Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-03-14
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Double.row hand Corn.planter.

DOuble.row hand Corn-pRnter.
CornS the most Important gsin Of this
country. BY looking over the censhs of 1850,
we find that there were six times rs many bu-
shells Of corn raised in the United States, as
Of wheat. The amount raised in the United
States, in 1850, was. in round numbers SIX
hundred million bushels. This on an average
Of forty bushels per acre, would require nj
teen million acres OF land, and near twenty
four thousand years labor to plant it, allowing
two acres for u days work, which is as much
as can be done by the old method, taking the
different parts Of the country together. This
would cost, at two hundred dollars 4 year
(small wages, board included), four million
eight hundred thousand dollars.
As one Of the great ones of earth said, lie
who caused two blades of grass to grow
where one grew before, is a benefactOr to the
world" so we consider the inventor who
produces an Improvement by which a years
labor is saved, is also a public benefactor for
that year can be employed for the physical,
mental, and moral improvement of mankind,
and the pecuniary wealth of earth remains as
great as before.
Randall g. Jones have invented a Double
Row Corn Planting Machine, which received
the first premium at the Wisconsin and Iowa
t1iNAE AlIHy Ulu az Nll NOuliNI Ihlio INAob ailh
West, where il has been presented the past
fall. We quote as follows:
"The weight of The machine is only from
eight to ten pounds, and from eight to twelve
acres can be planted with it in a day, rs east.
ly as one or two with n hoe. The process OF
working il is very simple, and can be learned
in five minutes by any persons of ordinary
capacity. The boxes in front, are filled with
corn. Then simply pressing the lower black
points into the ground and pushing down the
levers, as represented in the cut, does all tn,
work, separates the corn from the mass, drop
and covers il at an adjusted ard uniform
depth in the soil. Thus, by just setting dow
the machine, raising and moving forward, a
operation which 4 person can repeat FROM THU
~ 10 fifty times per minute, on smooth lane
aud from thirty to forty, on rough, two row
are dropped and covered faster and more ace
ratcly than one row can be dropped by ham
And its merits as n labor-saVing machiT
does not end vt planting, but reaches fur in
cultivuting. A large number Of farmers wi
have used il, testify that they cultivate tbs
corn without the use Of hoe, just as clean
rs they hitherto did with it. This is due
its accuracy in check-rowing and close plan
ing 10 the hill.
Its perfect adaptation toall conditions a
cOns'StcncleS OF sou renderS us use PRAGUE
bic IN every part Of the country, and it can
used as we'll on rough MS smooth ground
proportion to hoe planting.
''Dealing with the ground only where
hiR is to be made, it cannot be choked
clogged, like the old wheel and gear or plor
method. 1t is very simple-there are but
movable pieces besides the levers in the VIII
machine. There ure no slides, valves,
springs, 10 get out OF order. II is very dl
BILE m all parts, and so adjustable that it
plant at any width, or depth, or, on an aver
any number of kernels of any size. 1t is
alone adapted TO corn, bat can be used 10
good advantage for broom-corn, peas, be-
&c., &c. Its planting is uniform, never pl
ing deep Gt one time and shallow at anotl
II presses the earth beneath the seed and
upon il, thus facilitating the sprouting of
germ, and leaving tho blade free to q
while the root has an opportunity to &c
firm hold.
by n general use ofthis planter in the
ted States, ut least three million dollars W
te saved in painting alone an amount
cirnt to give every Public School IN the U
over sixty dollars, or enough TO place n n
paper in every family in our country.
Randall a. Jones manufacture for the
England and Western States, and +. r. j.
for New York, Pennsylvania, and the rel
the Atlantic States. The price in all par
the country is $50"