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Report on the Trials of Implements at Bedford. 



immaterial whether the rye-grass or clover seeds are discharged from- the- 

 upper or from the lower box. 



The machine delivers the seed well, but is somewhat heavy in construction. 

 Its price is 51. 15s. 



No. 4985. A. W. Gower and Son, MarTcet Drayton. — This implement 

 obtained a silver medal at the Plymouth Meeting, and was there much com- 

 mended by the Judges as a good invention. It is similar in construction to the 

 one last-described, excepting that the spindles revolve in opposite directions, 

 thus necessitating delivery from opposite sides of the box, which is of course 

 a disadvantage. The attendant can only see the slides of the lower box, and, 

 for this reason, the rye-grass, which most readily chokes the slide, must bC' 

 discharged from behind, by the lower box, while the clover seed is discharged' 

 in front from the upper box. 



The slides may be accurately adjusted by screws on the end of the boxes ;. 

 but cannot be shut off when required. It is a cheap implement, easily pushed,, 

 but not very strongly constructed. Its price is 5?. 



Prize of 5Z. to Corbett and Peele (1380), of Shrewsbury, 



Highly Commended. — Gower and Son (4985), of Market Drayton. 



Table XI, — Barrows for Sowing Small Seeds. (Class X.) 



Class XI. Drill Pressers. — These implements are admirably 

 adapted for putting in winter wheat after seeds, giving the land 



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