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Seed Planter.
Description
Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design "entirely do[es] away with the use of belts in the operation of the two dropping-cylinders, so that there will be no slipping of the belts upon the pulleys, and thus caus[ing] the seed[s] to be planted at different distances apart" (lines 22-27).
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Inventor
Ward, Michael
Ward, M., of Ashland, Texas, assignor of two-thirds of his right to Wm. J. Mullins and John S. Shadden, of same place, one-third to each.
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Description
Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design "entirely do[es] away with the use of belts in the operation of the two dropping-cylinders, so that there will be no slipping of the belts upon the pulleys, and thus caus[ing] the seed[s] to be planted at different distances apart" (lines 22-27).
Physical Description
[2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,514, dated August 24, 1880. Application filed June 29, 1880. (No model.)"