Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1910 — Barkley Township Man Secures Patent on Disc and Cultivator. [ARTICLE]

Barkley Township Man Secures Patent on Disc and Cultivator.

John C. Maxwell, of Barkley township, has just secured letters patent on a combined disc and surface cultivator that seems to have a great deal of merit. Mr. Maxwell did not ask for a patent until he had constructed a full sized machine and tried it out for himself. The disc knife is so attached to the cultivator blades that it makes it possible to get close to small and weed surrounded corn without injury to the corn and it is said there has long been a demand for just this kind of a piece of machinery. The merit of the patent was recognized in the patent office and the patent was issued upon application. As to how it will be manufactured or its sale effected, Mr. Maxwell has not yet decided. In fact, the patent has just been granted and Mr. Maxwell has not yet undertaken any means to manufacture or sell.