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The Latest Improved Peach and Potato 



Sorter. 



Weight, 200 Pounds 



Shireman's Patent. 



The most delicate, ripe and softest peaches, apri- 

 cots, plums, etc., can be graded in the machine 

 without the least injury; it can be adjusted to 

 change the size of the grades required. Fruit 

 sells better by being properly sorted. It is the only 

 machine that will sort both peaches and potatoes; 

 it runs as light as a sewing machine with foot trea- 

 dle; it is easily operated, and fruit growers cannot 

 afford to be without it. All machines fully war- 

 ranted. 



Retail Price: 

 No. 1.— Capacity 2000 bushels per day $25 00 



Hench & 

 Dromgold's 

 Potato Digger. 



Our retail price # * 2« 



List price 12 00 



The above cut illustrates our new and improved 

 Potato Digger. The standards are made of cast 

 iron having on a highly polished steel share The 

 side or wing pieces to the standard are bolted with 

 a ratchet by which they can be adjusted to stana 

 up or down as desired. The fingers extending back 

 from the standard are made in a zigzag form in- 

 stead of straight as shown in cut, on account of 

 which they separate the potatoes from the ground 

 better than straight ones. They are made of 

 spring steel, and are very elastic and durable. 



Prairie 

 City 

 Potato 

 Cutter. 



The Prairie City Potato Cutter will cut potatoes for 

 seed faster than seven or eight men can by hand. 



Price $2 50 



POTATOES— NUMBER OF PIECES PER ACRE. 

 APART. PLANTS. APART. PLANTS. APART. PLANTS- 



In. Ft. In Ft. In. Ft. 



12x2^. ...18 640 14 x 2^.... 16,000 18x2^ 12,434 



12 x 3 15.532 14 x 3 13,314 18 x 3 10,355 



12 x 3^.... 13,289 14 x 3}^.... 11,405 18 x 3^ 8.874 



Directions for Using the frairie City Potato Cutter. 



Fasten the cutter by rear bolt to a barrel or box, 

 with a space sufficiently large to let the pieces of 

 potatoes fall through. Place a potato on knives 

 with one hand, and with the other press it through, 

 while reaching for another potato with the first 

 hand. Cut one potato at a time. The more careful 

 you are to place the potatoes the better the eyes 

 will be distributed. You can, by changing knives, 

 cut the pieces any desired size, and if desired you 

 can place a division beneath so as to collect all the 

 seed ends in one pile separate from the rest. If the 

 lever suggests some other way, you can, by two 

 screws, take it off and change it by making it 

 longer, or by making the paddle smaller or larger, 

 if desired, or you can leave it off and use a wooden 

 mallet. Be careful not to press or strike harder 

 than sufficient to drive the potato down— a little ex- 

 perience will determine the force required. To en- 

 able rapid work, a small feed table placed close to 

 the operator will be found very convenient. 



Hitchcock 

 Potato 

 Digger. 



By changing one bolt this implement may be 

 converted into a Shovel Plow or a Potato Digger. 

 The fingers are adjustable, being held in position 

 by the plow point. Thus, in case of breakage, a 

 new part may be inserted without the expense of 

 whole new head. The fingers, points and wings are 

 made of steel, rendering it light, strong and dura- 

 ble. 



To Operate the Potato Digger Successfully. 



1st.— See that the field is comparatively free from 

 vines and weeds, which may be done by mowing 

 and raking with a wheel-horse rake. 



2d.— Adjust the wheel to run the plow under the 

 potatoes; do not let it run too deep. 



3d.— Adjust the handles according to height of 

 ' operator. 



4th.— Dig every alternate row, and after picking 

 up the potatoes, take the remaining rows. 

 Can be successfully used with one horse. 



Price $8 00 



Extra Beam, $2.00. Extra Steel Point, 60 cents. 



Cast Head, $1.00. 



