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GRIFFITH ®. TURNER CO 



O.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 distributor 

 will distribute any 

 quantity of fertilizer 

 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 sufficient reason for the 

 farmer to select an O. K. Champion. It will plant with 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 feeding- 

 device consists of an endless chain with a series of cups at- 

 tached running- over the sprocket wheels, the top one resting 

 ■on a spring cushion, which is designed to take up the jar 

 whenever one of the wheels happens to drop into a rut or 

 passes over a stone. The cups used on the planter are of spe- 

 cial design. The years of study given to this has enabled the 

 manufacturers to produce 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 proper way to handle it. 



"Weight, with fertilizer attachment, 320 pounds. 



X,ist Price $100.00 



Our 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 con- 

 veyor tube is galvanized iron. 



Our Special P-ice, $1.00; List Price, $1.60. 



Directions for Using-. — Walk erect, plunge 

 planter into the soil, press forward as you with- 

 draw 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. 



Hench & Drosngold Potato Digger 



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



List Price, Steel Share $1.60 



Our Special Price, Steel Share, 1.00 



Standards are 

 made of cast 

 iron, having on 

 a highly-polish- 

 ed steel share. 

 Side or wing 

 pieces to the. 

 standard are 

 bolted' with a 

 ratchet, by 

 which they can 

 be adjusted to 

 stand up or 

 down as de- 

 sired. Fingers extending back from the standard are made in 

 a zig-zag form, instead of straight, as shown in cut, on ac- 

 count of which they separate the potatoes from the ground 

 better. They are made of spring steel, and are very elastic 

 and durable. 



We Also Carry Repairs for the Hitchcock Dig-g-er. 



Steel Point List Price, $1.20; Our Special Price, $ .75 



Beam List Price, 4.00; Our Special Price, 2.50 



Cast Head List Price, 2.00; Our Special Price, 1.25 



THE GEM SEED POTATO GUTTER 



The construction of 

 the Gem Seed Potato 

 Cutter is very simple, 

 and is built for accu- 

 racy as well as con- 

 venience. It is strong 

 and durable; the knives 

 are- of good quality 

 steel and are fitted to 

 grooves in frame, mak- 

 ing them easy to re- 

 move if necessary. It 

 will cut any size potato 

 in pieces uniform in 

 size, thereby insuring 

 more accurate planting 

 when power planter is 

 used. Size, 24 inches 

 lonar, 8 inches wide. 

 Weight, 8 pounds. List 

 Price, $4.00. Our Spe- 

 cial Price, $2.50. 



0. K. Champion Potato Digger 



List Price, $125.00 

 Our Special Price, $75.00 

 Weight 580 Lbs. 



Send for Special 



The O. K. Cham- 

 pion Digger with 

 its many superior 

 features commends 

 itself to the care- 

 ful buyer. It has 

 stood the test of 

 years and has 

 many times proven 

 to be the victor in 

 the potato field ov- 

 er all competitors. 

 Its construction 

 embodies all the 

 essential features 

 which make it ab- 

 solutely reliable. 

 It is built with a 

 view to simple- 

 ness, doing away 



with all unnecessary 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 ma- 

 chine. 



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

 toes, 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 ma- 

 chine a good separating capacity. The potatoes then fall upon the rear 

 shading fork rower, thoroughly cleaning any remaining dirt from the pota- 

 toes, and depositing them in a row of about 12 inches behind the machine. 



0. 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 in- 

 sures a better 

 stand because there is more nourishment fur- 

 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 be- 

 fore others break through the surface, and fre- 

 quently 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. 



