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WISEMAN-DOWNS COMPANY, INC. 
BALTIMORE 
THE NEW IDEA TRANSPLANTER 
The New Idea Transplanter may be used for setting all kinds of plants that may be transplanted. This includes 
tobacco, tomatoes, cabbage, peppers, sweet potatoes and other truck crops; strawberries, small bush fruits, small 
trees, and all nursery stock. 
The plant setters are located on comfortable seats in front of the driver who can thus supervise their work and 
regulate the speed of the machine according to their ability. 
Each plant is set deep and at a uniform depth. The spacing is uniform and may be varied as desired. Each 
plant is watered at the time of setting; the water is deposited on the roots and at the bottom of the furrow. The 
soil is packed firmly and with uniform pressure about the roots and stems and the dry surface soil is brought close 
about the stem to form a mulch. 
Resetting is seldom necessary, as the loss seldom runs over 2%. Plants begin to grow at once. Crops mature 
from 10 days to two weeks earlier than when set by other methods, thus giving them the advantage of an earlier 
market and higher prices. Production is improved in quality and increased in quantity. Growers claim that the 
increase in production alone resulting from setting with the New Idea will more than equal the cost of the machine 
in a single season, even when not more than three acres are planted. 
A driver and two plant setters can set from three to eight or more acres per day with the New Idea, doing as 
much work as 15 or 20 skilled plant setters working for the same length of time, and doing it better. 
If you want to get better crops, get more to the acre and get better prices for your products, it will pay you to 
investigate the New Idea Transplanter. Price, $115.00. 
BEMIS TRANSPLANTER 
The machine can be thrown in and out of gear, greatly increasing its 
life. A ratchet clutch throws the mechanism out of gear when backing, 
saving water and avoiding breakage. 
A strainer in the barrel prevents the valve from becoming 
clogged and the obstruction of free flow of water, 
When in operation the front truck can be 
locked so machine will run straight on the row. 
This does away with the wobbling side motion 
experienced where swivel or castor rollers 
are used. 
The wheels are our own patent, 36 
inches high, very strong, made with re¬ 
placeable boxings and spokes, which can 
be easily replaced by any blacksmith 
in case of breakage. Wide tires reduce 
draft. 
The droppers do not get off at the 
end of the row. 
The tongue is joined like a 
wagon, so there is no weight on 
the necks of the horses. > 
The entire machine is simple 
and very strong so that with 
proper care it will last for years. The grower is independent of labor and free from a lame back. 
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This machine has revolutionized tobacco setting, as there are now practically no large tobacco growers in the 
United States who set their plants by hand. It is also extensively used by market gardeners, nurserymen, etc. The 
supply of water can be regulated as conditions require. 
We make a special potato planting attachment, and an extra-large shoe for setting nursery stock. We also make 
an attachment for sowing fertilizer in the trench with the plants and check-rower attachment for use where cross¬ 
cultivation is desired. For planting on ridges we can furnish the machine with two-wheel front truck to straddle 
the ridge and adjustable axles to raise the machine to conform to the height of the ridge. These axles provide for a 
variation of 5 inches in height of the machine. 
The essential features of a transplanting machine, including the floating shoe, pressure plates, etc., are covered 
by our patents, and the working parts of our machine are so perfect that it is acknowledged by growers in all sections 
of this country, and in many foreign countries, that the Fuller & Johnson Bemis Transplanter is the best. The 
plants can be set when they are ready, no matter how dry the ground. In hand setting plants are often set when 
too small or when too large, as they must be set when the weather is suitable. As there need be no delay in planting 
on account of dry weather, the ground can be carefully prepared just before planting so as to kill all the weeds. The 
planting is equal to once cultivating, as the machine stirs the ground in the row, killing the weeds. The roots are 
not doubled up, and the plants start better. Even pressure is obtained on uneven ground by means of the floating 
shoe and pressure plates, which are independent of the shoe and of each other. This is the only successful device for 
this purpose used on a transplanter, and is covered by our patents. Spring pressure can also be applied from the 
lifting lever if desired. The earth is pressed about the plants by means of the hardened polished steel plates. The 
shoe is also made of hardened steel and finely polished. Price, $105.00. 
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