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WISEMAN-DOWNS COMPANY, INC. 
BALTIMORE 
JOHN DEERE NO. 999 CORN AND BEAN PLANTERS 
The shape of seed cells and improvements in the dropping device permit planting tip or butt kernels withou 
cracking seed or without losing the high degree of accuracy. 
The Full Variable Drop Planter 
The John Deere No. 999 Planter has a variable drop consisting of a 
train of gears constantly in mesh. With this device, two, three or four 
kernels can be planted as desired merely by shifting the foot lever. The 
gears are enclosed in an oil-tight and dust-proof case. 
The driving mechanism has this advantage over the ordinary—it 
never is separated. Other devices open and close at every actuation 
of the fork by the wire, and are constantly being released under strain, 
causing considerable wear and reducing the life of the most important 
parts of the planter. The device on the John Deere No. 999 Planter 
can be shifted at any time in the travel of the machine. 
The John Deere No. 999 is a real variable-drop planter—it varies 
the distance in drilling as well as the number of kernels per hill in 
hilling, and gives a greater variety of distances without the use of 
extra sprockets and plates. 
All regular plates on this planter have 16 cells and by means of the variable drop gears, they give the same 
drilling distances as other planters which have no variable drop gears, using 8-, 12- and 16-cell plates. 
Plants Many Varieties of Corn 
Seed plates can be furnished for handling every kind of corn; also beans, sorghum, milo maize and other 
seeds. The improved form of cut-off has a quick action. The spring roller knocker causes each kernel to be 
discharged from the plate cell without fail. 
There are no ridges or obstructions in the valves to catch and hold the kernels. Sufficient opening is left just 
above the upper valve to enable operator to see the kernels as they are collected for the hill. 
Hilling and Drilling 
The change from hilling to drilling, or vice versa, is instantly made. No extra attachments, no extra cost and no 
extra tools are required. To drill, it is only necessary to hook the foot drop rod over the small casting on the rock 
shaft, using notch nearest the end, and then press down on the foot lever until it locks automatically in the position 
shown by the shaded portion in the illustration. There is no switching of the valves, no addition or removal of parts, 
and the drilling distances most commonly used are had without changing seed plates. When turning at the end of 
rows, a slight pressure of the foot on the treadle unlocks the lever and stops the drilling. When used for foot drop¬ 
ping at the ends of field, the lever is hooked in second notch from end. 
This Planter will narrow into 2 ft. 4" rows 
Price, Plain Planter. $85.00 Fertilizer Attachment, Extra. $26.00 
THE JOHN DEERE SPECIAL BEAN DRILL 
FOR DRILLING PEAS, BEANS AND CORN 
John Deere No. 919 Drill 
The John Deere No. 919 Drill is the same in gen 
eral construction as the No. 999 Check Rower Planter- 
As it is intended for drilling only, it is not equipped 
with check rower and valve mechanism. Simplicity 
of construction, accuracy and reliability in drop 
make this machine a superior two-row drill. 
It is just as desirable to have the seed properly 
spaced with unfailing accuracy when drilling as it 
is to drop three or any other number of kernels in 
the hill when check-rowing. The No. 919 Drill 
easily satisfies the most exacting requirements. 
Price, $70.00 
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