Report on the Trials of Implements at Bedford. G41 



Table III. — Corn Drills. (Class II.) 



Name of Exhibitor ' Coultas, J. 



Catalogue number 



Order of Trial 



Price 



■\Vidth between centres and wheels 



Maximum width between eud\ 

 seed-distributors 



Capacity of seed-box in bushels 



Number of horses 



Number of rows 



Points of Merit : — 



1. Mechanical construe 



tion, soundness, and II qno 

 quality of materials 1 

 and workmanship J 



2. Simplicity and light- j 



uess, combined with > 

 strength . , . . ) 



3. Size, form, and gene- 



ral arrangement of 

 seed-boxes 



4. Construction and 



adaptation of seed- 

 distributors .. 



5. Facilities for regu- 



lating quantities of 

 seed delivered 



G. Form, materials and 

 arrangement of con- 

 ducting tubes and 

 coulters . . 



7. Efficiency of steerage"! 



arrangement . . / 



8. Arrangement of press") 



bar / 



9. Regularity of distri-'N 



bution of seed, I 

 evenness of depth, I 

 draught, and gene-) 

 ral perfection ofj 

 work done on trial ) 



10. Price 



Total 



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