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go round the colter, so that the beam will slip 

 from one share to the other. 



The handles are about three feet long, hung 

 at the hind end of the plow, one hung at the 

 center of the mold-board, near the hind end, 

 with a hinge, the other at the center of the 

 hind post on a bolt that is put through the 

 beam and post. The said handles are made 

 fast together by two or more rounds, and hook 

 up to the hind ends of the chips in staples there 

 fixed. Said handles are made stationary and 

 firm at pleasure by two stay-braces, which are 

 hung by hinges to the upper round connecting 

 said handles, and at the other end unite in a 

 triangular form, terminating nearly in a point, 

 having two bolts or hooks, one on each side of 

 said point, for the purpose of fastening it in 

 the aforesaid staples. The beam, when plow- 

 ing, is slipped up to the share, which receives 

 the chip the handles hook onto. In order to 

 go back, unhook the handles, turn the plow 

 over, and hook the handles to the other chip. 

 When the team pulls, the beam will slip up to 

 the other share. 



The plow is designed for the purpose of plow- 

 ing on the side of hills, and for that purpose is 

 particularly useful. 



In operating, a furrow is first plowed at the 

 foot or base of the hill. When the team is go- 

 ing back (returning) another furrow is plowed, 

 turning the furrow all the time downhill. Said 

 plow will also turn well on level ground. 



The dimensions given are for a common 

 breaking-up plow. With this plow a team will 

 break up as much ground on the side of a hill 

 as it will upon level land with the common 

 plow in the same time. 



JOSEPH TINKLER, Warwick, Ohio. 



Plows. Mar. 2, 1835. 



Claim. 1. The combination of the two per- 

 fect common plows in one, with the elevated 

 point of the one, while the other is in the 

 ground. 



2. The revolving neck and the principal of 

 moving the handles, from side to side at 

 pleasure. 



JOHN W. JORDAN, Rockbridge, Va. 



Side-Hill Plows. Oct. 28, 1835. 



Claim. The combination and arrangement 

 of the parts of the described plow, but I par- 

 ticular claim the form of mold-board and the 

 manner of reversing it, though I make no claim 

 to the principal of the revolving mold-board. 



653. MARTIN RICH, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Side-Hill Plows. Mar. 24, 1838. 



Claim. The manner of holding and secur- 

 ing the shifting-handles by means of the arm, 

 the manner of confining the two standards in 

 the beam by means of a staple and wedge, as 

 described, and the converting the double into 

 two single plows, as described. 



959. ISAAC TEETER, Johnston, Pa. 

 Side-Hill Plows. Oct. 3, 1836. 

 Claim. 1. The before described mode of 



constructing a hill-side plow or a plow that will 

 throw the furrow alternately to the right or left, 

 or altogether one way ; that is to say, by fast- 

 ening the mold-board to a horizontal roller 

 turning on gudgeons in a recess in a perma- 

 nent landside, by a single and forked brace se- 

 cured to the mold-board and roller, and fur- 

 ther secured by another forked brace, attached 

 to the one last-mentioned by a horizontal rod, 

 the journal or pivot of which brace turning in 

 aperture in the heel of the landside. 



2. The lever and notched plate T, for 

 tightening the hook that secures the rear end 

 of the mold-board to the beam, in the manner 

 herein described. 



1,128. JOHN W. JORDAN, Lexington, 

 Va. Side Hill Plows. Apr. 19, 1839. 



Claim. The method of adjusting the height 

 of the mold-board, by means of the slide as here 

 in described, in combination with the mode of 

 securing by means of the band, bolt and forks, 

 substantially in the manner described. 



1,320. AMBROSE BARNABY, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. Plows. Sep. ii, 1839. 



Claim 1. The mode of changing a double 

 mold-board plow to serve either as a right or 

 left hand one for hill-side and other purposes, 

 by shifting the beam and securing it on the 

 cross piece as herein described. 



2. The attaching the colter to the upright 

 standard, or cutting edge of the mold board by 

 means of the clasp and stay instead of the beam 

 as described. 



1,632. DANIEL GOCHNOUR, JR. 



Conemaugh, Pa. Side Hill Plows. June 



12, 1840. 



Claim. 1. The manner in which I have 

 combined the mold-board with the land-side 

 by making the mold-board turn on the point 

 of the land-side instead of on a roller placed in 

 the bar of the landside at a distance from the 

 point, as in the Teeter plow, by means of 

 which arrangement I am enabled to use the 

 shares of the Teeter plow alternately as a col- 

 ter and share, thereby dispensing with the or- 

 dinary fixed colter employed in said Teeter 

 plow. 



2. In combination therewith, the method of 

 securing the mold board to the alternate sides 

 of the landside by means of the catch L and 

 rod N, the whole being constructed and arran- 

 ged as herein set forth. 



4,186. JOSEPH TRUMP, Connellsville, 

 Pa. Side Hill Plows. Sep. 9, 1845. 

 Claim. 1. The manner of connecting the 

 right and left hand plows, a and b, to the beam 

 by means of the cap piece c, the bolt m. oblong 

 opening k, self-acting spring-latch P, and 

 notches n n, all combined and operating sub- 

 stantially in the manner and for the purpose 

 herein set forth. 



2. The combination of the detaching-cord r, 

 latch P, spring q, cap-piece c, and notches n n, 



