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GRIFFITH, TURNER &, CO. BALTIMORE, MD. 



THE "IMPROVED-ROBBINS" POTATO PLANTER. 



We call your attention to the Improved-Robbins Potato Planter, the operation of which is as 



follows : 



The opening plow is a small double mold-board plow, preceded by a thin steel runner to prevent 

 clogging with trash, and which divides the soil for the plow. The plow throws out on each side a 

 free furrow of loose soil. Then follows the drill tube through which the seed is dropped, this tube 

 being provided with a small shoe which opens a narrow groove in the bottom of the furrow, and 

 into which falls the seed. 



This shoe also divides the fertilizer, preventing it from coming in direct contact with the seed, 

 and mixes it with the soil in passing. The seed is placed in a hopper and is carried up by means of 

 an elevator wheel, which deposits from 60 to 75 per cent, of the seed correctly into the revolving 

 feed wheel, leaving for the feeder only the supplementing and correcting the operation of the 

 machine ; taking out the pieces when they are doubled, and putting in when missed. 



The feed wheel then carries each successive piece of potato over the potato tube and drops it 

 through to the furrow below. This operation being in sight gives the assurance that the seed is 

 actually deposited. There can be no speculation as to whether a row has any seed in it, there are 

 no doubles, no misses. Immediately following the seed comes a pair of large steel discs which 

 cover the seed with light loose soil. 



The fertilizer is placed in a round hopper of galvanized iron holding about 100 lbs., and is fed 

 downward through a central opening formed by a straight agitator shaft. 



The quality and finish of the whole machine shows the handiwork of the manufacturers of the 

 well-known "Iron Age" cultivating implements. PRICE, $65.00. 



WITH WHEEL AND 

 LEVERS. 



THE DAISY CORN HARVESTER. 



No farmer can afford to do without one. A few hours' 

 work with the Daisy Corn Harvester and you will be thor- 

 oughly convinced that we can substantiate our claims, as it 

 will prove itself an implement that will be welcomed by 

 every farmer having corn to cut. The 

 price being within the reach of all, the 

 ease and rapidity of the work it will do, 

 the excellent satisfaction it gives, the sim- 

 plicity of construction, the large amount of 

 work that can be accomplished, ease of 

 management and advantages it possesses 

 over all others, makes th e Daisy one of the 

 most desirable tools for a farmer to use and 

 a dealer to sell. PRICE, S20. 00. 



BREED'S UNIVERSAL WEEDER AND CULTIVATOR. 



For weeding Corn, Potatoes, Beans, etc., 

 also putting in Grain, Grass Seed, Millet, 

 etc. _ One of the greatest labor-saving in- 

 ventions in use. 



It is well-known that corn roots run in 

 the surface, making a complete network of 

 roots in the soil : yet we put in the culti- 

 vator and break every root that is sent out 

 between the rows. This deep stirring of 

 the soil is to kill the weeds only, for no farmer 

 will claim that since planting his corn the 

 soil needs lifting in this way. Is it wise 

 thus to root-prune the corn at this stage of 

 its growth to kill surface weeds ? The answer 

 comes in the negative from hundreds of farmers who have tried the new method of weed-killing. 



Price of Removable Tooth Weeder, - $12.00. 



ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY REPAIRED. 



