The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-05-18
STARKS
FORCE DROP CORN PLANT
Err and CHECK ROVER

Err and CHECK ROVER. i.
SPECIAL POINTS DROP!
WROUGHT METAL WHEELS! IRON
SEED BOXES! CENTER Lock LEVER!
VERY LIGHT DRAFT!
Runners can either be locked in
the ground or depth regulated by
the drivers feet.
1t forcibly throws the corn So
that it drops to the ground instant
ly when the lever is thrown, SO that
it makes no difference whether
team is driven fast or SOW, or by
jerks.
Will plant corn in straight rows
both ways, whether team goes fast
or slow. This alone will save the
price of planter for every 100 acres
of corn planted, by not having corr
destroyed in cultivating.
When raised out of the ground
it is self-locking, thus avoiding the
use of latches.
It has glass at the heel of the
! drop so. that the driver can at all
times see the corn dropping.
The lock Eeingin the center, the
runners 60 uniform depth. Plan
ters that lock at the side run deep
or on one side than the other, when
the Flanteris locked in the ground.
The runners can be detached in
a few moments by taking out two
bolts, and can thus be readily shar-
pened.
In the joints on the frame is an
iron plate with fanges which
makes the frame perfectly rigid
and exceedingly strong, and the
water does not settle in the Joint
to rot the frame. This applies to
the wood frame planter.
WE WILL, ON APPLICATION, send
by mail a model of the force drop,
free of charge, to any person who
contemplates buying a planter, so
he can see just how the corn is
dropped.
| No CHA1Ns.-The annoyance of
chains to run the machinery who'll
ly avoided. Chains often break,
wear out very quickly, especially
when the ground is dry and the
dust flies, links gets lost, chains
must be tightened, ETC., and when
chain is worn out, a new one must
be had which may have to be
waited for to come from the shop.
Not a chain about the Starks.
CHECK ROVER.
SPECIAL POINTS.
Driver can throw off the wire at
end of field without leaving his
seat, by pulling the string attached
to latch and foot lever.
This Check Rover is of the very
latest improvement, is adapted es-
pecially to our force drop planter,
and the two together make the
very best outfit for planting corn
to be found in the market. We
defy any one to produce it's equal.
The wire is, when desired,
thrown out of the check rover by
the same operation that raises the
planter front out of the ground, so
that the driver does not have to
get off at the end of the row to
take the wire out.
The check rover end being prac-
tically all of wrought metal there
is no danger of breakage. 80. 49,:
It is only a question of time
when it will take the place of all
the old style planters; this asser-
t1on may seem strong, but when
farmers find that with the Force
Drop Light Draft, Lock Lever
Starks Planter, with it's perfect
check rover attachment, they get
a machine that will do their work
far better than it ever has been
done, that the machine will out
wear two of other kinds, and that
they can save the price of the ma
chine on every 100 acres planted,
they will certainly huy this planter
and will not allow agents selling
other planters to persuade them
into buying other kinds. For sale
by j. d. HUMISTON. {:
Farmers bring yonr, eggs to the
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