050 Report on the Trials of Implements at Bedford. 



the seed. One point of difference between these two drills is, that 

 in Coultas's drill the manure-coulters precede the concave rollers, 

 so that these cover in the manure before the seed is sown, while 

 the seed is covered by the hind roller. In Reeves and Son's drill 

 the manure-coulters follow the concave rollers, and the seed is 

 deposited directly on the manure, while both are covered by the 

 hind roller. The former plan is decidedly the best, for it cannot be 

 good for the seed to be in such close contact with the manure. 



No. 2769. James Coultas, of Grantham. — The dry manure is placed in a 

 manure-box, in which it is stirred by inclined, laterally-working stirrers, and 

 delivered into two coulters by a notched roller with spring scrapers, described 

 in Class XIX. The seed is placed in an upper seed-box, and falls through 

 regulating slides into a lower seed-box with a bolster in the ceutre ; from this 

 it is delivered by cups, attached to revolving discs, into india-rubber seed-pipes, 

 and thus into the coulters. The manure-coulters have their fulcrum on the 

 coulter-lever stay-bar, while the seed-coulter levers are quite distinct, having 

 their fulcrum on a bracket fixed to the manure-coulter lever. The concave 

 rollers are fitted on a common axle, upon which they move freely in a lateral 

 direction, in order to suit themselves to the width of the ridges. This axle is 

 attached to a lever-bar on each side, which is in turn attached to, and has 

 its fulcrum on, the coulter-lever stay-bar. The seed-roller, whicli follows 

 up, is attached by a frame to the ends of the concave roller-axle, and is 

 provided with a scraper behind ; this is a good arrangement, for, tf the 

 soil is not quite dry, it is always liable to stick to the seed-roller. The con- 

 cave rollers are deep and wide, and made excellent work during the trial, 

 leaving the ridges loose ; they are also provided with scraj^ers, which is 

 another very good arrangement. As mentioned before, the concave rollers 

 follow the manure-coulters, while they are followed by the seed-coulters. 



The manure and seed-box may be levelled in going up or down hill, and 

 the manure-barrel is geared off both driving-wheels so as to equalise the 

 draught. The manure-box is cleaned out from before by a movable board. 



It is a well-constructed drill, but somewhat costly, its price being 20?. 



No. 1588. R. and J. Reeves and Son, of Bratton, Westhury.—^\xQ con- 

 struction of this drill will be best understood by referring to the accompany- 

 ing engravings of cross and longitudinal sections. 



Fig. 10. — Messrs. B. and J. Beeves and Son's Drill for Turnips and 

 other Boots on the Bidge, No. 1588. 



Cross Section. 



Longitudinal Section. 



The manure is delivered from the manure-box, a, by the revolving ban'el b 

 having blades on it, through the false bottom regulated by slide c, in a similar 



