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This maohine will plant from seven to ten acres 

 per day. With the present highly improved ma- 

 chines for planting, digging and sortmg potatoes, 

 there is no reason why the crop should not be the 

 most profitable one for the farmer or gardener to 

 raise. , ^ . , . 



THE FEED.— This being the most important 

 part in seeding machines, and especially so in po- 

 tato planters, we have constructed the feed so 

 there is no adjustment for large or small pieces or 

 potato. It is a force-feed, and is positive in its 

 action, and its operation is controlled by the ma- 

 chine, instead of by the size of the seed p. )tatoes. 

 The difficulty experienced with the earlier || 

 machines now on the market was that they 

 required constant adjustment to suit the 

 size of the pieces of potato, and if the 

 pieces were of irreg ular size, the dropping 

 would be more or less imperfect. J'his _ 

 will be readily appreciated by those who ? 

 have used the old style of potato plan- 

 ters. 



TO CHANGE THE DISTANCES APART IN 

 DROPPING.— The machine will drop the potatoes 

 in drills 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 28 or 36 inches apart. 

 The change for the different distances apart is ac- 

 complished by putting on more or fewer picker 

 arms. The number of arms to be used is shown 

 in plain figures on the disc to which the picker 

 arms are attached, so there can be no mistake 

 made in changing the machine to plant the proper 



THE DRIVER CAN SEE THE POTATOES 

 DROPPING.— This is a great advantage, as he 

 then knows whether the machine is depositing the 

 seed properly or not, and can detect the fact of the 

 machine being out of potatoes as soon as it occurs. 



VIBRATING FEED HOPPER BOTTOM.— The 

 bottom of the hopper is constructed with two feed- 

 ing channels, which vibrate from the top of the 

 hopper down to the bottom of the concaves, thus 

 insuring an even and steady flow of potatoes. This 

 is a great improvement over the present feeding 

 devices on the machines now on the market, which 

 frequently choke up and make imperfect dropping. 



THE DRIVE WHEELS.— The wheels are 36 

 inches in diameter, with 3 1-2 inch tire, which 

 makes the machine run easily, and does not allow 

 the wheels to bury themselves in soft and sandy 

 soil. 



THE HAND LEVER.— This machine is con- 

 trolled by a simple and effective hand lever, which 

 governs the depth of planting and covering, and is 

 readily changed by the operator, without leaving 

 his seat. The covering shovels are supported on 

 a flat U-shaped spring, which is connected to the 

 furrow runner, and the shovels are raised or low- 



The ly. C. Evans 

 POTATO PIvANTER. 



ered by the hand lever. The U-shaped springs 

 make the covering shovels flexible, allowing them 

 to yield to the unequal surface of the ground, caus- 

 ing them to cover much better than shovels at- 

 tached without springs. The hand lever is also 

 used for raising the furrow runner when turning 

 round, which is a great advantage over machines 

 having no hand lever. 



A NOVEL MARKER.— It is positive in operation, 

 is constructed on the principles of the hand lever, 

 has a spring catch on it, which holds it in an up- 

 right position when turning round, is readily 

 operated by the hand catch, and cannot fall when 

 turning on hilly ground. The marker is arranged 

 with a sliding marker-head, so that the machine 

 will plant the rows any distance apart desired. 



WIDTH OF THE MACHINE.— The machine is 

 36 inches wide, from the center of one drive wheel 

 to the center of the other, which is quite an advan- 

 tage over narrow-tread machines, which easily 

 upset on hilly ground. 



Disc Coverers furnished when desired. , i 



Fertili^jer Attachment. 



This machine can be furnished with a Fertilizer 

 Attachment when desired. It is made on the same 

 principle as those on the Evans Corn Planters. 

 With Fertilizer Attachment $65.00 



The I/atest Improved Peach and 

 Potato Sorter. 



Weight, 300 Pounds. Shireraan'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 o nly 

 machine that will sort both peaches 

 and potatoes, it runs as light 

 as a sewing machine with foot 



Is a first- 

 class 

 Planter 

 in every 

 respect 



The Schofield 

 Junior Potato 

 Planter. 



treadle; it is easily operated, and fruit growers 

 cannot afford to be without it. All machines fully 

 warranted. 



Retail Price. 

 No. 1.— Capacity 2000 bushels per day... $30.00 



The Schofield Junior Potato Planter is a first-class Planter in 

 every respect ( That every farmer can afford to buy it. 

 and so cheap-< That no farmer who plants one acre of po- 

 and !>o good ( tatoes a year can afford to do without it. 



It plants any desired depth, and every piece the 

 same denth. 



It plants the potatoes in a straight line, instead 

 of zig-zag in the row, as is the case when dropped 

 by hand. 



Plain Planter $15.00 



Fertilizer Distributor Attachment — 10.00 



Corn Drilling Attachment 5.00 



Potato Digging Attachment 10.00 



ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS ON HAND. 



