GRIFFITH & TURNER CO., BALTIMORE, MD. 



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The "Improved=Robbins" Potato Planter. 



WILL PLANT FROM FOUR TO SEVEN ACRES PER DAY. 



PRICE OF PLANTER WITH FERTILIZER ATTACHMENT, $65.00. 



HOW ST WORKS.— The operation of the Planter is so 

 simple that it seems scarcely necessary to do aught than 

 to call attention to the cut. 



The opening plow is a small double mould board plow, 

 preceded by a thin steel runner to prevent clogging with 

 trash, and which divides the soil for the plow. This run- 

 ner or shield also prevents injury to the machine. In 

 striking a "fast" rock, the blow is gradual, not sudden, 

 thereby warning the driver to release the lever and enable 

 him to pass over the rock. The plough throws out on each 

 side a free furrow of loose soil, with no packing or wedg- 

 ing to crowd the future growth of the crop. It now has 

 an independent adjustment by which its position can be changed so as to suit different depths of fur- 

 rowing in different soils. Immediately following the plow comes the deposit of fertilizer (if used) in a 

 broad stream across the bottom of the furrow. 



DROPPING SEED. — Then follows the drill tube through which the seed is dropped, this tube being 

 provided with a small shoe which opens a narrow grove in the bottom of the furrow and into which 

 falls the seed. 



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

 and mixes it with the soil in passing. Then immediately following come a pair of large steel disc3 

 which cover the seed with light, loose soil, all in a nice, moist state, just the right condition for start- 

 ing a vigorous growth of the potato sprout. 



DISTANCE APART.— The speed of the wheel which drops the potatoes is regulated by a simple 

 change of sprocket wheeis, those sent out with planter dropping at distances of about 12, 14, 15£, 17, 

 18| or 20 inches. 



SIMPLE AND EASY. — The handling of the Planter is exceedingly simple and easy, the movement 

 of one lever stopping both potato and fertilizer feed, and at same time raising the entire gang of open- 

 ing plow, potato tube and covering discs entirely free from the ground. 



A PERFECT FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTOR.— We wish to speak particularly of the Fertilizer 

 Distributor of the Improved Robbins, as we believe it to be, beyond any doubt, one of the best 

 methods of distributing fertilizer yet adopted. The fertilizer is placed in a round hopper of galvanized 

 iron, holding about one hundred pounds, and is fed downward through a central opening formed by a 

 straight agitator shaft; the capacity of the distributor is up to a ton per acre, depending largely upon 

 the condition of the fertilizer. The amount sown is quickly and easily regulated by the adjustment 

 of gate or change of sprocket wheels. 



THE IMPROVED-ROBBINS POTATO PLANTER. 



Shown at work with the Pea Sower aud Leveler Attachments. 

 Pea, Bean and Corn Sower Attachment, $5.00. Leveler Attachment, $1.25. 



Particular attention is called to 

 the Planter as being adapted to 

 the planting of Peas. A large 

 acreage having been sown with 

 the most satisfactory results 

 and with a very decided advan- 

 tage over all other methods. 

 The Planter has been sold for 

 this purpose exclusively. 



Also, as another attachment, we 

 have the Leveler, for leveling and 

 smoothing the row, a capital thing 

 to do in some soils. 



Perfect in Principle and Con- 

 struction. 



We claim the Planter to be one 

 of the most thoroughly constructed 

 machines offered to the farming 

 public; it is carefully made of the 

 very best materials, and conse- 

 quently is strong, durable and thor- 

 oughly practical. 



ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY REPAIRED. 



