Agricultural tillage unit

Claim 1

A TILLAGE UNIT TO BE DRAWN BY A TRACTOR AND POWERED THEREFROM FOR FERTILIZING, PLOWING, PLANTING, AND CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS, COMPRISING A FRAME, A PLURALITY OF EARTH TILLING IMPLEMENTS SUSPENDED FROM SAID FRAME AND TERMINATING THEREBELOW ON A PLANE AND SPACED APART IN BOTH LATERAL AND LONGITUDINAL SPACING WITH RESPECT TO THE DIRECTION OF OPERATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID UNIT FOR PLOWING, ADDITIONAL EARTH TILLING IMPLEMENTS SUSPENDED FROM SAID FRAME AND TERMINATING THEREBELOW ON SAID PLANE TO FORM FURROWS, A FERTILIZER CONTAINER AND DISPENSER UNIT MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND HAVING DISPENSER MEANS EXTENDING TO SAID ADDITIONAL EARTH TILLING IMPLEMENTS FOR DISPENSING FERTILIZER IN SAID FURROWS FORMED BY SAID ADDITIONAL EARTH TILLING IMPLEMENTS, GROUND WHEELS ROTATABLY AND DISPLACEABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR UP-AND-DOWN MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME TO RAISE AND LOWER SAID FRAME WITH RESPECT TO THE GROUND AND WITH THE RAISING BEING TO A HEIGHT SUFFICIENT TO HAVE SAID PLANE SPACED ABOVE THE GROUND FOR THE TRANSPORT OF SAID UNIT, POWER MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FRAME AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID GROUND WHEELS FOR DISPLACING THE LATTER TO RAISE AND LOWER SAID FRAME, DRIVE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FERTILIZER DISPENSER MEANS AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID GROUND WHEELS UPON LOWERING OF SAID FRAME FOR OPERATING SAID FERTILIZER MEANS FOR DISPENSING FERTILIZER IN QUANTITIES IN RELATION TO THE SPEED OF ROTATION OF SAID GROUND WHEELS, A TOOL BAR PIVOTALLY ATTACHED TO THE REAR OF SAID FRAME FOR UP-AND-DOWN MOVEMENT ON SAID FRAME, MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID POWER MEANS AND SAID TOOL BAR FOR MOVING THE LATTER UP AND DOWN IN UNISON WITH THE RAISING AND LOWERING OF SAID FRAME, PLANTER UNITS ATTACHED TO SAID TOOL BAR AND DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF SAID FRAME TO BE RAISED AND LOWERED WITH THE RAISING AND LOWERING OF SAID TOOL BAR AND THEREBY BE RAISED OFF THE GROUND AND WITH SAID PLANTER UNITS INCLUDING DISPENSING MEANS HAVING SEED OUTLET MEANS LOCATED SLIGHTLY LATERALLY OFFSET FROM SAID ADDITIONAL EARTH TILLING IMPLEMENTS FOR DISPENSING SEED ONTO THE GROUND IN ROWS SLIGHTLY OFFSET FROM SAID FURROWS, A CHEMICAL CONTAINER AND DISPENSER UNIT ATTACHED TO EACH OF SAID PLANTER UNITS TO BE RAISED AND LOWERED THEREWITH AND DISPOSED REARWARD THEREOF AND INCLUDING CHEMICAL DISPENSING MEANS FOR DISPENSING CHEMICALS ONTO THE GROUND, AN ADDITIONAL GROUND WHEEL ROTATABLY ATTACHED TO EACH OF SAID PLANTER UNITS TO BE RAISED AND LOWERED THEREWITH AND DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF EACH OF SAID PLANTER UNITS IN LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SEED OUTLET MEANS, AND DRIVE MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED BETWEEN EACH OF SAID ADDITIONAL GROUND WHEEL AND BOTH OF SAID SEED AND CHEMICAL DISPENSING MEANS FOR OPERATING THE LATTER TWO FOR DISPENSING SEEDS AND CHEMICALS IN RELATION TO THE SPEED OF ROTATION OF SAID ADDITIONAL GROUND WHEEL.