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SIDE HILL 



near the middle of the landside, substantially 

 as and for the purposes herein set forth. 



9,801. D. H. B. NEWCOMB, Conewan- 



go, N. Y. Side-Hill Plows. June 21, 1853. 



Claim. 1. Arranging the two shares of a 

 double plow, which alternately runs forward on 

 a central wheel, in such manner that the share 

 which for the time being is in the rear shall be 

 carried above the bottom of the furrow, sub- 

 stantially as described. 



2. The method of relieving the swivel and 

 of steadying and supporting the beam when 

 set and in turning by means of a semicircular 

 guide or track, arranged and operating in the 

 manner and for the purposes herein set forth, in 

 connection with a catch at each end of the 

 track to hold the beam in place when properly 

 adjusted. 



9,808. J. B. WILDER, Belfast, Me. 



Side-Hill Plows. June 21, 1853. 



Claim. Having the mold-board F so con- 

 structed, arranged, and attached to the share C 

 and landside plate B that said mold - board 

 may be turned, as set forth, independently of 

 the share; and a proper curved outer face be 

 presented to the sod on either side of the plow, 

 the mold-board being constructed with two 

 faces, ef, precisely of the same form, as herein 

 shown. 



9,944. WM. H. BABBITT, Waynesburg, 

 Pa. Side-Hill Plows. Aug. 16, 1853. 

 Claim. Constructing and arranging head C 

 in the hinge which connects the beam of the 

 plow with upright A, so as to lock said hinge 

 by means of bolt M before the pivot of said 

 hinge, and by lever O behind said pivot, for 

 the purpose of making the bearings in said 

 hinge adjustable, substantially as herein set 

 forth. 



10,107. N. HARRISON, and J. W. H. 



METCALF, Ridgeville, Va. Side - Hill 



Plows. Oct. 11, 1853. 



Claim. Curving downward and inward the 

 beam in the rear part, so as to cause it to sup- 

 port the rotary part of the plow, which it per- 

 forms in combination with the standard, in 

 the manner and for the purposes set forth. 



12,310. ALFRED DOE, Concord, N. H. 



Side-Hill Plows. Jan. 30, 1855. 



Claim. 1. Two separate furrow-boards ar- 

 ranged to vibrate perpendicularly independent 

 of the point and share so as to turn alternately 

 right and left furrows on level or inclined land 

 with equal facility, operating in combination 

 with a swivel - point and shares arranged to 

 vibrate under the landside with the body or 

 front portion of the furrow-boards, substan- 

 tially as described. 



2. In combination with the swivel-point, 

 shares, body, and one of the furrow - boards 

 mentioned in the above claim, a sub-furrow- 

 board arranged to vibrate perpendicularly, so 

 constructed as to turn a subsoil-furrow in one 



direction upon the top of the furrow just plowed 

 in the opposite direction, thereby making it 

 serve as a common plow in one direction and a 

 subsoil in the other, substantially as described. 



15,321. ALVIN BARTON, Syracuse, N. 



Y. Plows. July 15, 1856. 



Claim. Jointing the upper and front points 

 of the body of the plow to the colter, the 

 whole being arranged and operated substan- 

 tially in the manner and for the purposes set 

 forth. 



17,430. JOHN S. HALL, West Man- 

 chester, Pa. Side-Hill Plows. June 2, 1857. 

 Claim. Vibrating the beam in a circular 

 bearing in the landside, together with the ob- 

 lique adjusting and securing slots ii, the whole 

 combined and arranged substantially as de- 

 scribed, whereby the draft end of the beam 

 may be vertically adjusted and the beam so se- 

 cured to the landside as that it is impossible for 

 the former to slip. 



17,547. HENRY S. AKINS, Berkshire, 

 N. Y. Side-Hill Plows. June 16, 1857. 

 Claim. Providing a reversible plow with a 

 mold-board susceptible of torsion, or of being 

 twisted to the right or left by means of being 

 composed of a series of rods or bars of any 

 desired number, so constructed and arranged 

 with the other parts of the plow that they can 

 be placed and held alternately in the different 

 positions and directions required for turning 

 alternate right and left furrows. 



17,579. L. W. and E. D. LEGG, Speeds- 

 ville, N. Y. Side -Hill Plows. June 16, 



1857. 



Claim. The combination of the adjustable 

 cutter and the reversible mold-board, when 

 operated substantially in the manner and for 

 the purpose herein fully set forth and described. 



18,336. A. I. HARDIN, Shelby, N. C. 



Side-Hill Plows. Oct. 6. 1857. 



Claim. The arrangement of spring G with 

 relation to handles H and beam A, in the man- 

 ner and for the purpose described. 



19,496. SAMUEL DENNIS, Jr., Jasper, 

 N. Y. Side-Hill Plows. Mar. 2, 1858. 

 Claim. The combination of two mold- 

 boards and shares with a single stationary land- 

 side in the construction of a hillside-plow, sub- 

 stantially as described, for the purpose stated. 



20,812. MODEST MERK, Rochester, 

 N. Y. Side-Hill Plows. July 6, 1858. 

 Claim. The reversible convex - winged 

 colter-share C, constructed as described, in 

 combination with the plain subsidiary mold- 

 board D, connecting-arm J, and furrow-bar E, 

 arranged and operating substantially as and for 

 the purpose set forth. 



20,984. SAMUEL R. BLTVEN, Mc 



Donough, N. Y. Plows. July 27, 1858. 

 Claim. The reversible share E, attached to 



