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HAND SEEDERS 



Planet Jr. Combined Hill and 



THE NO. 4 PLANET JR. SEEDER, WHEEL HOE, CULTIVATOR AND 

 PLOW is a prime favorite with gardeners, and especially those who while not having 

 a large acreage, get a lot of pleasure and profit from using a seed drill and wheel hoe 

 to plant and cultivate their family garden. Even those who think they haven't quite 

 enough work to warrant buying a drill will find that this combined tool will quickly pay 

 for itself in satisfaction, in labor saving, and in increased crops. It combines in a 

 single convenient implement : 



1. A capital hill-dropping seeder. 4. A splendid wheel cultivator. 



2. A continuous row seeder. 5 An excellent furrower. 



3. An admirable single-wheel hoe. 6. A rapid and efficient wheel garden plow. 

 The machine is easily pushed and the great variety and the fine design of the attach- 

 ments please every one, who uses them. It is particularly valuable for planting and 

 cultivating such crops as onions, spinach, turnips, lettuce, celery, radish, peas, beans, 

 beets, parsley, parsnip, salsify, although it sows all garden seeds. 



WHAT IT WILL DO. It will sow all garden seeds in continuous rows with great 

 uniformity and also drop with accuracy in hills, 4, 6, 8, 12 or 24 inches apart and at 

 the same passage mark the next row. The feed is automatically stopped by raising 

 the handles, and started by lowering them and starting the tool. 



AS A SEEDER the No. 4 is accurate, simple, durable, reliable and easy-running, 

 doing first-class work in every particular. The sowing device consists of a feed wheel 

 with four wings arranged on a spindle and driven by beveled gears from the main 

 wheel. The feed wheel, revolving in a brass cylinder which opens into the hopper 

 above, agitates the seeds so that they drop in a regular stream, through a diamond 

 shaped opening at the bottom. This opening may be adjusted by an accurate brass 

 set screw and cut-off sliding on the outside of the cylinder and connected to a lever 

 and index at the right-hand side of the hopper. The index contains the names of the 

 principal seeds and indicates the proper adjustment of the seeder for sowing in hills 

 and drills separately. Having set the index for any seed, the feed can be shut off 

 instantly, yet opens again automatically at the proper size, and may be changed a hair's 

 breadth at a time. A cut=off lever is easily operated by the hand or foot from 

 between the handles, and the index shows clearly whether the drill is sowing 

 or not. When dropping in hills the seeds fall from the hopper upon a shutter 

 which closes the spout. This shutter is lifted at regular intervals by a toothed 



L. W. Wheat, Alton Station, Ky., v> rites September 15, 1914: "People don't understand the 

 extraordinary value of Planet Jr. tools. You can't buy my No. 4 Combined Seeder for $100.00 and 

 have me vi'ithout one." 



