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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
JOHNATHAN W. FARRINGTON, OF ALBA, TEXAS.
PLOW.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented March 10, 1908.
Application filed February 1, 1907. Serial No. 355,300.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JOHNATHAN W. FAR-
RINGTON, a citizen of the United States, re-
siding at Alba, in the county of Wood and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and
useful Plow, of which the following is a speci-
fication.
This invention has relation to plows or
harrows and it consists in the novel con-
10 struction and arrangement of its parts as
hereinafter shown and described.
The object of the invention is to provide
an implement of the character indicated
which is of the straddle row type and con-
15 sequently is adapted to work both sides of
the row simultaneously.
The implement consists primarily of a
pair of beams pivoted together at their for-
ward ends and which are secured together at
20 their rear portions by a cross member which
may be adjusted longitudinally of the beam
for increasing or decreasing the angle existing
between the beams. Handles are attached
to the cross member and provision is made
25 whereby the said handles may be swung
vertically and secured in elevated or lowered
positions. The said beams are provided
with teeth or other earth engaging members
to one of which is attached a bag filled with
30 sand or similar material which trails' upon
the ground and is adapted to roll and kill in-
sects.' The said cross member may be treat-
ed with a compound such as iodoform, car-
bolic acid and creosote or the like which
35 compound is mixed in crude coal oil or cot-
ton seed oil or some cheap body and de-
posited upon the branches of the plants as
the implement is drawn along the row and
which is adapted to destroy insects and pre-
40 vent the same from gathering upon the.
plant.
In the' accompanying drawing:--Figure .1
is a top plan view of the plow, and Fig. 2 is a
side elevation.of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear
45 elevation of same.
The implement comprises the beams 1, 1
which are pivoted together at their forward
ends' as at 2 and which are provided with
teeth 3 or other earth engaging members.
50 The cross member 4 is attached at its end
portions to the rear portions of the beams 1,1.Said cross member is made up of sections and
may be adjusted longitudinally of the beams
1 for the purpose of increasing or decreasing
the angle existing between the said beams..55
The said cross member consists of the sleeves
5 which are provided at their ends with the
plates 6. The plates 7 bear against the outer
sides of the beams 1 and the bolts 8 are lo-
cated above and below with said beams 1 and 0
secure the plates 6 and 7 together. The said
plates 6 and 7 and the bolts. 8 constitute
clamps for gripping the- beams 1 and ob-
viously may be adjusted longitudinally of
the said beam. The rod 9 fits within the in- 65
ner ends of the sleeves 5 'and is secured there-
in by the set screws 10. Said rod is provided
at its middle with a lug 11, the sides of which
are attached to the lower ends of the handles
12. It will thus be seen that by loosening 70
the set screws 10 that the.handles 12 may be
swung in a vertical plane and secured at a de-
sired height for operating the. implement to
advantage and with ease. The sleeve 13 is
attached to the beam 1 and the standard 14 75
passes through the said sleeve 14 and may be
adjusted vertically therein. The plate 15 is
attached to the lower end of the standard
portion and the bag 16 is attached to said
plate. The bag .16 is filled with sand or other 80
similar granular material. An insect de-
stroying compound such for instance as iodo-
form, carbolic acid and creosote may be
smeared upon the cross member 4 and as the
implement passes along the.row of plants the 85
upper branches of the plants will come .in
contact with the cross member 4 and wipe
some of the compound from the same. The
said compound will destroy insects and pre-
vent the same from accumulating upon the 90
plants. Also the plate 15 will work the sur-
face of the soil and the bag 16 trailing behind
the said plate will roll and destroy insects that
might be at or near the surface of the ground.
Having described my invention what I 95
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-
Patent is:-
A plow comprising beams pivoted together
1 at their forward ends, a cross member con-
necting the rear portions of the beams to- 100
gether, said member consisting of binate
sleeves each. having a clamping means whichNo. 881,391.
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Farrington, Johnathan W. Plow., patent, March 10, 1908; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513552/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.