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is connected at its upper end to the pivoted
hand-lever Ii. This lever is also held in posi-
tion by the stops h'i', whichlatter respectively
hold the shovel N up above the surface of the
5 ground and down in any operative position.-
By simply depressing the rear end of lever R
the rod Q is elevated, which also elevates the
ounter end of the rocking lever P and depresses
its inner end, and consequently lowers the
io shovel SN.
8 is the seed-box, situated on top of lthe
frmne, and provided in its lower face with an
opening through which the seed is continu-
misly fed by resolving ied-rollers itnated iin-
15 side of the box. The shaft i of the lower feed-
roll projects beyond the box S at both ends,
and is provided on such projecting ends with
sprocket-wheels, one of which is connectedto
a similar sprocket wheel seen red on the upper
20 shaft, i', by suitable chain-connection, while
the sprocket-wheel on the opposite side is con-
nected to the sprockel-wheel T on the aaIle B
bythedrive-chainT'. Any suitablefeed-rollers
cran be employed which will feed a predeter-
25 nined amount of seed in a given space while
the machine is moving forward, and cut off the
supply wlen tile lachielc is al a standstill.
IU are two depending arms secured to the
fraae A back of the shovel-plow N. Each
30 arm U is provided near its lower end with an
oblong slot, j, in which the journals of the
mnarkiung-wheel V rest and move. This wheel
is nailde of any suitable metal, or combined
wood and metal. and is provided in its pe-
35 riphery, at suitable intervals, with the open
slots or recesses t, the functions of which will
be hereinafter described. The slots j in the
aruns U enable the heavy wheel V to rise and
fall with the inequalities in the surface of the
4 ground, and consequently exerently essi-l eve press-
ure at all times.
WV is the driver's seat.
Having described all the parts of the m1a-
cbine, I will now proceed to describe its oper-
45 ation.
'Tle plow and sweeps are first lowered to op-
crative positions and the machine is started
forward. The plow N makes the furrow, and
the rolary motion of the axle B turns the roll-
50 ers in the seed-box and automatically drops
the seed into the furrow thus formed. 'The
heavy wheel is preferably removed during this
operation, and the two sweeps following on be-
hind cover the furrow and cultivate the land
55 for about twenty inches on each side thereof.
As the seed is planted in a continuous row, it
is necessary to bunch or hill the young plants,
and to accomplish this end I either remove
the sho-vel plow N or elevate it sufficiently
60 above the yonng plants so as not to interfere
therewith. The seed -box can also beremoved,
if desired: but as no seed is placed therein it
is not absolutely necessary.
If the heavy wheel V has been removed, it
65 should now be placed in position, and the ma-
chineis inreadinessto "bunch" .the plaits. A
position over a row of young plants is takenso that the large wheel V will run thereoni.
As the machine is moved forward this wheel
revolves, and the plants entering the recesses 70
in tie said wheel are not disturbed, while those
under the portions of the wheel between the
recesses are mashed into the ground and coa-
ered up by the sweeps which follow in the wake
of the wheel V. 75
The seed-box and wheel V can be removed
from the machine, and a walking or riding cul-
tivator isformed. The wheel V,being heavy,
revolves by contact with thle ground, and by
being free to move vertically runs evenly re- So
gardless oft.lhe inequalities ofthe ground. The
solid parts in the periphery of the wheel, being
twelve, eighteen, or twenty inches in length,
bury the cotton from one to oie and a half
inches below the surface of the ground, and 85
the sweeps coming on behind over the buried
cotton up, leaving the cotton that entered the
recesses standing at regular intervals inl
bmiches twelve eighteen, or twenty inches
apart. 90
My improvement is simple in -construction,
is easy of operation, and can be manufactured
at a comparatively small cost.
I am aware that a roller has been journaled
in elongated slots to allow the roller to follow 95
the uneven surfaces of the ground, and I amL
also aware that a cotton-plauter has been pro-
vided with a wheel journaled in a frame, said
wheel being provided with recesses and with
cutters between the recesses for chopping off oo
the cotton, and hence I would have it under-
stood that I make no claim to such construc-
tion of parts.
Having fully described my invention, iwhal
I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters io5
Patent, is-
1. It a cotton-planter, the combination,
with the supporting-frame, of a wheel jour-
naled in vertically -elongated slots, said wheel
being provided with separate segmental see- io
tions having smooth peripheries, and with re-
cesses between said segments, substantially as
set forth.
2. In a cotton-planter, the combination,
wiith the horizontal bar D, hangers F, secured 155
to said bar in a laterally-adjustable manner,
and beans provided with sweepspivotedto the
lower ends of said hangers, of the lever K for
raising and lowering the beams, substantially
as set forth. 120
3. In a cotton-planter, the combination,
with the horizontal bar D, hanger F, and beam
N. pivoted at its forward end to the hanger.
of the hanger P', horizontal rocking lever P,
rod Q, and adjusting-lever, substantially as set 125
forth.
In testimony whereof I have signed this
specification ini the presence of two subscrib-
ing witnesses.
EDWARD D. CARTER.
Witnesses:
Ww. C. CRmRS,
H. Z. Wionanoa.
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Carter, Edwards D. Cotton Planter, patent, June 5, 1883; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170552/m1/4/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.