WHITE AND SWEET POTATO DIGGERS 68 



The Planet Jr. White Potato Digger has been greatly improved recently. Instead 

 of a digging head of tines, it now consists of successive shares which cut the furrow 

 slice turned on edge by the front share and moldboard, into horizontal slices, throwing 

 the vines and weeds to one side and pushing the potatoes to the surface. 



Doubtless you would like us to say how they compare with the various four-horse 

 diggers on the market. To answer this, the Planet Jr. White Potato Digger is equal 

 to any for digging early, when the vines are green, the potatoes fast to them and the 

 ground clean. A little later on when the vines are dead and the ground fairly free 

 from weeds, the four-horse diggers do better work. At a later stage when the fields 

 grow very grassy and weedy, the four-horse tools are almost useless, while the Planet 

 Jr. even then does its work fairly well. If compelled to use but one digger early and 

 late, the Planet Jr. is the best. 



It costs but one-fourth or fifth as mtich, takes less than half the power to draw it. 

 does not skin the potatoes, digs faster and costs less than one-twentieth as much 

 for repairs ; it will last almost ten times as long, with a few new shares and landsides. 



This tool has been the standard in sweet potato districts for many years. It has 

 been improved recently and we know of no digger that will give equal satisfaction. 



For smiall farms where both white and sweet potatoes are grown; some farmers 

 use it for white potatoes also, by removing the wheels and setting the moldboard to the 

 proper pitch. While not at all equal to our regular White Potato Digger for this pur- 

 pose, it is of advantage in getting out a crop. 



C. D. XoTTiXGHAM, Seaview, Va., writes July 19, 1913: "Your potato digger is a success. 

 I expect to do a nice business next season." 



