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in cattle the publick is well informed) undertook this bufmeft 

 with a zeal which does him credit ; and after a fmall tefti- 

 mony of approbation, by presenting him with a piece of plate, 

 the Society is happy in recommending a pra£lice the value 

 of which Mr. Crook has fo well afcertained.] 



Article XLVI. 



On the Rev. Mr. Cooke's newly-improved Patent 

 Brill Machine. 



THE publick are already well acquainted with the name 

 of Mr. Cookg, and his laudable exertions for the pro- 

 motion of the drill hulbandry. His new Patent Machine, 

 confefledly a great improvement on his old one, and vended 

 at the reduced price of twelve guineas, (including the drill 

 hoes, and fcarificators) may be obvious from a comparative 

 infpe£lion of the plate annexed, and that given in vol. iii. 

 —But from a motive of refpe£l to Mr, Cooke^ as well as for 

 the further information of fome of our readers, we fubjoin 

 the following brief account. 



The fuperior merits of the prefent improved machine^ 

 compared with the old one, conHfl 



ifl. In the wheels (B.B. fig. i.) being fo large, that tlie 

 machine can travel on any road without trouble, or danger 

 of breaking; alfo from the farm to the field, &c. witliout 

 taking to pieces; requiring only half the draught which the 

 old macliine requires. 



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