104 WISEMAN-DOWNS CO., INC. - 34 E. PRATT ST. - BALTIMORE, MD 
THE NEW IDEA TRANSPANTER 
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: 
No. 5—Less Fertilizer Attachment .$125.00 
Fertilizer Attachment Extra .. 25.00 
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 ex¬ 
perienced where swivel or castor 
rollers are used 
The wheels are our own patent, 
36 inches high, very strong, made 
with replaceable 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 inde¬ 
pendent 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 con¬ 
form 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, in¬ 
cluding 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 sec¬ 
tions 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 independ¬ 
ent of the shoe and of each other. This is the only success¬ 
ful 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, Plain, $110.00. Fertilizer Attachment Extra, $19.00 
Quality Our Watchword 
