127,677. ERASTUS T. BUSSEL, In- 

 dianapolis, Ind., assignor to W. M. Bussell, 

 same place. Agricultural Implements. June 

 11, 1872. Antedated May 25, 1872. 

 Claim. 1. The disk L, composed of the 

 metallic hub A and the narrow metallic contin- 

 uous rim B, secured to the end of the light me- 

 tallic spokes C at a lateral angle of from five to 

 fifteen degrees to the line of the spokes C, and 

 beveled from its inner to its outer edge to form 

 a cutting periphery, for the purpose hereinbe- 

 fore set forth. 



2. The right-angled adjustable bracket D, 

 having its horizontal face E serrated or rough- 

 ened and provided with the slot F, and its 

 perpendicular face G, provided with the axis 

 H, in combination with a cultivator-disk hav- 

 ing a cutting periphery, for the purpose here- 

 inbefore set forth. 



127,746. MAXIME DECELLE, New- 

 burg, Ohio. Rotary Cultivators. June 11, 

 1872. 



Claim. The cylinder C, provided with flat 

 and sharp teeth, alternately arranged and moun- 

 ted in the frame B, having a series of teeth k, 

 and hinged, as shown, to the main frame : said 

 frame B also carrying the traction driving 

 wheels D, and having combined with it the 

 lever g, for raising or lowering the frame by a 

 single movement, and device h for supporting 

 the frame when adjusted, all constructed, ar- 



