654 Rejoort on the Trials of Implements at Bedford. 



Table VIII. — Drills for Turnips and other Eoots on tlie Eidge 

 witliout Manure-box. (Class VII.) 



Name of Exhil^itor 

 Catalogue number 

 Order of trial . . 



Price 



Number of horses 

 Number of rows 



Points of MepvIt : — 



1. Mechanical construe-' 



tion, soundness, and 

 quality of materials 

 and workmanship . . , 



2. Simplicity and light- 



ness, combined with 

 strength 



3. Size, form, and general 



arrangement of seed- 

 boxes 



4. Construction and adap- 



tation of seed-distri- 

 butors 



5. Facilities for regulating 



quantities of seed de- 

 livered 



6. Form, materials, and 



arrangement of con- 

 ducting tubes and 

 coulters , 



7. Form and aiTangementl 



of rollers J 



8. Eegularity of distribu- 



tion of seed, evenness 

 of depth, draught, and 

 general perfection of 

 work done on trial . . 



8. Price 



Total .. .. 



Class VIII. Water-Drills. — There were five entries, allj of 

 which were presented for trial. The cisterns were each filled 

 with water up to the axle of the cylinder, and then one bushel 

 of superphosphate was thrown in. Before starting, each machine 

 had the manure stirred up by turning the cylinder. The distance 

 run was about 500 to 600 yards, each machine being emptied 

 before stopping, so that it might be observed whether the manure 

 had been properly stirred up and worked out. The machines 



