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The "Improved = Robbins" Potato Planter. 



Price of Planter with Fertilizer Attachment $55.00 



SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR CASH. 



The opening plow is a small double mould-board 

 Dlow, preceded by a thin steel runner to prevent 

 -logging with trash, and which divides the soil for 

 the plow This runner or shield also prevents in- 

 iury to the machine. In striking a "fast" rock, the 

 blow is gradual, thereby warning the driver to re- 

 lease the lever and enable him to pass over the 

 ^ock The plow throws out on each side a free 

 burrow of loose soil, with no packing or wedging 

 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. 



Will Plant from Four to Seven Acres per day. 



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 

 groove in the bottom of the furrow, and into which 



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The small shoe also divides the fertilizer, prevent- 

 ing it from coming in direct contact with the seed, 



and mixes it with the soil in passing. Then imme- 

 diately following come a pair of large steel discs 

 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 wheels, those sent out with 

 planter dropping at distances of about 12, 14, 15 1-2, 

 17, 18 1-2 or 20 inches. 



SIMPLE AND EASY.— The handling of the 

 Planter is exceedingly simple and easy, the move- 

 ment of one lever stopping both potato and fertili- 

 zer feed, and at same time raising the entire gang 

 of opening plow, potato tube and covering discs en- 

 tirely free from the ground. 



_A PERFECT FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTOR.— 

 We wish to speak particularly of the Fertilizer Dis- 

 tributor 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, hold- 

 ing about one hundred pounds; and is fed down- 

 ward through a central opening formed by a 

 straight agitator shaft; the capacity of the dis- 

 tributor is up to a ton per acre, depending largelv 

 upon the condition of the fertilizer. The amount 

 sown is quickly and easily regulated by the adjust- 

 ment of gate or change of sprocket wheels. 



Prices of Attachments for Planter: 

 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 acre- 

 age having been sown with the most satisfactory 

 results, and with a very decided advantage over all 

 other methods. The Planter has been sold for this 

 purpose exclusively. 



Also, as another attachment, we have the Lev- 

 eler, for leveling and smoothing the row. 



The L. C. Evans Potato Planter. No. 55 



This machine will plant from seven to ten acres per day. 



THE FEED.— This being the most important part in seeding ma- 

 chines, and especially so in potato planters, we have constructed the 

 feed so there is no adjustment for large or small pieces of potato. It 

 is a force-feed, and is positive in its action, and its operation is con- 

 trolled by the machine, instead of by the size of the seed potatoes. 



TO CHANGE THE DISTA>CES APART IN DROPPING.— The 

 machine will drop the potatoes in drills 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 28 or 

 inches apart. The change for the different distances apart is accom- 

 plished by putting on more or fewer picker arms. The number of 

 arms to be used is shown in plain figures on the disc to which the 

 picker arms are attached, so there can be no mistake made in chang- 

 ing the machine to plant the proper dis- 

 tance. 



THK DRIVER CAN SEE THE POTA- 

 TOES DROPPING. 



VIBRATING FEED HOPPER BOT- 

 TOM.— The bottom of the hopper is con- 

 structed with two feeding channels, which 

 vibrate from the top of the hopper down s 

 to the bottom of the concaves, thus insur- 

 ing an even and steady flow of potatoes _ 



THE DRIVE WHEELS.— The wheels are 

 inches in diameter, with 3 1-2 inch tire, which 

 makes the machine run easily, and does not allow 

 the wheels to bury themselves in soft and sandy 

 soil. 



THE HAND LEVER.— This machine is con- 

 trolled by a simple and effective hand lever, which 

 governs the depth of planting and covering, and is 

 readily changed by the operator, without leaving 

 his seat. The covering shovels are supported on 

 a flat U-shaped spring, which is connected to the 

 furrow runner, and the shovels are raised or low- 

 ered by the hand lever. The U-shaped springs 

 make the covering shovels flexible, allowing them 

 to yield to the unequal surface of the ground, caus- 

 ing them to cover much better than shovels at- 

 tached without springs. The hand lever is also 

 used for raising the furrow runner when turning 

 round, which is a great advantage over machines 

 having no hand lever. 



A NOVEL MARKER.— It is positive in operation, 

 is constructed on the principles of the hand lever, 

 has a spring catch on it, which holds it in an up- 

 right position when turning round, is readily 

 operated by the hand catch, and cannot fall when 



No adjustment necessary to suit 

 ze of pieces of Potato. 



turning on hilly ground. The marker is arranged 

 with a sliding marker-head, so that the machine 

 will plant the rows any distance apart desired. 



WIDTH OF THE MACHINE.— The machine is 

 36 inches wide, from the center of one drive wheel 

 to the center of the other, which is quite ah advan- 

 tage over narrow-tread machines, which easily 

 upset on hilly ground. 

 Disc Coverers furnished when desired. 



FERTILIZER ATTACHHENT. 



This machine can be furnished with a Fertilizer 

 Attachment when desired. It is made on the same 

 principle as those on the Evans Corn Planters. 



With Fertilizer Attachment $50.00 



SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR CASH. 



