Q62 Rcj)ort on the Trials of Inqjlemcnts at Bedford. 



furrows were opened and closed in an inferior manner, this implement pos- 

 sessing the fault of combining too many operations, which would each be more 

 satisfactorily performed by separate implements. Its price, 4:51., is high, con- 

 sidering that it can only be used for this one operation. The tubers were not 

 dropped regularly, for two instead of one were frequently noticed, although, 

 in this respect it was far superior to the other drills in the trial. 



No, 2432. Louis Conteau. — This implement was placed on four wheels; 

 it opened the furrow, planted the tubers, and covered in its work. 



The potatoes are placed in a hopper which moves on rollers, A web is 

 attached to the front of the hopper — which constitutes its bottom — and is 

 gradually wound up on a roller, thus throwing the potatoes upon a sparred 

 inclined plane, from which they are caught up by a revolving cylinder with, 

 claws fixed to its circumference ; they are then dropped down a spout, 

 and thus deposited in the furrow. The claws were too large for the size of 

 the seed, and consequently nearly always two, and sometimes three, potatoes 

 were dropped at once. 



First Prize of 157. to J. Coultas (2799), of Grantham. 

 Second Prize withheld. 



Table XII — Potato Drills. (Class XII.) 



Name of Exhibitor 



Catalogue number 



Order of trial 



Price 



Width between centres of wheels 



Maximum width between end seed-distribvitor.s 



Size of seed-box 



Number of horses 



,, rows 



Points of Merit : — 



1. Mechanical construction, soundnes.?, and quality) 



of materials and workmanship J 



2. Simplicity and lightness, combined with strength 



3. Size, form, and general arrangement of seed and j 



manure-boxes / 



4. Construction and adaptation of seed and manure) 



distributors . . . . } 



5. Facilities for regulating quantities of seed and'* 



manure delivered j 



C. Form, materials, and arrangement of conducting"! 

 tubes and coulters J 



7. Regularity of distribution of seed and manure,) 



evenness of depth, draught, and general per-> 

 fection of work done on trial ) 



8. Price 



Total 



Per- 

 fection 

 being 



200 



100 



70 



50 



70 



300 

 90 



930 



Coultas, J. 

 2799 



2 

 45Z. 



6D 



S S3 

 o > 



;^ ■ 

 3 



2 



200 

 80 

 70 



40 



50 



70 



280 

 80 



870 



