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Convertible from Hill Drop to Drill Drop 



The Janesvilie Double Row Corn Planter No. I. 



The Janesvilie Planter is made adjustable in width to the following sizes : 3 feet 4 

 Inches, 3 feet 6 inches and 3 feet S inches. It has a strong frame, disc, marker, adjust- 

 able seat, open or concave wheels, plain or stub runners. 



Seed Boxes are removable, and the plates may 

 be changed without removing the corn. This 

 also enables the operator to refill the seed-can by 

 taking it to the grain sack instead of carrying 

 the heavy sack to the machine, nn exclusive 

 Janesvilie feature. The time gear for driv- 

 ing the seed plants, together with the removable 

 boxes, are so constructed that you cannot get the 

 seed boxes on the wrong side, nor can you get 

 the driving gear out of time. With our Convert- 

 ible Drop (see Cut) we furnish with each plan- 

 ter both kinds of plates, so that by simply 

 changing the seed plates you can have either the 

 Edge Drop or Flat Drop. The Flat Drop gives 

 much the best results with mixed seed, and it is 

 sometimes not convenient to have selected seed 



PRICK.— No. 1 



Plain, with Check 

 Kower and 80 rods 

 wire, $40.00. 



No. 1 same, less 

 wire, stakes and 

 reel, $38.00. 



PLANTER 

 With Fertilizer 

 Attachment, 

 $50.00. 



Our Edge Drop is one of the best mechanical 

 devices ever gotten up for the purpose, and oper- 

 ates as follows : The seed plate has cells in the 

 outer edge, each of which is made to receive one 

 kernel of corn edgewise. A revolving disc work- 

 ing on an eccentric over the seed plate insures 

 the filling of these cells. 



The cut-off will not crack the corn. The spring 

 knocker drops in each cell and forces out the 

 kernel. The seed plates are chain driven from a 

 sprocket wheel on the main axle to a sprocket on 

 the feed shaft. This obviates the side draft and 

 relieves the wire strain. 



Bottom of Convertible 

 Drop Seed Hopper. 



The valves of the 

 Janesvilie Planter 

 are two In number 

 In each shank, an 

 upper and a lower. 

 This makes It Im- 

 possible to plant 

 two hills at the 

 same time. The 

 lower valve keeps 

 the heel of the run- 

 ner clear and by 

 its action equalizes 

 the difference be- 

 tween fast and 

 / slow driving. The 

 upper valve prevents all possibil- 

 ity of discharging seed between 

 the hills. Being enclosed in the 

 shank, the valve mechanism can- 

 not be affected by trash. The 

 change from hill to drill drop may 

 be made by turning a button on 

 each shank which opens the 

 valves ; then release the clutch so 

 as to make a continuous revolution. (See Fig. 3.) 



The front of the planter is raised 

 and lowered at will by means of 

 the hand and foot lift, assisted by 

 a spring lift. This arrangement 

 balances the weight at any point. 

 The pole has a spring under the 

 back end, which gives perfect 

 flexibility. 



Valves Adjusted to HU1 Drop. 



Spring Lift and Connection to Front Frame. 



An adjustment on the pole may be raised or lowered to regulate 

 the set of the check rower. 



The Check Head Trip is a patented device which operates entirely 

 different from the former manner in which this was accomplished. A 

 trip bar is fastened on the front frame, and when the planter is 

 raised out of the ground it automatically releases the wire from the 

 planter. 



Automatic Wire Distributor 

 and Reel. 



The Automatic Wire Distributor and Reel are operated by power 

 from the main axle, so that you simply have to drive the horses and 

 the reel takes care of itself, whether in laying out or taking up the 

 wire. The reel has a friction clamp, which is to be used in letting 

 out the wire, so as to produce the proper tension. The Automatic 

 Distributor in taking up the wire prevents tangling on the reel. This 

 is also an exclusive idea, and found only on the Janesvilie No. 1 

 Planter. 



The Automatic Clutch de- 

 vice is an exclusive feature 

 that every user will appre- 

 ciate. Its action is without 

 jerk or jar when thrown in 

 and out of gear, and it is 

 positive in action. A safety 

 device prevents breakage 

 should a foreign substance 

 get into the hopper. The 

 buttons on the wire trip 

 the clutch, allowing the 

 feed shaft to make one 

 revolution. This accumu- 

 lates enough corn for one 

 hill. It is then thrown out 

 of gear until the next but- 

 ton operates the check 

 rower and throws the 

 clutch into gear. 



Clutch In Gear. 



ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 



