Soil working apparatus

Claim 1

In an agricultural apparatus for applying fluid material to freshly erupted soil, having a farm tractor, a tool carrier of substantial length and breadth, mounted on the rear lifting arms of said farm tractor, with laterally spaced soil erupting members mounted on said tool carrier and applicator means immediately to the rear of each soil erupting member, and a trailer vehicle having a supply of fluid material thereon, with conduit connections for said applictor means to receive fluid material from said supply of fluid material, said soil erupting members engaging the soil when the tractor arms are lowered and being clear of the soil when said arms are raised, the improvement in said trailing vehicle comprising: a wheeled chassis; a large capacity, longitudinally elongated fluid material container mounted on said chassis to contain the supply of fluid material for the applicator means; a gooseneck hitch at the front of the chassis which is of sufficient length and height to span the tool carrier from front to rear and clear the tool carrier in all positions of the lifting arms, and to clear the ends of the tool carrier frame when the tractor is turned at a right angle to the length of the container; means at the front of the gooseneck hitch making a pivotal connection to a tractor draft connection forward of the lifting arms; and conduit means connecting the container to the applicator conduit connections, whereby a large quantity of fluid material may be moved through a field by a farm tractor and applied tO freshly erupted soil.