120 > [Assembly 



SEED PLANTERS. 



Planting Machines are closely allied to drills ; tlie former be- 

 ing intended to deposit and establish in the soil various seeds at 

 certain distances from each other, the latter intended chiefly for 

 small grains, placed in the earth in close contiguity, and there- 

 fore the action may more properly be called sowing. 



Many of the Grain Drills aie convertible into Planters, and 

 used as such ; and the Planters now under consideration are con- 

 structed for the deposit of small seeds also, though intended or 

 used for the seed of esculent vegetables only. 



Six competitors appeared in this class of machines, viz : Eme- 

 ry & Co., of Albany; C. C. Van Every, of Victor, Ontario co.; 

 P, Seymour, of East Bloomfield, Ontario co.; Rapalje & Co., of 

 Rochester; Foster, Jessup & Co., Palmyra, Wayne co.; and John 

 Woodward, of New Hampshire, 



The Planter presented by Emery & Co., has been used in this 

 State during several years. Many acres of corn have been drop- 

 ped in rows by it, each grain being placed from four to eight or 

 ten inches apart; when horse power is applied, this implement 

 will plant seven or eight acres per day, the rows being usually 

 three feet apart or more, as the proprietor may desire. All 

 other seeds are deposited by this Planter, and when planted on 

 small areas, hand labor only is necessary. The cost of this ma- 

 chine is $14 to $16. The mechanical construction might be 

 improved, the frame and castings are generally too light for farm 

 work. 



The Planter oftered by C. C. Van Every, of Victor, plants two 

 rows of any grain at the same time, the rows being three and a 

 half feet asunder. The peculiar claim of this machiiie is, the ca- 

 pability of depositing seed in each row at any required distance 

 apart, from li inches to 3 J feet; tlie widest distance making 

 exact squares. There exists a simplicity of contrivance in this 

 implement which promises well, inducing a belief that with more 

 attention to workmanship, the inventor will present a useful 

 labor saving machine to the farmer. The cost is stated to 

 be thirty dollars ; it is worked by one horse and one man to 

 guide it. 



