IMPROVEMENTS IN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS FOR RIDGING OR MOULDING, FOR POTATO RAISING AND FOR HARROWING
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Paget Gillam Headly, Austin Hill, and Thomas
Warden, all of Leicester, in the County of Leicester, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS FOR RIDGING OR MOULDING,
FOR POTATO RAISING AND FOR HARROWING."
ealed the 13th April 1877, and dated the 18th November 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Paget Gillam Headly,
Austin Hill, and Thomas Warden at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents on the 18th November 1876.
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EDWARD PAGET GILLAM HEADLY, AUSTIN HILL, and THOMAS WARDEN, all of
Leicester, in the County of Leicester. IMPROVEMENTS IN AGRICULTURAL IMPLE-
MENTS FOR RIDGING OR MOULDING, FOR POTATO RAISING AND FOR HARROWING."
The Invention has for its object improvements in agricultural implements for
ridging or moulding, for potato, raising and for harrowing, and consists in combining
with the horizontal bars or beams of a general purpose steerage horse hoe with or
without lifting apparatus, moulding or ridging ploughs, potato raisers, and harrows.
Hitherto the several implements have been used on independent beams similar
in construction to ploughs.
Before we proceed to describe the nature of our Invention we will proceed to
describe the construction of the implement with which the several implements are
to be combined, as herein-after mentioned.
The general purpose steerage horse hoe to which we refer is made with a fore
carriage steerage, and fitted with a lift to raise it out of work at land's end, and
enable it to be moved from place to place without detaching any portion of its
mechanism.
The horizontal bars or beams which carry the hoe standards, and according to
our Invention the ridging bodies or potato raisers, slide through two cross heads or
couplings giving great facilities for moving the hoe standards, ridging bodies, or
potato-raisers-to-the usual-width-of-cropping.
The handles for steering (which also carry the horizontal bars or beams) are hung
upon a horizontal draught bar in front of forecarriage and can be regulated to any
width instantly, and by raising or depressing the draught bar (which is effected by
two lock nuts) the depth and evenness of hoeing, ridging, potato raising, and
harrowing, can be arranged at pleasure.

page_text: The above arrangements give the attendant entire control over the several
operations herein-after mentioned.
Our Invention consists, first, in attaching several ridging or moulding plough
bodies (which bodies consist of pointed or winged shares fitted to heads or stems
carrying light moveable steel, iron or wood mould boards) to the horizontal bars or
beams of a general purpose steerage horse hoe by means of the usual clips or
fastenings used for securing the hoes, the said clips having two set screws as here-
tofore, thus avoiding the possibility of any lateral movement of the implements
when in work.
Our Invention as applied to potato raising consists, secondly, in attaching several
grids or bars of open work in place of the mould boards to the ridging heads or
stems heretofore mentioned, also an additional tail piece or set of prongs to end of
slipe, thereby thoroughly separating the soil from the potatoes; by this means several
rows can effectually be lifted at once.
Our Invention consists, thirdly, in attaching several rotary spike or chain harrows
by means of draught chains or rods either to the horizontal bars or beams of the
machine, or to the iron brackets of the fore carriage heretofore mentioned, or to
other suitable part of the machine, to assist in separating the soil and bringing the
potatoes to the surface.
We desire it to be understood that our Invention is applicable to general purpose
horse hoes of the character above described, or to other horse hoes having two hori-
zontal bars or beams.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said Edward Paget Gillam Headly, Austin Hill, and Thomas Warden in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th May 1877.
"
EDWARD PAGET GILLAM HEADLY, AUSTIN HILL, and THOMAS WARDEN, all of
Leicester, in the County of Leicester. IMPROVEMENTS IN AGRICULTURAL IMPLE-
MENTS FOR RIDGING OR MOULDING, FOR POTATO RAISING AND FOR HARROWING."
The Invention has for its object improvements in agricultural implements for
ridging or moulding, for potato raising and for harrowing, and consists in com-
bining with the horizontal bars or beams of a general purpose steerage horse hoe
with or without lifting apparatus, moulding or ridging ploughs, potato raisers, and
harrows.
Hitherto the several implements have been used on independent beams, similar in
construction to ploughs.
Before we proceed to describe the nature of our Invention we will proceed to
describe the construction of the implement with which the several implements are
to be combined, as herein-after mentioned.
The general purpose steerage horse hoe to which we refer is made with a fore
carriage and steerage, and fitted with a lift to raise the hoes out of work at land's
end and enable the machine to be moved from place to place without detaching any
portion of its mechanism.
The horizontal bars or beams which carry the hoe standards, and according to
our Invention the ridging bodies or potato raisers, slide through two cross heads or
couplings, giving great facilities for moving the hoe standards, ridging bodies, or
potato raisers to the usual width of cropping.
The handles for steering (which also carry the horizontal bars or beams) are
hung upon a horizontal draught bar in front of fore carriage and can be regulated
to any width instantly, and by raising or depressing the draught bar (which is
effected by two lock nuts) the depth and evenness of hoeing, ridging, potato raising,
and harrowing can be arranged at pleasure.
The above arrangements give the attendant entire control over the several
operations herein-after mentioned,

page_text: Our Invention consists, first, in attaching several ridging or moulding plough
bodies (which bodies consist of pointed or winged shares fitted to heads or stems
carrying light moveable steel, iron or wood mould boards) to the horizontal bars or
beams of a general purpose steerage horse hoe by means of the usual clips or
fastenings used for securing the hoes, the said clips having two set screws as here-
tofore, thus avoiding the possibility of any lateral movement of the implements
when in work.
Our Invention as applied to potato raising consists, secondly, in attaching several
grids or bars of open work in place of the mould boards to the ridging heads or
stems heretofore mentioned; also an additional tail piece or set of prongs to end of
slipe, thereby thoroughly separating the soil from the potatoes; by this means several
rows can effectually be lifted at once.
Our Invention consists, thirdly, in attaching one or more rotary spike or chain
harrows by means of draught chains or rods either to the horizontal bars or beams
of the machine, or to the iron brackets of the fore carriage heretofore mentioned, or
to other suitable part of the machine, to assist in separating the soil and bringing
the potatoes to the surface.
And in order that our said Invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect, we will proceed, aided by the accompanying Drawings, more fully
to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents a plan, and Figure 2 a side elevation of a general purpose
steerage horse hoe of the character we prefer to employ in carrying our Invention
into effect. It is made with a fore carriage a and steerage b, and fitted with a
lift e to raise the hoes out of work at land's end and enable the machine to be
moved from place to place without detaching any portion of its mechanism.
The horizontal bars or beams d which carry the hoe standards e, and according
to our Invention the ridging bodies or potato raisers, slide through two cross heads
or couplings f and through the steering handles g, whereby great facility is obtained
for moving the hoe standards, ridging bodies or potato raisers to the usual or any
particular width of cropping. One of the cross heads or couplings f is shown drawn
to a larger scale at Figures 3 and 4.
The steering handles g are hung upon a horizontal draught bar h in front of fore
carriage. This draught bar, which is shown separately to a larger scale at Figure 5,
can be adjusted or regulated to any width by shifting the eyes or loops ¹ (see
Figure 2) in the slots ² (see Figure 5) and fixing them in the required positions by
lock nuts, and by raising or depressing the draught bar in the slots i (see Figure 2)
which is effected by lock nuts h³ (see Figure 5), the depth and evenness of hoeing,
ridging, potato raising and harrowing can be arranged at pleasure.
The above arrangements of machine give the attendant entire control over the
several operations herein-after mentioned.
Our Invention consists, first, in attaching several ridging or moulding plough
bodies, see Figures 6 and 7 (which bodies consist of pointed or winged shares j
fitted to heads or stems j¹, carrying light moveable steel, iron or wood mould
boards ) to the horizontal bars or beams d of a general purpose steerage horse hoe
by means of the usual clips or fastenings k, shown separately to a larger scale at
Figures 8, 9, 10, used for securing the hoes, the said clips k having two set screws k³,
as heretofore, thus avoiding the possibility of any lateral movement of the imple-
ments when in work.
Our Invention as applied to potato raising consists, secondly, in attaching several
grids or bars of open work 7 (see Figures 11, 12) to the ridging heads or stems j¹
heretofore mentioned; also an additional-tail-piece-or-set-of-prongs--to-end
slipe, thereby thoroughly separating the soil from the potatoes; by this means several
rows can effectually be lifted at once.
of
Our Invention consists, thirdly, in attaching one or more rotary spike or chain
harrows, one form of each of which is shown respectively at Figures 13, 14, 15, by

page_text: means of draught chains or rods either to the horizontal bars or beams d of the
machine, or to the iron brackets of the fore carriage heretofore mentioned, or to
other suitable part of the machine, to assist in separating the soil and bringing the
potatoes to the surface.
We desire it to be understood that our Invention is applicable to general purpose
horse hoes of the character above described, or to other horse hoes having two
horizontal bars or beams.
Having thus described. the nature of our said Invention, and the mode in which
we carry the same into effect, we would have it understood that what we claim is,
combining with the horizontal bars or beams of a general purpose steerage horse
hoe with or without lifting apparatus, moulding or ridging ploughs, potato raisers,
and harrows, in manner substantially as herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, we, the said Edward Paget Gillam Headley, Austin Hill,
and Thomas Warden, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Sixteenth
day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy-seven.
Witness,
JAMES V. VIPAN.
E. P. G. HEADLY. (L.S.)
AUSTIN HILL.
(L.S.)
THOS. WARDEN. (L.S.)