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arranged and operating substantially as herein 

 set forth. 



4,870. JAMES RORABAUGH, Lu- 



ney's Creek, Va. Side- Hill Plows. Dec. 



. 3> l8 46- 

 Claim. The shape and the use of the hook 



H, in combination with the conical mold- 

 board, for the purpose to keep the mold-board 

 D in its position, and in same time to serve as 

 a guide in the motion of the mold-board when 

 thrown from one side to the other of the plow, 

 as described before. 



5,363. WM. H. BABBIT, Green Co., 

 Pa. Side-Hill Plows. Nov. 6, 1847. 

 Claim. The invention and application of 

 the above-described swivel-point, which con- 

 nects the sheth of the plow with the beam. 



5,677. E. J. SMITH and H. GRIS- 



WOLD, Delhi, N. Y. Side-Hill Plows. 



July 25, 1848. 



Claim. 1. The central angle or projection, 

 s, on the mold-board, dividing the after por- 

 tion of the same into two faces for the purpose 

 of turning over a furrow, and thereby adapting 

 our hillside-plow to flat-land plowing, substan- 

 tially as herein set forth. 



2. The manner of confining the share b to 

 the mold-board by means of the recess h, the 

 point /, and the ears/ / on the mold-board, 

 the socket g and the ears w w on the share, 

 combined with each other and with the bolt 

 v, substantially in the manner herein set forth. 



5,909. HAYWOOD OOX, Peach Bot- 

 tom, Va. Side-Hill Plows. Nov. 7, 1848. 

 Claim.. The employment of a horizontal 

 plate, I, perforated with an opening made in 

 the form of the letter E, and fixed to the head 

 of the standard S 2 , in combination with the 

 perforated triangular plate E and curved dog 

 L, or lever, and inclined rod G, on which the 

 double mold-board D and landside turn, by 

 which the plow is alternately changed from a 

 right to a left hand plow for plowing on the 

 sides of hills, and also for converting it into a 

 cultivator for plowing between potatoes, corn, 

 &c, as before described. 



5,922. IRAM BREWSTER, Stamford, 

 N. Y. Side-Hill Plows. Nov. 14, 1848. 

 Claim. 1. The hollow mold-board and its 

 combination with the standard A A and the 

 spiral spring G, substantially as described, and 

 for the purpose set forth. 



2. The combination of the hollow plow- 

 point with the mold-board, as described, so as 

 to make the upper and lower sides of the mold- 

 board alike, substantially in the manner and 

 for the purpose set forth. 



6,553. DANIEL ROBB, Springfield, 111. 



Side-Hill Plows. June 26, 1849. 



Claim. 1. The extension of the mold-board 

 as above described, and the arrangement of the 

 mold-board so as to make it and the landside 

 revolve together and enable either the upper 



or lower edge to act as a share and to throw the 

 soil upon either side of the plowman. 



2. In combination with the above, the ar- 

 rangement of the iron rod C D and the iron 

 bar L M and its arm G H, so as to secure the 

 mold-board in a firm position when used. 



3. The constructing of a three-sided land- 

 side which is not fastened permanently to the 

 wood-work, but acts independently thereof, as 

 herein specified and represented. 



6,606. ALLEN ELDRED, Little Falls, 

 N. Y. Side-Hill Plows. July 24, 1849. 

 Claim. Constructing a hillside-plow, sub- 

 stantially in the manner described, by making 

 the entire landside stationary, and combining 

 therewith two mold-boards revolving on a shaft 

 above said landside, so as to turn a furrow on 

 either side, when brought into position, by 

 means of a crank or other analogous devices 

 near the handles of the plow. 



6,677. JOHN W. THURMAN, Buch- 

 anan, Va. Side-Hill Plows. Aug. 28, 1849. 

 Claim. The double or right and left hand 

 mold-boards a and b, revolving upon a hori- 

 zontal shaft, c, placed across the beam A, as 

 herein described, using for that purpose cast or 

 wrought iron or any other material that will 

 answer the desired purpose. 



7,505. MARK L. CHASE, Frankfort, 

 Me., assignor to Wm. L. Chase, Boston, 

 Mass. Side-Hill Plows. July 16, 1850. 

 Claim. 1. The combination of the adjust- 

 ments of the hooked bar r with those of the 

 main brace K, whereby the pitch of the mold- 

 board may not only be increased or diminish- 

 ed, but the proper support of the upper part of 

 the plowshare be maintained under any angle 

 of pitch, all as specified, the same also admit- 

 ting of a change of the mold-board, viz., the 

 substitution of one larger or smaller. 



2. The above-described peculiar construc- 

 tian of the sward-cutter with its groove to re- 

 ceive the sharp edge of the landside, in com- 

 bination with the notch in the landside of the 

 share for receiving its lower end, and the notch 

 or shoulder in the upper part of the sheth for 

 receiving its upper end, substantially as speci- 

 fied. 



7.518. WILLIAM L. CHASE, Boston, 

 Mass. Side-Hill Plows. July 22, 1850. 

 Claim. The device for attaching and de- 

 taching the removable shoe, having the mold- 

 board hinged to it and being fastened to the 

 landside, substantially as herein set forth. 



9.519. SAMUEL HALL, Pittsburg, Pa. 

 Side-Hill Plows. Jan. 4, 1853. 



Claim. The manner of arranging the mold- 

 board upon the landside, to wit, placing their 

 hinges at such a distance from each other on 

 each side of the center of the landside that 

 each mold-board may be supported by the 

 edges s s and projection m as far as practicable 

 from the hinges and rest upon the grooves 



