From FETEIR HEMPEIRSOH m, CO«. NEW YOIRSi 



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Henderson's Special (Planet, Jr. No. 24) Hill and Ml Seeder. 



PRICE, $10.00. 



Or Combined as a Single Wheel Hoe, Cultivator and Garden Plow 



as illustrated 

 Price, $12.00. 



NOTE 



THE LOW 



PRICES. 



Packed Weight 

 49 1b. 



This implement is a first class Seeder, holding one quart of seed. It will drop all garden seeds, even peas and beans, in hills 

 4, 6, 8, 12 or 24 inches apart or sow in drills with great regularity in a narrow line to any exact depth required. It opens the furrow, 

 drops the seed, covers it, rolls it down and marks the next row all at one passage as fast as the operator can walk. As a Single 

 wheel Hoe, Cultivator and Garden Plow it is unsurpassed being furnished with one pair of hoes, three cultivating teeth one large 

 garden plow and one double leaf guard. When used as a cultivator &c., the seeder is entirely removed making a light, handy and 

 practical implement. The steel driving wheel is 13 inches in diameter. 



SPECIAL SUGGESTIONS. 



Ground intended to be planted with a Seed Sower or cultivated by a Wheel 

 Hoe should be fine, free from trash, and should be well leveled by raking or 

 rolling. 



Set up the machine as shown in the cut. 



To set the Seeder. Before putting in the seed, move the index finger beyond 

 the line on the scale corresponding to the number of the seed to be sown, and 

 then adjust the finger accurately to that line, by screwing forward the brass 

 thumbscrew. For instance, to sow onions in drills, adjust the finger accurately 

 to Fig. 12. To sow onions in hills, make it point to Fig. 10, then after pushing 

 the feed rod all the way down, put in the seed. 



To Start Sowing, pull up the feed rod on the handles as far as it will go, so 

 that the index finger presses against the thumbscrew. 



To cut off the flow of seed, push the feed rod all the way down. 



Hill Dropping. There are three spacing wheels; two of them double. Use 

 the six-tooth spacer for four inch hills; the four-tooth for six inch; the three- 

 tooth for eight inch; the two-tooth for twelve inch; and the one-tooth for twenty- 

 four inch hills. 



To Sow in Drills. Raise the piece which engages with the spacing wheels, 

 and push it over to the left until it drops into the notch provided to hold it open. 



When set according to the index if the drill sows thicker or thinner than de- 

 sired the amount can be adjusted accurately by the thumbscrew. As different 

 varieties of seed of the same name especially peas and beans vary greatly in 

 size and the number wanted per foot also varies it is much better to test the 

 Seeder before using it on a strip of cloth or other good surface, moving the set- 

 screw and pointer as needed. Test it at the speed of a moderate walk. Shut 

 off the feed, when the machine is stopped by means of the feed rod. 



TO CHANGE FROM A SEEDER TO WHEEL HOE, CULTIVATOR &c. 



Turn the machine up side down, resting it on the wheel and handles, take 

 out bolt that fastens wheel arms to the drill, then lift out the drill and substi- 

 tute the tool frame. 



This machine hoes to or from, deep or shallow, finishing at one passage the 

 space between all rows from six to sixteen inches apart, at the speed of a moderate 

 walk. 



Adjust the handles to the most comfortable height after loosening the bolts in 

 the slots and then secure them firmly, by tightening the nuts. 



The Wheel Hoe may be pushed straight ahead, though it is better to use it 

 with successive strokes from six inches in length for delicate work, to the whole 

 length of a step in other cases; but in either case moving at the speed of a moder- 

 ate walk. Do not watch the blades, but the wheel only. 



Leaf Guard. Use this only when plants are so spreading that the wheel 

 would injure the leaves. 



Change depth of work by raising or lowering the frame, first loosening the 

 bolt that holds the frame. 



First, hoeing between small plants, use the D hoe on the left side and the C 

 hoe on the right. Set two to three inches narrower than the distance between 

 the rows. 



To hoe both sides at once, put on the extension on the right side of the frame 

 and use the C hoe on the left and the D hoe on the right of the row. 



Second hoeing, use the C hoe on the left and the D hoe on the right side, 

 between the rows. 



If wide rows require two passages, first hoe out the middle, hoes close to- 

 gether, and then finish next to the crop, hoes wide apart. 



Rakes are supplied as an extra. Use the three-tooth rakes for six inch rows, 

 the five-tooth for the nine and ten inch, the seven-tooth for twelve inch rows, 

 and the three and five together for fourteen, etc. The five and seven-tooth 

 together for leveling ground and raking trash. 



Cultivating. Use all three teeth in the main slot; or put the centre one in 

 the rear end of slot, when wishing to hill the crop, with all the points set down- 

 ward. 



Use a single tooth for marking out rows for Onion Sets, Peas, Beans, etc. 



Plowing. Open forrows with the plow by going twice in a furrow and cover 

 by throwing a light furrow from one side, then a heavy one from the other. 

 Plow away from crops with plow on left side and towards them in right side of 

 frame. 



Keep the blades sharp and bright, and they will work like a charm. 



With care in following the directions at first, a little practice will render the 

 work easy and delightful. 



