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Farmall 2- and 4-row
Cotton and Corn
Planters
I ERE are Farmall two- and four-row
cotton and corn planters that
can be variously equipped to meet
conditions wherever cotton is grown.
The cotton-seed feed is of the single-seed
type. The planting range with regular
plates is from 11 pounds to 2% bushels
per acre, and plates can be supplied for
larger quantities. Each hopper is supplied
with a corn cut-off and plates for planting
corn and Kaffir. Plates can be supplied
for many other seeds.
The No. F-56 two-row and the No. FA-57 four-row are
equipped with runners and press wheels, as shown in Illust. 61.
This is the type for planting in beds as is done in Mississippi,
Arkansas, and other sections.
The No. F-58 two-row and the
No. FA-59 four-row are equipped
with sweeps and covering
shovels, as shown in Illust. 63.
These are the planters for Texas
and other sections where it is the
practice to break down the beds
at planting time and deposit the
seed practically at soil level.
The seeding mechanism is
driven from the right tractor
wheel by sprocket and chain. A
slip clutch on the seed shaft
protects the hopper mechanism
should stones or other hard substances
get mixed with the seed.
The two-row planters may be
either hand lift or power lift. The
four-row planters are power-lift
Illust. 62. This hill-drill
attachment can he supplied
on special order for No. F-58
planters. There is a hill-drill
attachment for the F-56
which is driven by the press
wheels.
type only. To use the power
lift the tractor must be equipped
with tractor power-lift attachment.
Equipment available includes
peanut attachment, corn-
Farmall Nos. FA-74 and FA-75
4-Row Cotton Planters
The four-row planter shown at
the right has been a very popular
planter in the South where a pullbehind
planter is wanted. It can be
supplied either with the single-seed
type of mechanism, or the reversefeed
type in which the picker wheel,
revolving in a direction opposite
that of the agitator, effectively
separates the seed. Both types of
planters assure a uniform flow of
seed to the soil, the single seed-type
being more economical of seed.
Illust. 61. A No. FA-57 four-row cotton and corn planter. No. F-56 is the
two-row with the same type of ground equipment.
Illust. 63. The No. F-58 two-row cotton and corn
planter, end-lift type. It also can he supplied in
power-lift type. The four-row planter with this
same type of ground equipment is the FA-59.
bination corn-and-pea hoppers, marker attachment.
Spring-trip shovel coverers can be supplied
for F-58 and FA-59. Runner wings, dirt
shields, and 12-inch middle-buster bottoms can
be supplied for F-56 and FA-57.
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Illust. 64. The Farmall No. FA-74
four-row cotton and corn planter with
single seed hoppers. FA-75 is the same
except has reverse-feed hoppers.