McCormick-Deering Farmall Tractors and ... - Antique Farming

Bursting Middles 18 to 20
Acres a Day—Easy Work
with a FARMALL
ANY thousands of these Farmall middle
busters are working in the fields of the South
-VI and Southwest. They make, when attached
to the F-20 or F-30, a compact outfit that is mighty
easy to handle. The beams are quite long, and the
bottoms work independently of the tractor, thus
assuring uniform depth of work. Pressure springs can
be supplied to put additional pressure on the bottoms
Illust. 41. The No. 4 Farman middle buster.
It is especially designed fur skip-row bursting
or re-listing or working over or building
up beds.
Lister-Drill
Attachment
Illust. 42. This listerdrill
attachment can be
supplied for Nos. 3 and 4
Farman middle busters.
One of these units is
attached to each beam.
For
F-20 and
F-30
Farmalls
Illust. 40. The Farman No. 3 middle buster, hand-lift type.
It is also built in power-lift type for use with F-20 and F-30
tractors when equipped with power-lift attachment.
Illust. 43. The No. 4 middle buster
with center-beam attachment and
sweeps.
Illust. 44 (Left). The No. 3 Farmall buster
equipped with cotton planting attachment.
A similar attachment with corn
hoppers can be supplied. These attachments
are also adapted to planting various
feed crops.
to give penetration when the ground is unusually
hard. One of the reasons for the popularity of the
implement is the simplicity of it, which makes it
possible to manufacture a first-grade implement at
a comparatively low price.
Another reason for the popularity of these Farmall
busters is their adaptability to different kinds of
work. This applies especially to the No. 3 straightbeam
buster, for which planting attachments
are available. One of these attachments
is adapted to planting either cotton or
corn, while the other is equipped with regular
corn hoppers which use flat, edge, or
whole-hill-drop plates. Both attachments
can be supplied with plates for Kaffir corn,
milo maize, etc.
The No. 4 buster is a modification of the No. 3,
the beams being offset to put two full row-widths
between the bottoms. It is used as a two-row buster
or, by adding the center-beam attachment, can be
used as a three-row buster.
The regular 14-inch middle-buster bottoms have
hard steel molds and solid steel shares.
Lister bottoms with hard or solid steel
molds and solid steel shares can be supplied
on special order. Other bottom equipment
is available, including bottoms with 18-,
20-, and 22-inch shares. Equipment also
available includes bedding sweeps, rolling
coulters, marker attachment, and springtrip
attachment.
The McCormick-Deering dealer in the
sections where these implements are used
will be glad to show you the machines
and tell you all about them.
Illust. 45. Skid attachments like these
can be supplied for Nos. 3 and 4 Farmall
middle busters.