T.  B.  Terry’s  Tools. 
IMPLEMENTS  FOR  A  POTATO  GROWER. 
Over  2 M  years  ago  The  R.  N.-Y.  printed  the  picture 
shown  below.  At  the  request  of  many  readers  it  is 
reprinted.  We  do  not  like  to  reprint  old  pictures  or 
articles  and  would  not  in  this  case  but  for  the  fact 
that  our  newer  subscribers  have  never  seen  it.  Mr. 
Terry’s  success  as  a  potato  grower  and  the  fact  that 
many  of  these  tools  are  indispensable  to  successful 
potato  culture  are  additional  reasons. 
Out  in  the  road  stands  the  big  potato  wagon  with 
three  horses  attached.  There  are  72  bushel  potato 
use  them  (Mr.  Terry  does  not).  To  the  left  is  the 
Eureka  mower  which  Mr.  Terry  likes  because  it  leaves 
the  hay  in  such  shape  that  it  cures  easily  and  well 
without  the  need  of  any  tedder.  In  front  of  it  are  two 
Oliver  chilled  plows,  while  on  the  walk  is  our  old 
friend  Breed’s  weeder,  and  just  in  front  of  that  a 
Planet  Jr.  potato  digger  or  plow.  A  very  useful  thing 
is  the  barrel  on  wheels  which  is  wheeled  up  to  the 
kitchen  door  to  receive  the  slops  from  the  house. 
At  the  right  of  the  drill,  along  the  fence,  is',  first,  a 
Hoover  potato  digger  ;  next  comes  a  disc  harrow  and, 
just  in  front  of  it,  a  Cutaway.  In  front  of  the  Cutaway 
is  the  well-known  “  Acme,”  while  in  front  of  that  are 
manure  the  Kemp  manure  spreader  must  be  included 
in  this  list.  The  Aspinwall  planter  can  be  used  to 
drop  corn  and  will  also  distribute  fertilizers  in  the  drill 
as  well  as  any  machine  on  the  market.  The  fertilizers 
used  broadcast  can  be  sown  with  the  wheat  drill. 
Estimates  vary  as  to  the  amount  of  land  one  must 
have  in  potatoes  to  make  a  planter  profitable.  Mr. 
Terry  says  10  acres  will  make  it  pay  and  a  man  in 
almost  any  neighborhood  could  plant  for  half  a  dozen 
neighbors.  Breed’s  weeder  is  a  tool  that  every  potato 
grower  should  have.  Mr.  Terry  says  that  with  it  he 
thoroughly  scratched  over  seven  acres  in  five  hours. 
Mr.  Lewis  went  over  his  17  acres  in  l  %  day.  The  soil 
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POOLS  USED  BY  T.  B.  TERRY  IN  GROWING  CLOVER,  WHEAT  AND  POTATOES.  (Reprinted  by  Request.)  Fig.  103. 
boxes  on  it.  There  is  a  folded  canvas  shown  which 
can  be  spread  over  the  load  in  case  of  a  storm.  Observe 
the  umbrella  which  shelters  the  driver.  In  the  road 
or  against  the  fence  on  the  other  side  are  hay  rake, 
fanning  mill,  carriage,  wheelbarrow,  roller,  hay  racks, 
extension  ladder,  small  wagon,  etc.  Next  the  wagon 
is  a  Kemp  manure  spreader,  which,  with  its  recent 
improvements,  is  a  wonderful  labor-saving  machine. 
Next  to  it  is  a  Buckeye  low-down  binder.  Mr.  Terry 
does  not  raise  very  many  acres  of  wheat,  but  still  it 
pays  him  to  own  a  binder,  so  that  he  can  harvest  his 
crop  just  when  and  how  he  wants  to.  In  the  gate-way 
stands  an  Empire  seed  drill.  Almost  all  potato  growers 
use  wheat  in  their  rotation.  This  drill  will  sow  grain 
evenly  or  would  distribute  fertilizers  for  those  who 
two  Thomas  smoothing  harrows,  on  one  of  which  is  a 
Cahoon  seed  sower  with  which  Mr.  Terry  sows  his 
clover  seed.  Next  the  disc  harrow  is  the  Aspinwall 
potato  planter,  and  next  to  that  the  Hudson  Bicycle 
cultivator,  with  two  Planet  Jr.  walking  cultivators  in 
front.  Mr.  Terry  has  duplicate  wagons,  plows,  har¬ 
rows,  cultivators,  etc.,  because,  as  he  says,  the  time  is 
sure  to  come  when  work  must  be  rushed  and  a  day’s 
loss  in  fitting  the  ground  represents  many  dollars  in 
money.  Then  is  the  time  to  put  both  teams  at  work 
with  the  best  tools  and  rush  the  needed  operation 
through. 
Of  the  tools  here  shown  the  most  useful  to  the 
potato  grower  are  the  planter  and  digger,  Breed’s 
weeder  and  riding  cultivator.  If  one  uses  much  stable 
in  both  cases  was  mellow,  level  and  free  from  stones. 
Has  any  man  a  right  to  expect  good  tools  to  work  well 
on  any  other  ?  A  good  riding  cultivator  is  a  very  use¬ 
ful  tool.  Somebody  asked  a  short  time  ago  if  a  two- 
horse  riding  cultivator  will  do  more  and  better  work 
than  two  men  with  walking  cultivators.  It  will,  when 
the  rows  are  straight.  Every  tooth  of  the  riding  cul¬ 
tivator  is  under  control — they  may  be  lowered  or 
raised  at  will.  Both  sides  of  the  row  are  worked  at 
one  trip.  The  cultivator  goes  steadily  on — it  does  not 
jump  or  jerk  when  a  careless  horse  changes  his  place 
in  the  row  and  thus  changes  the  draft  on  the  cultivator. 
The  riding  tool  will  also  work  up  closer  to  the  row,  while 
the  depth  of  working  is  more  easily  regulated.  But 
this  all  applies  to  rows  that  are  perfectly  straight.  In 
