I'he Trials of Corn and Seed Ihilh, 1912. :]6:\ 



No. 7. Teasdale's Forced Feed. Choked. 



(13 coulters). 

 No. 8. Walker's "Anglo-Colonial." Varied from 1-| to l^ lb. per bag. 



(13 coulters). 



The draught of the machines was taken on a dynamometer 

 supplied by the Society. The coulters of each were set to 

 a depth of 5 in., and tlae figures were read whilst the machines 

 worked over a 200 yard "run " on unopened land. 



The following mean results are given in the first column, 

 and the weights of the machines, weighed in the presence of 

 the Judges immediately after the trials, in the second column : — 



No. 1. Kell, " British Economical" . 



No. 2. Baker, " Superior " . . * . 



No. 3. Teasdale (Cup Feed) 



No. 4. Walker (Corn Drill) 



No. 5. Kell, "John Bull" 



No. 6. Martin 



No. 7. Teasdale 



No. 8. Walker, " Anglo-Colonial " . 



As a result of the trials of the machines in Class I., the 

 First Prize was awarded to Messrs. Francis Walker & Sons, 

 Tithby, Bingham, Notts., for their 13-row Corn and Seed Drill 

 " Anglo-Colonial," and the Second Prize was also awarded to 

 Messrs. Francis Walker & Sons for their 12-row Corn and Seed 

 Drill. Messrs. Kell & Co., Ltd., of Gloucester, were Highly 

 Commended for their 13-row, or Lever Drill, " Johti Bull." 



Class II. — Drills for Grass and Clover, Coulter 

 AND Broadcast. 



There was only one entry in this class, viz., that of 

 Messrs. F. Walker & Sons, of Tithby, Nottinghamshire. 



This implement is adapted for sowing clover seed and also 

 the lighter grass seeds, either mixed together or separately. 

 The seeds can be drilled in " rows " or scattered broadcast. 



It is somewhat of the Suffolk type of drill, 8 ft. in width to 

 centre of wheel track, and sows twenty-six rows and is cup 

 fed. The weight is 7^ cwt. and the price 25/. lOs. 



It was set to work upon the plots sown with barley by the 

 machines entered in Class I., first drilling mixed clover, rye- 

 grass, and other usual " layer and grass seeds." The drilling 

 was performed quite satisfactorily, the coulters worked evenly 

 and deposited the seeds in due proportion at the depth 

 required. 



" Broadcasting" was effected by raising the coulters by one 

 lever about 3 in. above the ground, when the seeds travelled 

 down the seed conductors and fell upon the surface of the land 



