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0. K. CHAMPION POTATO PLANTER No. 25 



lias a soed-droppiug device con- 

 sisting of tue eudless-cup sys- 

 tem, one wliicli is recognized as 

 ittie most accurate. The seed 

 is picked up and de- 

 posited on a dial plate, 

 which is equipped 

 with poclsets for the 

 reception of the seed 

 >iMK?S-3^3g"/-^ BEgBW f % %ll > pieces, where any cor- 

 /lt^Sl^ss^^^^^SSPt^^^9wf rection necessary can 

 '««~— =-'-ao«»""'^^^^ made, insuring ab- 



solutely one piece to 

 tvery hill. Tests have 

 proven that this ma- 

 chine will plant abso- 

 lutely 100 per cent, 

 correct. The cups are 

 adjustable and permit perfect planting for large or small pieces. 

 The distances of dropping are lli, l.j and 18 inches. 



The hopper is of steel construction, fitted with a sliding bot- 

 tom, which causes a steady feed, and a guard permits the cups 

 to single out the seed pieces, no matter what the shape may 

 l)e. Two shoes are used for making the Turrow. The first opens 

 the trench for the reception of the fertilizer. The second opens 

 it deeper, spreading a tl'in coat of dirt over the fertilizer so as 

 not to allow same to come directly in contact with the potatoes. 

 The discs are 14 inches. 



The seat at the rear enables the operator to be in position 

 where he can oversee the entire work and gives him access to 

 the levers, one of which raises or lowers the shoe and discs ; 

 the other throws the seed feed in or out of gear. Whenever 

 regular sized pieces and a steady team are used it is not al- 

 ways neces.sary to use two men on this planter. The driver can 

 operate it from the rear seat. 



This machine can also be converted into an automatic planter. 

 This planter embodies all requisites necessary to make it a 

 durable machine, and in construction it is very simple. 

 Weighs with fertilizer attachment about 350 pounds. 



List Price $125.00 



Our Special Prices $75.00 



Acme Tubular Hand Potato Planter 



TH£ I.IGHTi:ST TUBUIiAB FI.ANTEB 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 Price, $1.00; List Price, $1.60. 



Directions for Using'. — Walk erect, plunge 

 planter into the soil, press forward as .vou with- 

 draw it; seed is left in moi^t soil, not dry, as is 

 usually the case when seed is dropped by one man 

 and left to be covcri'd by anotbi'r. 



"ACIVIE" HAND POTATO PLANTER 



This is similar to tlie al.ove, exoDt it is not 

 tubular, but a stick planter. We do not carry 

 these in stock, but can furnish them direct froiii 

 the factory. Same directions for working appl\ 

 on tliis as on the "Peerless." 



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



Chattanooga Potato Digger 



The Chattanooga Potato Digger i3 

 built for service the standard is 

 made of malleable iron dy^ inches 

 wide at the narrowest part, this as- 

 sures strength. 



It is so designed that it lifts the 

 potatoes out and places them on 

 top of the ground, making picking 

 up very easy. 



The shovel is made from Chilled 

 cast iron, polished, and the digger 

 fingers of wrought iron. 



The plow is made with either 

 wood or steel beam. We can also 

 furnish subsoil point or double 

 lEouldboards to make either a sub- 

 soil plow or middle burster. 

 WOOD BEAM. 



List Our Special 

 Price Price 

 $13.00 $8.00 



STEEL BEAM. 



List Our Special 

 Price Price 

 $14.50 $9.00 



Sub-Soil Point List Price, $0.48; Our Special Price, 00.30 



Middle Burster Share. List Price, $1.60; Our Special Price, $1.00 



We Also Carry Repairs for the Hitchcock Digger. 



Steel Point Li'st Price. Cl.rO; Our Special Price, $ .75 



lioam List Price, 4.00; Our Special Price, 2.50 



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



The Gem Seed Potato Cutter 



SEED END, 



The construction of 

 the G-em 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 



I used. Size, 24 Inches 

 long, 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 

 Weigiit 580 Lbs. 



Send, for Special 

 Catalogue. 



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 

 over all competi- 

 tors. Its construc- 

 tion embodies all 

 the essential feat- 

 ures which make it 

 absolutely reliable. 

 It is built with a 



view to simpleness, doing awav with all unnecessary wear- 

 -ing parts, which accounts for its easy draught. Two horses 

 will do the work with ease. There is no chain drive to cause friction and 

 w^ar : only two gear wheels are emploved on the entire machine. 



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 al- 

 ternately 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. 



0. K. Cliampion Potato Gutter 



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 

 nished the young plant 

 small seed. Many times 



nourishment fur- 

 can be had from 



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, 96.00. 



