G34 Bcport on the Trials of Implements at Bedford. 



handle and bevel gearing. Pressure is put upon tlie coulter-levers by means 

 of an improved presser-bar. The presser-bar has an improved top joint at its 

 centre ; being fitted with long side jaws, bored, with the rivets turned, to 

 prevent the levers from swerving. The cap of the joint is made to clip the 

 bar and fasten on to a hinge on the under-side of the joint, being secured 

 on the top by a strong bolt. This is a good arrangement, as it keeps the 

 pressure on the levers more equal. The presser-bar is bolted to a lever, which 

 has its fulcrum on the stay-bar in front, and is attached to the vertical press- 

 rod at its hind end, this latter being connected by a chain with the wooden 

 roller ; so that in continuing the motion of the roller which has let down the 

 coulters, the chain is wound up, consequently throwing the weight of the drill 

 upon the jDress-rods and jiresser-bar. 



The seed and manure-barrels are thrown out of gear by a hand-lever at 

 the side. 



The boxes are mounted upon strong wrought-iron sliding side brackets, 

 which, by means of a worm, are made to rise and fall to suit any size of cog- 

 wheel. The whole rests on a strong wooden frame, and is supported on two 

 travelling wheels of 4 ft. 9 in. diameter, with 2-iu. x i-in. tyre, which are 

 fitted with turned case-hardened arms, running in the oil from recesses at the 

 back and front. The machine is guided by a two-wheeled lever steerage in 

 front. A board on the inside of the travelling wheels protects all the gearing 

 from dust and mud. The manure apparatus may be taken off, and it then 

 forms a light corn-drill. It required four horses to draw it. 



This is a well-constructed drill, with good workmanship ; its only fault 

 being that it is too complicated and clumsy. Its price is very high, being 

 47Z. 10,5. As we have already seen, the delivery of seed was fairly regular. 



No. 851. Thomas Harrison, of Burton Iload, Lincoln. — The manure-box is 

 small, capable of containing only 3i bushels, and it is not provided with a lid. 

 The stirrers in the manure-box are i:)laced vertically over the barrel, and work 

 laterally. A smooth metal cylindrical barrel, revolving at the bottom of the 

 manure-box, carries the manure over into hoppers, being scraped off the 

 barrel by a scraper which extends from one end of it to the other. The 

 barrel is geared with the driving-wheel on one side onlj^, which is a dis- 

 advantage, as it makes the draught unequal. From the hoppers the manure 

 passes through chain-cups into the coulters. 



The upper seed-box contains 3 bushels. Its lid is not watertight, which 

 is a disadvantage. The seed is delivered by cups in the same manner as 

 described in the last drill ; but passes down into the same coulters with the 

 manure, and is deposited with it : this is not a good arrangement, for the 

 manure ought to be deposited at a greater depth than the seed. All the 

 coulters are attached to one coulter stay-bar, so that the levers are not of equal 

 length, and cannot be so equally adjusted. The coulters are raised, by means 

 of chains attached to a cross-bar, and a hand-lever which folds back when 

 not in use, while the press-bar is put on by the ordinary roller and hand- 

 levers. A great pressure may be easily applied ; for the roller is of iron, 

 and of small diameter, thus giving a powerful leverage. The presser-bar is 

 not jointed. 



There is no fore-carriage steerage, the horse being attached to shafts ; this 

 is certainly the preferable arrangement. 



The framing is of wood, good and strong ; and altogether this is a great deal 

 lighter machine than the one last described, which may be gathered from the 

 fact that it only required two horses to draw it, in place of four; but it cannot 

 be taken to pieces and converted into a corn-drill. The wheel-axles have caps 

 at their ends. The price of the drill is 40Z. 



The regularity of seed delivery was fair. 



No. 2854. A. Armitage, of Bury^TIimtingdonsliire. — This drill is fitted with 



