MONITOR SEED DRILL. 



A light, strong and durable Seed Drill, made wholly of metal, for which the 

 manufacturers claim the following advantages: that — 



It measures and drops the seeds with a positive motion. 



It can be regulated to drop any desired number of seeds per foot or yard 

 with tho greatest exactness. 



It leaves the seed with great uniformity, and perfectly free from blank 

 spaces and bunches; points attained by no other machine. 



It is impossible to waste seed. 



It opens the ground, drops the seed, covers and rolls it, and marks the next 

 row to be sown at the same time. 



Having tw _ o driving wheels, it has a tendency to go perfectly straight, 

 making the rows parallel, and of any width required, the wheels being ad- 

 justable on the axle. 



The coverer and drill are also adjustable, adapting it to any soil. 



It will sow all varieties of seed, and is especially adapted to onion, carrot, 

 beet, turnip, and all other garden seeds. 



$10.00 each. 



MATTHEWS' GARDEN SEED DRILL. 



This Drill is designed to be used in either field or garden, and is one of the most 

 jjeri'ect machines of its kind. When in operation, it opens the furrow, drops the 

 seed accurately at the desired depth, covers it and lightly rolls it, and at the same 

 lime marks the next row, all of which is done with mechanical precision, by sim- 

 ply propelling the drill forward. In this way it sows with an evenness and rapid- 

 ity impossible for the most skillful hand to do, all the different varieties of Beet, 

 Carrot, Onion, Turnip, Parsnip, Sage, Spinach, Sorghum, Peas, Beins, Broom Corn, 

 Fodder Corn, etc. 



The agitator stirs the seeds in the hopper thoroughly by a positive motion, which 

 insures continuous and uniform delivery, and the bottom of the hopper is made 

 sufficiently dishing to sow the smallest quantity of seed. A simple contrivance ac- 

 curately gauges tie uniform deposit of the seed to any required depth, thus avoiding the 

 risk of planting at irregular depths, or so deep in places as to destroy the seed. The 

 markers are made adjustable for the purpose of marking the rows at any desired 

 distance apart, and they mark them distinctly, whether the ground is even or uneven. 



Another great advantage which it possesses over any other machine is that it is the only drill w'tic'i Ins an indicator with the 

 names of different seeds thereon. This indicator is devised to simplify the adjustment for sowing different varieties of seeds. It is se- 

 curely attached to the side of the hopper, in plain sight, and is made use of for changing from sowing one kind of seed to another by 

 simply turning it until the name of the seed to be planted comes up to the indicator-pin, which revolves the dial, attached to the 

 bottom of the hopper, until the right sized hole in it for planting that seed comes directly into place. This ingenious invention 

 is a great improvement over any other method in use, and is much more convenient and reliable. Price, $13.00, boxed. 



MATTHEWS' HAND CULTIVATOR 



is one of the most useful implements in use for weeding between row crops, and 

 for flat cultivation generally. It is thoroughly constructed throughout, very dur- 

 able and easy to operate. A boy can do as much with it as six men with hoes. It 

 spreads from G to 14 inches, and will cut all the ground covered, even when spread 

 to its greatest extent. Its teeth are of a new and improved pattern, and thor- 

 oughly pulverize and mellow the soil. The depth of cultivating may be accurately 

 gauged by raising or lowering the wheels, which is quickly done by the use of one 

 thumbscrew. Price, $6.50 each. 



PLANET, JR. SEED DRILLS AND WHEEL HOES. 



The manufacturers of these well known Drills announce that for 1880 they have 

 added several new and ingenious features to their machines. 



THE COMBINED SEED DRILL, WHEEL HOE, WHEEL PLOW AND CULTIVATOR 



sis a favorite machine. The sowingpirts, 

 ^operating on the same pri \ciplt whic'i h-is 

 made the Pla -let Drills so famous, are this 

 year altered only in a slight modification of 

 cons'ruction. (See Cut No. 1.) 

 Added to the Drill are the following 

 * cultivating attachments, each of which 

 will do its work perfectly. 



A Wheel Plow, with which the whole ! 

 garden can be plowed preparatory to 

 planting, then the furrows fpr potatoes, ( 

 beans, corn or manure can be opened and 3i 

 I covered, and finally the crops tended as ^~ 

 ' thoroughly as with a horse hoe or culti- 

 Cut No. 1. vator. Cut No. 2. 



A Wheel Hoe, with steels, with which both sides of row cm be tended when plants are small, and-which can be reversed and 

 used between the rows at the later tendings. They can be changed to throw from the row when desired, and when used either 

 way throws so light a furrow as not to injure the smallest plants. 



A C0LTTVATOB, capable of working from one to three inches deep, to be used either between the rows or on both sides of them. 



Price, $14.00. 



THE PLANET JR. NO. 2 DRILL. 



(See Cut No. 2.) 



The seed is sown from a cylindrical brass seed-reservoir, which is directly between the wheels and revolving with them, having 

 eleven diamond-shaped holes, back of which are shields or reservoirs, so arranged that they prevent discharge except at the instant 

 the seed reaches the bottom. This insures regular sowing, whether the drill contains much or little seed and untilit is entirely 

 exhausted. 



In the Planet Jr. Drills, the opening plow being directly between the wheels, works just at the depth it is set, without ant 



CABE ON THE PART OF THE OPERATOR. 



The covering is done in the most perfect manner by the rims of the tabbying wheels, upon which the dirt is first thrown 

 by the plow, and from which, as the wheels revolve, it is continually returned exactly on top of the seed, with regularity and 

 certainty. Price, $12.00. 



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