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Cahoon Patent Broad -Cast Seed Sower. 



FOK SEWING CtOVEK, TIMOTHY, MItLET, OATS, "WHEAT, HEMP, BARtET, RYE, RICE, BUCKWHEAT, ETC. 



A MODEL FOR ACCURACY AND DURABILITY. 



Price, - - $3.50 



Sows from 4 to 8 acres per hour at an ordinary walking gait, throwing wheat about 40 feet wide. A saving of four- 

 fifths of the labor and one-tbird of the seed is effected by the use of this machine, and a person entirely unused to 

 sowing by hand can use it with perfect success. 



To Sow Thicker or Thinner Without Cit.\ngino the Slide.— Having set the index to the desired quantity 

 per acre — taking the average of the lield— the operator can easily sow a little thicker upon those places where the soil 

 is richer, by taking shorter steps and thus not going so fast, and upon the poorer spots of ground it can be sown thin- 

 ner by taking longer steps, and consequently passing more rapidly forward. 



Arout Sowing in the Wind.— Any one familiar with the use of the machine can sow satisfactorily in a much 

 stronger wind than will admit of sowing well by hand; but as the ordinary work of a day can easily be done with the 

 Sower in two or three hours, that time may be choseu early in the morniug or late in the evening, when it is usually 

 calm or nearly so. 



For Sowing in Standing Corv the machine will be found of the greatest utility— nothing can ever equal it for 

 this purpose— but will not sow as wide as on fallow ground, in consequence of the obstruction which the corn offers 

 to theseed. A broader lap is therefore required, by making the passages nearer together. (See directions.) 

 The breadth of the cast ( Wheat and Rye, 30 to 36 feet. Oats, 21 to 25 feet, 

 ■will be according to-^ Barley, 27 to 33 feet. Clover, Millet, Hungarian Seed, 20 to 24 feet, 



theweightof theseed. I Hemp, 27 to 30 feet. Timothy, 15 to IS feet. 



DIRECTIONS FOR GAUGING THE MACHINE. 



The large gate is to be used when sowing grain and the small gate in the larger one for grass seed only. First, 

 close the slide or gate tight, then fix the lower edge of the inde-x point against the scale of inches on the slide for the 

 different seeds as follows: 



For Wheat and Rye.— To sow two bushels to the acre, at 1 inch. To sow one and a half bushels to the acre, at 

 % of an inch. 



FOK Barley.- To sow two bushels to the acre, at 1 inch, 

 en inch. 



For Hemp.— To sow one bushel to the acre, at 3i an inch, 

 an inch. 



For Oats. — To sow two bushels to the acre, at 1,^2 inches. 



When ready to sow, first commence turning, and with the left hand raise the slide until the nib on the slidecomes 

 against the index point. Be careful to walk and turn, as above directed. To close the slide, do it with a quick 

 pressure of the left hand. To sow wheat or Rye in standing corn, two bushels to the acre, set the index at 5^ of an 

 inch, and sow five or six rows at a time, according as they are wide or narrow. 



For Grass Seed.— To sow one peck of grass seed to the acre, raise, the small gate ?^ of an inch; half a bushel, % 

 of an inch. 



BEARCElSlMPpED 



Br.oadcast. 



To sow one and one-eighth bushels to the acre, at % of 

 To sow one and a quarter bushels to tl^e acre, at % of 

 To sow one and a half bushels to the acre, at IM inches. 



Thompson's Clover and Grass Seeder. 



This Grass Seeder is simple, without gear- 

 ing, cams or intricate machinery. It can- 

 not get out of order. It is strong, yet weighs 

 but 40 pounds. Perfection feed is attained 

 in making it absolutely positive, yet a non- 

 leaking carrier when thrown out of connec- 

 tion. The quantity of seed to the acre Is 

 accurately shown by the index plate. You place Uie pin the machine measnresthe 

 seed. Cl6ver, Timothy, Red Top, Hungarian Millet, Max Orchard Gras.s Fancy 

 Blue Grass, Alsike and chaffy seeds are alike .sown by it. It cannot clog. The 

 wheel may be covered with mud, yet its working will not be 

 affected. Working near the ground, even strong w:nds have no 

 effect upon its accuracy. A Manilla rope passes through a 

 groove in tlie bottom of the box, fastened at the ends to a rod 

 moved back and forth by a lever. This is operated by the revo- 

 lution of the wheel, upon each of the eight spokes of which is 

 fastened a casting. These castings strike alternately V-shaped 

 irons on the feed levers. The length of stroke go^'<;y."/ 1'}^''""": 

 tity of seed sown, and is regulated by the pin, wliicu torms a 

 fulcrum at any distance desired from the driving point. The plate for this pin if accurately marked in figu-es, indicating the quantity 

 of seed sown per acre. By use of a thumb screw the lever can be thrown out of connection, when all sowing stops t^he teed rope cover- 

 ing the holes in the bottom of the hopper, through which, when at work, it forces the seed. Manilla rope is used because it is beiier 

 than wire or any substitute. It does not wear the groove, bruise the seed, or fail in its work-wire rope will. Being scorched ami chem- 

 ically treated, our rope is weather proof. It is provided with an iron wedge at one end of the feed rod, so that it may be loosened wnen 

 not in use. 



SOWS 12 OR 14 FEETWIDE, 

 ANY AMOUNT DESIRED 

 PER ACRE. 

 WILL SOW 20 TO 25 ACRES 

 PER DAY. 



No. 1— Complete Clover and Grass Seeder, the most popular style •••• ■■ •■ — 



No. 2— Complete Seeder, with Double Hopper for Red Top, Orchard Grass, Blue Grass, Lawn Grass, as well as Clover. 



$6.50 

 . 8.00 



Tie cgcione flami 

 llroail-GastSfieilSowei 



This Seeder is accurate, strong, light and 

 durable. The best medium price machine of 

 its kind on the market. 



Price Sa.OO 



A good Seeder, 

 at a very low 

 price. This is 

 the most satis- 

 factory Bow 

 Seeder made. 

 Price.. 50 



Champion Jr. 

 Seeder. 



A MODERATE PRICE 

 MACHINE. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 our Champion Jr. Seeder, a mod- 

 erate price machine. 



GUARANTEED equal to any other 

 make on the markel. • 



Price ISI.OO 



THE^ 



Gordon Automatic Hand Corn Planter 



ITS ROTARY SLIDE has a motion TWO ways— hack and 

 forth. It prevents skips. No matter how short the stroke, 

 the pocket is pushed into the corn and back into the conveyor 

 tube. This motion is positive. It breaks up all bridging, and 

 fills the pocketuniformly— it counts the kernelsf or each drop. 



THE IRON STRIPPER will not wear out nor break. It 

 prevents an over-dose of corn, and will not crack a kernel . 

 The entire dropping device is made of iron, held together by 3 

 bolts. All parts are easily acces.^ible and readily adjusted 



THE HOPPER IS IN LINE WITH THE CENTRE, there 

 is a double-coil spring on each side, and the planter hangs 

 well in the hand. Tlie material is all the best. The Planter 

 is finished with a selected hardwood frame, finished bright, a 

 brilliantly painted hopper, and all parts varnished. 

 Price SI. 50 



ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 



