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MATTHEWS’ HAND. CULTIVATOR. 
THE MatrHews Hanp CULTI- 
VATOR is one of the best imple- 
ments in use for weeding be- 
tween row crops, and for flat 
cultivation generally, and is an 
indispensable companion to the 
seed drill. 
It is thoroughly constructed 
throughout, very durable: easy 
- ion Gre ._ to operate. A boy cando as much 
Price $3 50 Boxed. with it, as six Men.with hoes, Tt 
spreads from 6 to 14 inches, and will cutall the ground covered, even 
when spread to its greatest extent. Its teeth are of a new and im- 
proved.pattern, and thoroughly 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 a thumb screw. 
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“THE CHAUTAUQUA ¢ CORN AND. SEED: PLANTER. 
Patented April 4 4, 1882. 
_ Tnequailed in Sum plied) Y; Dur ability Yy and Efficiency. 
THE BEST 18 THE CHEAPEST. ‘Penrecrny Srere. SrrpLy eee 
Drrecr TONS: 
To set the seed cup.—Loosen. the. set-screw 
and draw out the inside or narrow gauge far 
enough to drop the desired number of seeds. 
Then -tighten the serew. For or dinary plan- 
ting, only the narrow gauge should be moved. 
In putting in phosphate, ora large quantity of 
seed, both the narrow and wide gauges should 
_be drawn out together. “By taking out the 
~~ serew, the gauges may be ‘drawn entirely out. 
In. experienced. or careful hands the 
‘machine will plant’ perfectly-in any kind or 
condition of soil, mellow or soded4; dry, or wet. 
_.. £0 operate the planter.—Place the blades in 
the ground to the desired depth, 1 in advance of 
you, having the ‘‘step”’? to the frent, as in thé 
cut, without its touching the ground. Then 
' pressing down and forward on the handle, walk 
foreward...The step- will-press on the ground 
and then the blades will be opened, the seed 
dep osited in the ground, anda charge taken 
=. for the next hill. - After walking’past the plan- 
ter, still pressing on the handle, lift it from the 











