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83,472. JOHN CUSTER, Corsica, Ohio. 



Subsoil Plows. Oct. 27, 1868. 



Claim. 1. The share bar D I K, with slots 

 d and h, when constructed and used in combi- 

 nation with the plow beam A and rear beam B, 

 substantially as and for the purpose herein 

 specified. 



2. The peculiar arrangement and combina- 

 tion of the share and shoe F G, bolts f f, and 

 share bar D I K, the several parts being ar- 

 ranged substantially as and for the purpose 

 specified. 



3. The peculiar arrangement and combina- 

 tion of the share and shoe F G with common 

 point g, the cutter E, share bar D I K, and 

 plow beam A, the several parts being arranged 

 substantially as and for the purpose specified. 



87,594. GAIN ROBINSON, Plymouth, 

 Ohio. Plows and Subsoilers. Mar. 9, 1869. 

 Claim. 1. The plow E, beam F, links J, 

 and spring K, as arranged and operated by 

 the lever I, in combination with the plow A, 

 substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 



2. Attaching the false land-side A' to the 

 plow by means of the hooks B' substantially as 

 specified. 



89,432. JAMES B. PULLMAN, Los 

 Angeles, Cal. Subsoil Plows, Apr. 27, 

 1869. 



Claim. The combination in a subsoil plow 

 of the share E, colter D, and heel plate G, with 

 the stock ABC, substantially as and for the 

 purpose herein shown and described. 



91,657. JAMES W.MURFEE, Havana 

 Ala. Subsoil Plows. June 22, 1869. 

 Claim. 1. The wedge-shaped share herein 

 described, the upper surface being composed 

 of two or three inclined planes, the under sur- 

 face being hollowed out (arched) and beveled 

 so as to form wedge edges below upon the sides 

 and front substantially as specified. 



2. The reversed truncated wedge shaped heel 

 elevated toward the rear substantially as speci- 

 fied. 



3. The arrangement of the colter shank, in 

 rear of the greatest transverse diameter of the 

 wedge and acutely thereto, so that the power is 

 applied as near as practicable, in the direction 

 of the axis of the point, substantially as speci- 

 fied. 



4. The arrangement of the standard of the 

 frame in a line with a colter shank and handles 

 parallel to a line, which in direction, is a mean 

 between the line of the shank and point, or 

 nearly so, substantially as specified. 



3,616. JAS. W. MURFEE, Havana. 



Ala. Subsoil-Plows. Patent No. 91,657. 



June 22, 1869. Reissued Aug. 24, 1869. 



Claim. 1. The wedge-shaped concavo-con- 

 vex share, hoe, or point herein described, the 

 upper (convex) side being composed of inclined 

 triangular surfaces, the under (concave) side in 

 all cases being arched and beveled so as to 

 form as nearly as the kind of metal used will 



allow feather edges upon the sides and point, 

 reducing the friction to a minimum thus al- 

 lowing the plow to pass through the earth as 

 easily as possible, and by these means making 

 the plow a self-sharpener substantially as speci- 

 fied. 



2. The reversed truncated wedge-shaped heel 

 elevated toward the rear substantially as speci- 

 fied. 



3. The arrangement and set of the colter- 

 shank in rear of the greatest transverse diam- 

 eter of the wedge and as acutely as practicable 

 thereto, substantially as described. 



4. The arrangement of the standard of the 

 frame as near in a line with the colter shank 

 as practicable and the handles parallel to a lnie 

 which in direction is a mean between the line of 

 the shank and point, or nearly so, substantially 

 as specified. 



5. The herein described, share or point, 

 either separately or in combination with an 

 elevated heel as specified. 



6. The peculiar set and arrangement of the 

 colter-shank, standard of frame, handles, and 

 beam, substantially as herein specified. 



94,307. J. 0. GROSS, Goshen Hill, S. 



C. Subsoil Plows. Aug. 31. 1869. 



Claim. The combination of the curved or 

 semi-cirular bar D, staples F, and screw nuts 

 G, with the standards E J and beam A of the 

 plow as herein shown and described, for the 

 purpose specified. 



100,780. THOMAS T. MATTOX, 



Griffin, Ga. Plows. Mar. 15, 1870. 



Claim. The combination of the stationary 

 arm C and adjustable subsoil plow standard D 

 with the plow-standard B and plow beam A, 

 substantially as herein shown and described, 

 and for the purpose set forth. 



102,825. ROSS JOHNSON. Lawrence, 

 Kan. Subsoil Plows. May 10, 1870. 

 Claim. The herein described, subsoil at- 

 tachment for plows provided with the angular 

 loop or hook a, at its forward end and a set- 

 screw c, at the rear end of the loop and with 

 the curved knife edge d b extending down to 

 the removable blade B substantially as and for 

 the purposes herein set forth. 



105,103. JAMES T. MATHIS and GEO. 



W. HARRISON, Kosciusko, Miss. 



Plows. July 5, 1870. 



Claim. The combination and arrrangement 

 of the standard D, subsoiler E, with slot d' and 

 bolt d brace D', and arm/ as described. 



105,551. THOMAS L. COTTEN, Mad- 

 ison county, Miss... assignor to Martha J. 

 Cotten, same place. Subsoil Plows. July 

 19, 1870. 



Claim. The colter C, having a diamond- 

 shaped or arrow head point or shoe C, brace- 

 bar D, when said bar and the colter are per- 

 manently connected, arm E, and stirrup F, 

 when the same are so constructed as to render 

 the colter and its brace adjustable as shown 



