Biographical Sketch of S. R. Hawley, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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S. R. Hawley.  St. Joseph is not deficient in having inventors who
have contributed to the world's machinery implements to facilitate
labor, and one who ranks among the first in this class is S. R.
Hawley.  In the invention of the check rower and corn planter, he
has placed before the agriculturists a want long felt.  It is simple
and durable in its construction, can be operated by one person and
it checks and drops the corn with rapidity and uniformity.  It is 
adapted for rough ground and triangular fields, a feature that has
always been a drawback to other implements in this line.  The test-
imonials Mr. Hawley has received from prominent farmers in Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri and other states, is prima facie evidence of the
satisfaction it gives.  Mr. Hawley was formerly a resident of 
Illinois, where he patented the check rower and planter, November 19,
1878.

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