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plants and prevent them from being covered
by the cultivator.
2. In a machine for thinning young
plants, the combination with a cultivator, of
5 a plant crushing drum provided with pe-
ripheral plant receiving pockets adapted to
preserve stands of young plants, a wheel
trailing behind the drum and provided with
cups positioned according to the pockets of
10 the drum, and means for causing the drum
and wheel to rotate in synchronism, the cups
of the wheel being successively positioned
over the stands of young plants to prevent
them from being covered by the cultivator.
15 3. In a machine for thinning young
plants, the combination with a cultivator, of
a plant crushing drum provided with pe-
ripheral plant receiving pockets adapted to
preserve stands of young plants, a wheel
20 trailing behind the drum and provided with
cups adapted to fit over the stands of young
plants to prevent them from being covered
by the cultivator, mud hooks upon the drum,
and gearing between the drum and wheel for
25 causing them to rotate in synchronism.
4. In a machine for thinning young
plants, the combination with a cultivator, of
an expansible plant crushing drum provided
with peripheral plant receiving pockets for
30 preserving stands of young plants, the pe-
ripheral distance between the pockets being
varied by expanding and contracting the
drum, and an expansible wheel trailing be-
hind the drum and carrying cups positioned
35 according to the pockets of the drum, the
wheel being adapted to be adjusted in a
manner corresponding to that of the drum
and the cups thereof being arranged to fit
over the stands of young plants and prevent
40 them from being covered with soil from the
cultivator.
5. In a machine for thinning young
plants, the combination with a cultivator, of
a plant crushing drum having the periphery
45 thereof formed of a series of segmental
blocks, said blocks being movable in and out
Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centsto vary the effective size of the drum and
being provided with plant receiving pockets
adapted to preserve stands of young plants,
and means trailing the crushing drum for 50
preventing the stands of young plants from
being covered with soil from the cultivator.
6. In a machine for thinning young
plants, the combination with a cultivator, of
a plant crushing drum having the periphery 55
formed of a series of segmental blocks which
are movable in and out to vary the effective
size of the drum and which are provided
with plant receiving pockets adapted to pre-
serve stands of young plants, each of the Go
segmental blocks carrying a plate which
overlaps the next adjacent segmental block
to bridge the space between the blocks when
the latter are expanded, and means trailing
behind the drum for preventing the stands 65
of young plants from being covered with
soil from the cultivator.
7. In a machine for thinning young
plants, the combination with a cultivator, of
a plant crushing drum having the periphery 70
thereof formed of a series of segmental
blocks which are movable in and out to vary
the efectie size of the drum and which are
provided with plant receiving pockets to
preserve the stands of young plants, a wheel 75
trailing behind the drum and including a
hub provided with radially disposed arms
which carry cups at their outer ends and
are adjustable in and out upon the hub to
vary the effective size of the wheel, and 80
means for causing the drum and wheel to
rotate in synchronism, the cups of the wheel
being adapted to fit over the stands of young
plants to prevent them from being covered
with loose earth from the cultivator. 85
In testimony whereof I have signed my
name to this specification in the presence of
two subscribing witnesses.
JC. CHRISTON GUNN.
itnesses:
T.E. ROBBINS,
P. G. GUNN.
each, by addressing the " Commissioner of Patents,
on, A. ,._.a
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Gunn, Jc. Christon. Cotton-Chopper., patent, April 24, 1917; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth857867/m1/4/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.