AN IMPROVED COMBINATION IMPLEMENT FOR TILLING LAND, DIGGING POTATOES, EXTRACTING STUMPS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE AGRICULTURAL PUR- POSES
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Haseltine, of the "International Patent
Office," Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of
"AN IMPROVED COMBINATION IMPLEMENT FOR TILLING LAND, DIGGING
POTATOES, EXTRACTING STUMPS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE AGRICULTURAL PUR-
POSES." A communication from abroad by James Parson Ross, of
Newark, New Jersey, United States of America.
Sealed the 17th March 1871, and dated the 12th January 1871.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said George Haseltine at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 12th January 1871, pursuant to the 9th Section
of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
HASELTINE, of the "International Patent Office," Southampton Build-
ings, London, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "AN IMPROVED
CONBINATION IMPLEMENT FOR TILLING LAND, DIGGING POTATOES, EXTRACTING
STUMPS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES," and have petitioned
Her Majesty to grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and have made solemn Declara-
tion that it has been communicated to me from abroad by James
Parson Ross, of Newark, New Jersey, United States of America.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Haseltine, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and
seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawing forming
a part of this Specification:-
This Invention relates to an agricultural implement which can be
used as a cultivator, a gang plough, a subsoil plough, a potato digger,
a grub hook, and also if desired as a stone digger which consists of a
short strong iron beam provided with a curved prong and with handles
in such a manner that by means of said prong a firm hold can be taken
of a stump, and by hitching horses to the beam the stump can be
pulled, and by connecting to the said prong a ploughshare of suitable
shape the implement is converted into a subsoil plough or into a corn
plough. With the beam are combined two adjustable side prongs
provided with detachable shares in such a manner that if the implement
is to be used as a stump puller or as a stone digger the side prongs give
an additional hold of the stump or stone to be moved, and by attaching
suitable shares to the side prongs a cultivator is obtained which can be
used with advantage for plants that grow on hills or in rows, and by
shifting the side prongs the cultivator can be converted into a gang
plough. When the centre prong is used with one side-share the
Iamant ants as a notato digger.

page_text: are detached views of the subsoil share. Similar letters indicate
corresponding parts throughout the Drawing.
A designates a short strong iron beam which is provided at one end'
with a clevis a, while its other end is curved downward to form a prong
B with a sharp point. To the beam A are secured two handles I which
swing on a pivot 6 and which can be adjusted up or down by means of
braces J connected to the beam A by a pivot c. By these braces the
handles are firmly retained in position and at the same time they can be
readily accomodated to the stature of the attendant. To the sides of the
beam A are secured two curved prongs C which can be readily attached
or detached as may be desired and which can be adjusted backward and
forward by means of holes d in the beam A.
If the implement is to be used as a stump puller the side prongs may
be taken off, and if the prong B is made to catch against a stump the
said stump can be pulled out of the ground. If the implement is to
be used as a stone digger the side prongs are attached to the beam A,
and by causing the three prongs to catch under a stone a firm hold on
the same is obtained so that it can be readily dug up. With the
prongs B and C may be connected shares D which are provided with
sockets d¹ to admit the prongs as shown in Figure 2. By attaching -
these shares to the prongs my implement is converted into a cultivator
and if the side prongs with their shares are removed the implement is
transformed into a corn plough. By adjusting the side prongs with
their shares as shown in Figure 3 the implement is converted into a
gang plough, and by removing one side prong and adjusting the other
in relation to the central prong as shown in Figure 4 a potato digger is
obtained.
In Figures 5 and 6I have shown a subsoil share D¹ which can be
attached to the prong B, Figure 5 showing a longitudinal section, and
Figure 6 an inverted plan. If my implement is to be used as a subsoil
plough the side prongs C are detached.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent I claim, —
First. The herein described implement consisting of a short strong
iron beam A provided with the curved prong B and the handles I, as set
forth.

page_text: Second. The combination of the above with the adjustable side prongs C
and detachable shares D or D¹, all constructed and arranged to operate
substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Haseltine, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Witness,
E. C. JACKSON.
GEORGE HASELTINE. (L.S.)