The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-05-11
STARKS

oIAnNS
FORCE DROP CORN PLANT
Err and CHECK ROVER.
SPECIAL Po1NTs.-FORCE 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.
It forcibly thro,os the corn So
that it drops to the ground instant
ly when the lever is thrown, so thai,
it makes no difference whether
team is driven fast or slow, 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 ont of the ground
it is se}f-locking, thus avoiding the
usesof 4atchess4--=<s ; : .-sSe1s A, sss -
It has glass at the heel of th*
drop so that the driver can ut al;
times see the corn dropping.
The lock beingin the center. the
runners go uniform depth. Plan
ters that lock at the side run deep
or on one side than the other, when
the planter is locked in the ground
| The runners can he 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 tianges whicl,
makes the frame perfectly rigid
and exceedingly strong, and the
water does not settle in the joint
to rot the frame. This applies tc
the wood frame planter.
WE WILL, ON APPLICATION, send
by mail a model of the force drop
free of charge, to any person wit
contemplates buying a planter, sc
he can see just how the corn il
dropped.
I No CHA1Ns.-The annoyance oi
chains to run the machinery Who'll
ly avoided. Chains often break
wear out very quickly, especiall,
when the ground is dry and tht
dust flies, links gets lost, chain.
must be frightened, etc., and wher
chain is worn out, a new one mus
be had which may have to bt
waited for to come from the shop
Not chain about the Starks.
CHECK ROVER.
SPECIAL POINTS.
| Driver can throw off the wire a
end of field without leaving hi.
seat, by pulling the string attached
to latch and foot lever. .
This Check Rover is of the yer,
latest improvement, is adapted es.
pecially to our force drop planter
and the two together make til,
very best outfit for planting corr
to be found in the market. w,
defy any one to produce it's equal
| The wire is, when desired
thrown out of the check rover b,
the same operation that raises th'
planter front out of the ground, 8,
that the driver does not have Il
get off at the end of the row Il
take the wire out. ....-.
The check rover end being prac
tically all of wrought metal ther,
is no danger of breakage.
It is only a question of TIM
when it will take the place of al
the old style planters; this asser
tion may seem strong, but whe1
farmers find that with the Forc.
Drop Light Draft, Lock Level
Starks Planter, with it's perfec
check rover attachment, they ge
q machine that will do their worl
far better than it ever has bee,
done, that the machine will out
wear two of other kinds, and tina
they can save the price of the, ma
chine on every 100 acres planted
they will certainly buy this plante
and will not allow agents selling
other planters to persuade then
into buying other kinds. For sal,
by j. j. HUMISTON.s