Improvement in Machine for Cutting Stalks in the Field Preparatory to Plowing.
Description:
Patent for improvement in machine for clearing cotton and corn-fields of the stalks after the crops have been gathered by “providing a revolving drum or roller with knives, set spirally around it, which cut the stalks of cotton or corn-fields into pieces of any desired length, for the purpose of being plowed under the surface for fertilizing, by rolling it over them.” (Lines 14-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 4, 1869
Creator:
Wright, Reuben
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