Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved agricultural distributor including a hopper having a side wall structure and bottom and a plurality of spaced apart openings provided therein for dispensing material from said hopper. A cam type rotary flow control plate is rotatively secured to the bottom of said hopper adjacent said openings for simultaneously controlling the flow rate of material from said hopper by controlling the effective opening area of respective openings. Provided within said hopper is a plurality of spaced apart gear wheels that are rotatively driven during the operation of the distributor such that the gear wheels generally agitate the material within the hopper and also serve to generally deliver and meter material to and through said openings.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fertilizer distributor attachment that is adapted to be mounted to a conventional transplanter and powered thereby through a frictional drive system that includes a friction drive wheel associated with said fertilizer distributor attachment and engageable with a furrow closing wheel assembly rotatively mounted to the transplanter and which engages the ground as the transplanter traverses a field during the transplanting operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic tobacco harvester and to a defoliator assembly therefor, the tobacco harvester being of the type that is readily adaptable to connect directly to a conventional three point hitch of a farm tractor. The automatic tobacco harvester and defoliator assembly therefor is of the "multi-pass" type in that the defoliator assembly of the harvester can be used to prime or defoliate only a certain level of leaves from the stalks during tobacco harvesting operation while leaving unripened leaves on the stalks. As the lower priming are removed from the stalks, the defoliator assembly is accordingly moved upwardly to accommodate other priming levels during the course of the tobacco harvesting season. The defoliation of the tobacco leaves is accomplished by a pair of defoliator units or assemblies carried by a frame structure in lateral spaced apart relationship in order that a tobacco stalk row may pass therebetween.