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above described, and for the purpose specified. 

 4. In the construction of a flat-land or side- 

 hill reversible plow, the combination of a beam, 

 A, swinging laterally upon a hooked pivot, P, 

 in the point and bed of the plow, and secured 

 in place by means of an eccentric-lever, /, strap 

 S, clamping-jaw /, and rods / r r, or their 

 equivalents, and in connection therewith two 

 automatically-adjusting mold-boards, D D, at- 

 tached by hinges or other suitable device to the 

 point B and landsides C C, and an adjustable 

 colter, E, all substantially as herein described, 

 and for the purposes specified.- 



198,028. SAMUEL A. KNOX, Wor- 

 cester, Mass. Plows. Dec. n, 1877. Filed 

 May 3, 1877. 



Claim. A mold-board, D, for swivel-plows, 

 the working-surface E of which consists of com- 

 bined concave and convex surfaces, arranged 

 in relation to each other, as shown and de- 

 scribed, to produce or form two direct inclined 

 planes, diverging from the point 1 to the points 

 2 2, substantially as and for the purposes set 

 forth. 



198,611. JULIUS HARTMANN, Louis- 

 ville, Ky. Swivel-Plows. Dec. 25, 1877. 

 Filed Oct. 27, 1877. 



Claim. 1. As the hereinbefore-specified im- 

 provement in swivel-plows, the combination, 

 with the beam and standard, of the swiveled 

 mold-board and point, extending laterally to 

 form a center-draft, and otherwise constructed 

 and arranged as shown and described ; that is 

 to say, the wearing-surface formed of said mold- 

 board and point having a gradually increas- 

 ing convexity and width back of the center b, 

 and a gradually-increasing concavity and width 

 forward of the center to the angular projections 

 a a, the concavity extending thence to the nose 

 of the point, all as set forth, for the purposes 

 specified. 



. 2. As an improvement in swivel-plows, the 

 combination of the reversible mold-board and 

 point with the standard having the inclined 

 shoulders or projections, substantially as and 

 for the purpose specified. 



3. As an improvement in swiveled or rever- 

 sible plows, the bottom or landside bar, bevel- 

 ed or made oblique on opposite sides, as shown 

 and described. 



199,036. CHARLES DANIEL, Vir- 

 ginia, Mo. Reversible Plows. Jan. 8, 1878. 

 Filed Oct. 20, 1877. 



Claim. In combination with the shares C 

 C and shaft B, the shifting-lever D, provided 

 with the b, and the curved bar c, having holes 

 to receive said pin, all as shown and described. 



199,093. BENJAMIN F. MORRIS, 



Saltillo, assignor of one-half his right to T. 

 F. Swift, Scott's Hill, and Wm. H. Strick- 

 land, Decatur County, Tenn. Reversible 

 Plows. Jan. 8, 1878. Filed Nov. 3, 1877. 

 Claim. The combination, with the beam B, 

 the reversible plow C, pivoted thereto, the col- 



ter L, and the forked and looped brace G, se- 

 cured to the beam and looped over the colter, 

 of the snap-latch F, extending through and 

 pivoted to said brace, substantially as specified. 



199,493. FRANCIS A. BARROWS, 



Castleton, Vt. Plows. Jan. 22, 1878. Filed 



Dec. 28, 1877. 



Claim. 1. A mold-board of a plow, con- 

 nected to the standard or heel thereof, sub- 

 stantially as specified, so that the mold-board 

 will have both a vertical and lateral adjustment, 

 substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



2. The mold-board D, having secured there- 

 to plate G, with vertical slot/, in combination 

 with the plate H, having longitudinal slot e, 

 and the bolts and nuts g h, substantially as and 

 for the purpose specified. 



199,954. PETER BOUCHET, New 

 York, N. Y. Reversible Plows. Feb. 5, 

 1878. Filed Dec. 18, 1877. 

 Claim. 1. In a reversible or side-hill plow, 

 the combination of the landside and adjustable 

 colter with a swiveled duplex share and mold- 

 board, adapted to swing around a vertical rear 

 standard and lock to the point of the landside, 

 substantially as and for the purpose specified. 



2. The combination of the landside, having 

 point and locking-hook, with a duplex share 

 and mold-board having perforated points, and 

 being hinged to a swivel-brace of the rear 

 standard, substantially as and for the purpose 

 specified. 



3. The combination of the landside having 

 fixed locking-hook, and of an extension swivel- 

 brace of the rear standard, with a duplex share 

 and mold-board hinged to said brace, and 

 adapted to swing around the rear standard 

 from one side to the other for changing direc- 

 tion of plow, substantially as specified. 



200,413. HENRY F. SHAW and GEO. 



F. SHAW, Boston, Mass. Side-Hill 



Plows. Feb. 19, 1878. Filed Dec. 29, 1877. 



Claim. 1. A side-hill plow having a mold- 

 board formed in one piece, so that the rear 

 portion presents two diverging concave surfaces, 

 and hung, as to its rear end, by means of a 

 link, E, pivoted at h and i, substantially as 

 hereinbefore described. 



2. The mold-board C, pivoted at a, and at- 

 tached, as to its rear end, to the body of the 

 plow by means of the link E, pivoted at h and 

 i, substantially as and for the purpose herein- 

 before set forth. 



201,281. JOEL NOURSE, Boston, and 

 JAS. A. HOWE, Ayer, Mass. Plows. 

 Mar. 12, 1878. Filed Feb. 26, 1877. 

 Claim. 1. The construction of the mold- 

 board for swivel-plows, in which the face is 

 formed to fit the same curved ruler on the face 

 of the mold-board along the lines a 1 and 2 2, 

 3 3, &c, on both sides of the axis-line, said 

 lines being at equal distance apart on the face 

 of the mold-board at each end, substantially 

 as described. 



