sentences:  Annual Net Profitability ran consistently at 15-16%.By 1888, JS was receiving royalties from the company of $1 per machine in which one of his patents were used.Numerous companies in the seeder cultivator industry were also paying a higher royalty for using Rowell patents including the Van Brunt Seeder Manufactory in Horicon, Wisconsin which was later purchased in 1912 by a firm that would be acquired by John Deere.