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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
LUDIA H. HODGES, OF TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN WHEEL-CULTIVATORS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,004, dated October 10, 1876; application filed
July 20, 1875.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, LUDIA H. HODGES, of
the county of Tarrant and State of Texas,
have invented a new and useful Machine for
Plowing, to be known as the " Lone Star Cul-
tivator and Break-Plow;" and I hereby de-
clare that the following is a full, clear, and
exact description of the construction and op-
eration of the same, reference being had to
the annexed drawing, making part of this
specification.
Letter A represents the tongue, which con-
sists of two wooden pieces united at the front
extremity. Each piece is secured to a cross-
beam, B, at x x', elevated, preferably, two feet
above the line of the axle C, and forming the
center part of said axle.
The axles are made of iron, which elbow
perpendicularly upward at a suitable dis-
tance from the inside of each wheel, and
pass through the cross-beam B and tongue
at x and x', and are secured to said cross-
beam B by nuts at the top of each, thus
making the said cross-beam B at top a part
of the extension of the axle between the
wheels. The tongue extends in rear of this
cross-beam B, to the ends of which are at-
tached a flat iron bar, H, crooked at either low-
er extremity for a hook on which to suspend
the two double plows P' P' in turning at the
end of the row or when otherwise not needed
in the ground. Through the top of said iron
bar H are two loops, 1 and 2, through which
the lines pass. To either end of the cross-
beam B is attached a staple and spring, s,
which secures a wooden gage or arm, G, to
the outer extremity of which gage G is hinged
a marker, m, for the purpose of laying off
corn-rows.
At the shoulder-boxing of each wheel the
axle is made to pass through an iron bar, E,
which bar extends upward at right angles to
the axle, and, passing through the cross-beam
B at G, is secured by a nut at the top. An
iron brace, F, extends from the crook of the
axle to the inside of the tongue. A second
brace of same size and material extends from
each outer upright bar E' E' to the outside of
the tongue, and is secured along with the
other brace by a bolt passing through the
tongue at v. A reversible clevis, K, is sus-pended between the upright bar E and the
upright portion of the axle by means of two
bolts, j . Said clevis has three holes, o o o,
in it at top and bottom to receive the clevis-
pin g. The bolts which secure it in place are
inserted, preferably, one inch from one side
and two inches from the other, so that the
clevis can be turned over at will, thus elevat-
ing or depressing the end of the plow-beam.
The bolts which confine the clevis in position
can be elevated or lowered, there being two
or more holes, o o, two inches apart in the
opposite sides of the upright clevis-frame de-
scribed, thus enabling the operator, by the
turning of the clevis over and by the shifting
of it in position on the frame, to lower or ele-
vate the plow-beam one inch at a time over a
range of three or more inches. The three
holes o o o in the nine-inch clevis enables the
operator to bring the plows nearer together
or farther apart six inches with each clevis,
making twelve inches lateral variance for the
two double plows. To each clevis-bolt is at-
tached an iron rod, R, which acts as a washer
to the outer side of the clevis, and which pro-
ject in front of the wheel, and to the end of
which is attached the single-tree n. The outer
and front end of said iron rod R is braced to
the upper cross-beam by means of a chain,
which prevents the single-tree from falling to
the ground. The plows L are of steel, prefer-
ably, four and one-half inches wide by twelve
inches in length, turned down on the bar side
three-quarters of an inch, so as to act as a
brace against the square helve, to which it is
attached and secured by means of a single
bolt. This turning down on the bar side
strengthens the plow. Either plow can be
fitted on either helve by reason of the one
bolt and side brace. Four or more plows can
be used, two right-hand and two left-hand.
The wooden helves i are straight and bolted
in pairs to two beams, P, and secured by side
braces of iron, the brace and bolt in each case
forming but one piece. The helve-rod Q is
bolted to the beam, with a block inserted to
throw it out in line with the plow, and passes
through the helve with a tap or nut on either
side of the helve, by means of which the
helve can be lowered or elevated at pleasure.
The side blocks, one and one-half inch thick,
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Hodges, Ludia H. Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators., patent, October 10, 1876; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166595/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.