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 Corn Hopper 
 
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 Fll'"1 ^' vcars ago "Tlu- Man with the Hoc" and the 
 woman too, with bent hacks and aching liones 
 planted the corn crop of this great country. Une 
 (if the carlv stcjis toward tlic rcHef of this conchtion 
 was the invention of the Empire ( )ne-Row L'orn Drill. 
 
 'J'he construction is simple and strong. Made en- 
 Virelv of steel, cast, malleahles and wrought iron, except 
 the handles, the material is distributed in such a man- 
 ner as to give the greatest strength with least possible 
 weight. iligh-class material only is used, and both 
 workmanship and material is included in the broad and 
 liberal guarantee of first-class service. Especial care 
 is devoted to selection of steel shoes, hoes and disks. 
 Seed plates are f|uickly and easily changed and by a 
 siiuple device, plates of varying thickness may also be 
 used. I he many years of great popularity with farmers who have use for such a tool 
 is due to its unusual reliabUity. Unchanged in basic principles, the luupire of today 
 retains its original simplicity, effectiveness and great durability. 
 
 DIFFERENT STYLES. Plain Drills an! I'ertilizer Drills are supplied in Shoe, Disk 
 (ir Ihie styles to meet soil rei|nirements uf difterent locahties. 
 
 Shoes' are made with hmg ground line, gradually up-turning at point, easy to guide 
 and steady in action. The rear flanges open a lv4-inch trench for seed and i)revent (hrt 
 from tilling in before seed has reached the luiltom, thus insuring an even plantmg and 
 covering. 
 
 Double disks are reallv rolling shoes. Thev join at the front, standing apart at the 
 rear and oi.cn a trench a little wider than the shoe. Bearings are chilled, very smooth, 
 hard and durable. Draft is light and work in trashy fields especially satisfactory. 
 
 Hoes ha\e case-hardened steel points and are preceded by a steel knife coulter to 
 assist in opening the furrow. 'Idle hoe is an especially simple and strong device. 
 
 Driving feed rods, s(|uare steel shafts, connect the ground wheel to ring gear be- 
 neath the hopper for turning the seed plates. .\ similar device is used for revolving 
 the fertilizer feed cone, it i)eing located on the opposite side of the ground wheel. 
 Adequate adjustment is provided bv which the bevel gears on feed rod can be (|uickly 
 and positively adjusted. Absolutely certain and unhesitating in action under all ccni- 
 ditions, this device is particularly satisfactory when heavy, sticky fertilizer is M,wn. 
 
 Corn hoppers on plain drills are of sheet iron sides with cast top and bottom, 
 side is bent inward to give drix'er a clear view of corn passing to the outlet, 
 plates revolve toward the brush cut-off, which permits 
 but the one kernel chambered in the hole of seed plate 
 to pass out nf the hopper. luich seed is carried to the 
 top of the see<l tul;)e, where a knocker insures its prompt 
 delivery to the trench. 
 
 Metal cut-offs are supplied wdien ordered, but lirush 
 cut-offs are recommended. Seed plates with ten holes 
 are regularlv shipped with ])lain and fertilizer Shoe 
 Drills, ten-hole plates in jilain hoe and disk, twelve- 
 hole ijlates with fertilizer hoe and disk drills. Extra 
 plates with a greater or less number of holes may be 
 procured fur dropping at si)ecial distances not possible 
 with regular ecjuipment. 
 
 .\n attachment for drilling Snrglium and other 
 small seeds is attached to each machine. 
 
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 Corn Hopper, Inside View, Showing 
 Seed Plate and Brush Cut-Ofi. 
 
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 Empire Plain Shoe Corn Drill. 
 
 Kmi)irc Shoe Drills h;i\c three ehan^es of speed on the 20-incli o-round wheel for 
 l)olh plain and ferlilizer drills. The two fertilizer cones, regularly shipped, give si.\ 
 qnantitv speeds for fertilizer. The two pinions for seed hopper with l)oth plain and 
 fertilizer drills provide for dropping distances of S, 12, IS, 20 and .iU inches without 
 change from tendmle plates. 
 
 Empire Fertilizer Shoe Corn Drill. 
 
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 Fertilizer and Corn Hopper Combined, Rear View. 
 
 Empire Drills for drilling corn 
 and fertilizer at the same operation 
 are c<|uipped with a two-comjiartnient 
 sheet iron hopper. The left side is 
 devoted to corn and employs similar 
 plates and cut-offs, described on a 
 previous page. The right compart- 
 ment is for drilling fertilizer and is 
 equipped with an improved type of 
 Marks feed, which has been stand- 
 ard with fertilizer sowers for so many 
 years that its construction is gener- 
 ally understood. In the bottom of 
 the fertilizer compartment a revolv- 
 ing cup is located which is turned 
 by the feed shaft gear. Inside the 
 cup is a stationary cone having an 
 eccentric opening or lip in one side. 
 The cone is closed at the top with lip 
 opening near the revolving bottom 
 of cup. In motion, the cone is at 
 all times gathering the fertilizer 
 from the revolving cup and delivering it in a steady stream. One revolution of the cup 
 will deliver a certain quantitv of fertilizer. To increase or diminish the quantity sown, 
 it is only necessary to increase or diminish the speed of the cup. This is easily ac- 
 complished by using the different rings of cogs on ground wheel by means of the slid- 
 ing pinion on feed shaft. Douljle quantity cones can be supplied if desired. 
 
 The seed and fertilizer both are 
 discharged in plain sight of the oper- 
 ator. At all times it can be seen 
 that the machine is doing the work 
 properly and the hoppers are not 
 empty, a feature greatly appreciated 
 by operators. 
 
 The ordinary capacity of fertil- 
 izer feed is from 50 to 250 pounds 
 per acre, depending somewhat upon 
 condition of fertilizer. Farmers famil- 
 iar with fertilizer know that different 
 brands, heavy or light, cannot be 
 handled in exactly the same amounts. 
 Above quantity based on fertilizer 
 weighing about two pounds per (|uart. 
 
 Pea Attachments consisting of a 
 special seed plate working with the 
 retaining cap may be obtained for 
 drilling stock peas from the fertilizer 
 hopper. By this simple arrangement 
 lioth corn and peas may be drilled at 
 same time and in same row. 
 
 Fertilizer and Corn Hopper Combined, Inside View. 
 
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 Empire Plain Disk Corn Drill. 
 
 Empire Disk Drills have five changes of speed on the 22j2-inch ground wheel on 
 plain and fertilizer drills, giving five changes of fertilizer quantities. With ten-hole 
 seed plate in plain drills, or twelve-hole in fertilizer drills, single kernels of corn may be 
 dropped 8, 10, 12, 17 or 25 inches apart. 
 
 Empire Fertilizer Disk Corn Drill. 
 
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 Empire Plain Disk Corn Diill with Covering Wheel. 
 
 Disk and Iloe Drills, holli ]il;iin and fertilizer, may he sti|)|>lieil with covering or 
 press wheels in place of lilade coverers. \\heels are 11' j inches in diameter, 4>^-inch 
 concave rim and 5-inch hnh. Made of cast iron and weigh twelve ijounds. Supplied 
 with scraper and frame ready to attach. 
 
 Empire Plain Hoe Corn l)iill with Covering Wheel. 
 
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 Empire Plain Hoe Coin Drill. 
 
 (irdiind wheels 22,'j inches in diameter are used nn I'jnpii'e lloe Drills, liulh |ilain 
 and fertilizer, both sides of wheel being' supplieil with li\e rings of cogs. Fixe differ- 
 ent quantities of fertilizer ma}' be sown. Plain drills with ten-hole seed ])late, and fer- 
 tilizer drills with twelve-hole seed plate will distribute single kernels of corn 8, 10, 12, 
 17 or 2? inches between kernels. 
 
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Manufactured by 
 THE AMERICAN SEEDING-MACHINE COMPANY 
 
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 RICHMOND. INDIANA. U. S. A. 
 
 Sold by 
 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF AMERICA 
 
 { Incorporated) 
 
 CHICAGO USA 
 
For further information write International Harvester Company of America 
 Chicago, III., or write our nearest branch house. 
 
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