The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-02-14
WAkEFlELD'S .
HAND CORN PLANTER.

PATENTED July 25th, 1854, CHAS. A
L WAKEFIELD, Piainfeld, Mass, This imnIimsr
Is deskrcd Tor planting Corn, broon-coru, beans an
sm'r Se;ds' IL Is Carried and used US cane or walk
lnS-suek; requiring no delay aud no additional ma
hon or oforl Is adap ted for planting in rocky and nm
even ground, aud IN all kinds Of soil Is easily adjust
cd to plant al any required depth aud 10 crop any re
qulred huMb1rVf seeds in b hill.
1be method " mode by which the seed IL nlonts
with this Plantcr is new, and il Is believed uo.sess
auvahages over every other, not only in facility
use, Dul IN hisenlrg germnation. The seed is fare
edb pressure 0biYaeIg from the su E,cr of L. rn,
to The required depth, thus ensuriug fhe imneo nt
absorption OF moisture, BY bringing into perfect pt
hard coatact with the soil under and around H. will,
the earth falling loosely over cannot o,,ru.t m,
coming up and growth of the blade "
Inc fIdh'er is simply IN consruction-nOt liable to
the farmer only five dolars which price he can ntfrG
TO pays II used only for planting in common Ca r,In
WIN thls mplement, ono acre of ssn Ge pui,tet
III Tue most perfect manner in 0ne hour. =
The attention OF tile farming community ia solicited
TO careful and critical examination of This imTnvr
meht as its advantages arc apparent, obvaDg every
into common use.
ANY person d sireus of securing rights, or wishing
rthef ihtor'atoh respecting the Plufter, may ud.
dress the pateLtec: or A. b. lNINlI PaiuiielI MIS-
ms Is 10 GETTY that have planted four ncr,s nj
Corn " tin O. "a. "A. Wdkcicd's hand corn puntef. -
II works wrli and plants to my satisfaction.
CharlcmOhI, Mass. june, 1854, RUS W ELL RICE
haVii used Wakcnald's hand corn planter the I'm
Spihs or panting corn, and have obs ,rved the even,
hess ana uior nlll with which the thus planted
cohss up, We are prepared to say that tho plut.r ns
B; A. Fnrnsworth, Elias Upton, Charlcmunt.
Nm. NJ Maxwell, T. White, Jos. White, Heath.
FRESHMAN Shaw, Minot svning &c. Clapp, l.. Camn,
0ets; w. nenri iys sna%, Wm. = Sn-Iuck, PIanded.
We, tho Undersigned, ha ling nur,.busr,I nd sd ,
our farms, the pat Spring, Wakef, Ids hand corr
planter say that corn is we'll planted with il as il is
usually by the common method, ~ ~" " 80
=, Ashton Carter, s. b. Upton, J. S. Albcc, w. H.
"'ee. .,,. Charlemont, June 1854.
had about one acre Of corn planted last Spring in
ne most satisfactory and perfect manner with Wak,-
held's Hand Corn Planter. The ground WAS outa wet
and lumpy. ,i 1T f Wv
plainfelJ, Aug. 20, 1854 GEO. ylNING
We, the unae, signed, had corn planted with Wake.
htids haid corn planter In fields last Sprp as Mn
experiment, side by side with that planted in t6e COM
mon manner. Ths corn planted very much castcr
with the planter and quito us we'll.
Freeman Hamlin, OrsOn S. White. Lorenzo w Jov
Levi Cook, Joshua +. Rude. Plainfeld. JuIy Is51
~ we planted our corn last spring with WakeHeld,s
nan nand Corn rlnnser; Although barn-yard manure
CURED depth witL hoe, tho Planter saved, one.h.I,
u time and Labor, and oar corn was never pIantsd
more to our sati. faction. l,. .. -. P"
William Robinson, Daniel McCov Ar,;, Mt
PlaiLf I'D, Aug % 1854. a..0 - ''1'A'
/ have used Wakefeld's Hand Corn Planter s,r
planning ten acres OF corn; and certify that il plunts
~ salts factor! manner. ba7. ....,.. y F'""'''
HeatA, June 10, 1854. Iose,h wh;,a !
"aEeieids Hand Corn Platter was used Inst Srrino
or planting several rows of corn in my dsId. Ths
'Orn thus planted came up more evenly ind Two ,l,v
With hoe. - . - y y - N ''' '"i''0 u's
planaeld, Aug. a5 1854. Jacob p,o,
ny eoin and Deans were planted last Spring with
Plalntfeld, Aug 25 1854. DayiI Shan
y nave planted ten acres Of the WakeHeld,s n and
mas also been used By several others in this
lcihty: nave heard but one opinion EXPRESSED
oncerning IT, either by those who have used il pr seem
70 cornlcds planted with il, namely, that it plants