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0. K. CHAMPION POTATO PLANTER 



Opens the trench, 

 plants the potatoes any 

 distance set for, covers 

 them with moist soil 

 and marks for the next 

 row. The fertilizer dis- 

 tributor will distribute 

 any quantity of ferti- 

 lizer desired. All that 

 Is necessary for the 

 operator to do is to 

 drive the team steady 

 and keep the hoppers 

 supplied with seed and 

 fertilizer. The position 

 of the driver is such 

 that he can oversee the 

 work of the planter at 

 all times. The accuracy with which the potatoes are planted is 

 suflitient reason tor the farmer to select an O. K. Champion. It 

 will piant witn equal satisfaction round or cut seed, each cup will 

 pick up a seed and carry it into the spout from which it Is dropped 

 into the V-shaped trench opened by the shoe. The automatic feed- 

 ing device consists of an endless chain with a series of cups 

 attached running over the sprocket wheels, the top one resting on 

 a spring cushion, which is designed to take up the jar v/henever 

 one of the wheels happens to drop into a rut or passes over a 

 stone. The cup^ used on the planter are of special design. The 

 years of study given to this has enabled the manufacturers to pro- 

 duce a cup that will give good results. 



No other planter has this feature, and careful study of the matter 

 will convince the potato grower that to put your seed into the 

 ground without bruising or otherwise mutilating it Is the proDer way 

 to handle it. 

 Weight, with fertilizer attachment, 320 pounds. 



List Price $100.00 



Olu- Special Price 60.00 



"Peerless" Hand Potato Planter 



THE LIGHTEST TUBULAR PLANTER MADE. 



Its spring-closed jaws are especially designed to 

 enter the soil easily, yet open wide enough to drop 

 the largest seed. The dropping lever or dump is 

 adjustable for any depth of planting. The conveyor 

 tube is galvanized iron. 



Our Special Price, $1.00. List Price, $1.60. 



Directions for Using. — Walk erect, plunge 

 planter into the soil, press forward as you withdraw 

 It ; seed is left in moist soil, not dry, as is usually the 

 case when seed is dropped by one man and left to be 

 covered by another. 



"Acme" Hand Potato Planter 



This is similar to the above except It is not tubular 

 but a stick planter. We do not carry these in stock, 

 but can furnish them direct from the factory. Same 

 directions for working apply on this as on the 

 "Peerless." 



Our Special Price, 75c. List Price, $1.00. 



"Acme" Potato 

 Digger Attachment 



As seen in the cut, this is an attach- 

 ment which consists of a fulcrum and 

 handle which fits any good D Handle 

 fork. A large part of the profit there 

 should he in potato growing is lost in 

 the digging — the part of the work that 

 is slowest and most disagreeable. With 

 this digger every hill is dug clean and 

 quickly. The stock is left in good shape 

 and free from mutilation. Picking up 

 Is quickly done, and the potatoes bring 

 a price that has not been docked for 

 digging culls. 



Directions — Take the fork by the 

 handle with the usual hand, with the 

 other take the handle of the attach- 

 ment. Thrust the fork straight down 

 into the ground as near the hill as 

 possible, stepping on the fork in the 

 usual way. In so doing the Ful- 

 crum hangs close to the fork and gets 

 a firm bearing. Don't step on the 

 Fulcrum. Pry up the hill to loosen it 

 in the ground, then throw it out by a 

 pull on the attachment handle. Don't 

 stoop. 



List Price $1.50 



Our Special Price.. 1.00 



Hench & Dromgold Potato Digger 



List Price, $13.00. Our Special Price. $8.00. 



List Price, Steel Share $1.60' 



Our Special Price, Steel Share, 1.0» 



Standards are 

 made of cast 

 Iron^ having on 

 a highly-polished 

 steel share. Side 

 or wing pieces to 

 the standard are 

 bolted with a 

 ratche!^ by which 

 they Car be ad- 

 lusted to stand 

 up or down as 

 desired. Fingers 



extending back — at^s^ss^mmti'ts^^mssifs!;''-^''-'^ • 

 from the standard are made In a zig-zag form, instead of straight, as 

 shown in cut, on account of which they separate the potatoes 

 from the ground better. They are made of spring steel, and are 



very elastic and durable. 



0. K. CHAMPION POTATO DIGGER 



List Price $125.00 

 Our Special Price $75.00 

 Weigiit 580 Lbs. 



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 Catalogue 



The O. K. Cham- 

 pion Digger with 

 Its many superior 

 features commends 

 Itself to the careful 

 buyer. It has stood 

 the test of years and 

 has many times 

 proven to be the vic- 

 tor in the potato 

 field over all com- 

 petitors. Its con- 

 struction embodies all 

 the essential features 

 which make it abso- 

 lutely reliable. It is 

 built with a view to 

 Bimpleness, doing 

 away with all un- 

 necessary wearing 

 parts, which accounts for its easy draught. Two horses will do the work with 

 ease. There is no chain drive to cause friction and wear ; only two gear wheels 

 are employed on the entire machine. 



The shovel is 20 inches wide, scooping up that width of ground and potatoes, 

 depositing them on the elevator separating apron, whose links are alternately 

 raised and lowered. These run over a sprocket agitator, which keeps the apron 

 continuously agitated up and down, causing the separation to be done with the 

 least possible power requirements and giving the machine a good separating 

 capacity. The potatoes then fall upon the rear shaking fork rower, thoroughly 

 cleaning any remaining dirt from the potatoes, and depositing -them in a row of 

 about 12 inches behind the machine. 



AV'e also carry Repairs for tlie Hitclicock Digger. 



Steel Point — List Price, $1.20. Our tipecial Price, 75c. 

 Beam — List Price, $4.00. Our Special Price, $2.50. 

 Cast Head — List Price, $2.00. Our Special Price, $1.25. 



O. K. CHAMPION 



POTATO CUTTER 



Cuts potatoes in 

 exact sizes that are 

 best suited to plant 

 with any power 

 planter. To cut by 

 hand means all 

 shapes, both large 

 and small. Will 

 cut five to seven 

 bushels per hour. 

 No power planter 

 can plant correctly 

 unless the tubers 

 are cut an exact 

 size. Planting large, , 

 sized seed insures 

 a better stand he- 

 cause there is more 

 nourishment f u r - 

 nished the young plant than can be had from small 

 seed. Many times it has been noticed that many 

 potatoes will be up three or four inches before others 

 break through the surface, and frequently they never 

 show themselves, which failure is placed to bad seed, 

 when really it is owing to too small seed. 



List Price, $10.00. Our Special Price, $6.00. 



ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 



