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OF ENGLISH FARMING. 



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euro; ami also with steel teeth. This implement 

 will cover, iu work, G ft. in. Price, .CS 5*. 



MANUKK DISTRl 151 TORS. 



TIio introduction of artitlciiil niaMures haa 

 necessitated the conatruction of iiuplenients 

 which shall distribute tlicin equally over the 

 surface. These distributors are well adapted 

 for the purpose. l^Fany of the drills are also 

 arranged so as to deposit these manures in an 

 even manner. 



Chambers's patent broadcast manure dis- 

 tributor, invented and improved by Thomas 

 Chambers, jun., and manufactured by Messrs. 

 (larrett and Sons, has taken prizes at Lincoln, 

 Carlisle, Salisbury, and Leeds. It is made 

 with screw regulator and frame shafts ; is well 

 .•ulapted for the regular distribution of guano, 

 blood manure, salt, nitrate of soda, &c. ; and 

 will sow from two to sixty bushels per acre on 

 flat or ridge. Its price is £10. — Another, on 

 the same principle as the preceding, but of 

 more simple construction, is charged £1G 10s. 

 — The liquid manure distributor, or water-cart, 

 invented by W. Crosskill, carried the silver 

 medal of the Eoyal Agricultural Society of 

 England, at Cambridge. The body is made of 

 iron plates, fitted with a brass valve, which a 

 man can open and shut as he walks by the 

 side of the horse. The spread-board is easily 

 adjusted, so as to hang level when on hill sides. 

 It is fitted with patent wheels, 4 ft. G in. high, 

 Mith convex tiro, and holds 120 gallons. 

 Price, £17 ; or, with apparatus for watering 

 four rows of turnips, &c., 15«. extra. — A 

 portable pump, for liquid manure or water, by 

 the same inventor, was awarded the first prize 

 by the Highland and Agricultural Society of 

 Scotland, at Edinburgh. It has a .'?^-in. work- 

 ing barrel of cast iron, fitted with brass valve 

 and bucket, so that it is not liable to get out 

 of order. Price, with seven feet of leather hose, 

 and three feet of copper tube, £.j lijs. ; porta- 

 ble tripod stand, 1-Js. extra. — Another liquid 

 manure distributor, or water-cart, was awarded 

 the first prize of £6 by the Koyal Agricul- 

 tural Society of England, at Leeds, 18G1. It 

 will hold 200 gallons, and is much used for 

 conveying water to cattle, portable steam- 

 engines, &c. Price, £22 ; or, with apparatus 

 for watering four rows of turnips, &c., 15s. 

 extra. — The patent manure distributor of 

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Mesara. Pricat and "Woolnougli, is made for 

 depositing broadcast guano, and other artificial 

 manure-^, in (juantiticH of from three to forty 

 bushels ptT aero ; and ia fitted with a patent 

 manure barrel and steel spring scrapera. The 

 pressure of the spring scrapers on the barrel 

 is so light, that considerable diflerence ia mado 

 in till' horse's draught; and thoy may almost 

 instantly be removed when not required. Im- 

 proved means are adopted to insure a regular 

 delivery of manure ; and the distributor ia 

 mounted on iron wheels. Price, £19. 



MILLS. 

 The machines which fall under this heading 

 comprehend crushing mills, grinding, crushing 

 and grinding combined, bean, malt and oat 

 mills, ilour mills, and bono mills. A few of 

 them will suffice for our purpose. The univer- 

 sal mill, invented, improved, and manufactured 

 by Messrs. Kansomo and Sons, consists of a 

 pair of smooth rollers of equal diameter, for 

 crushing oats, malt, barley, linseed, &c. ; with 

 a bean mill attached for cutting beans, peas, 

 Indian corn, &c. It will cut and crush every 

 kind of grain or seed on the farm. It is 

 mounted on a strong iron frame, and is con- 

 structed with a view to durability and economy 

 of power. Price, £21 10*. ; pulley, extra. — A 

 steel grinding mill, invented by John Hardley, 

 of Sliide, and improved and manufactured by 

 Messrs. Picksley, Sims, and Co., as a general 

 grinder and crusher, has been acknowledged, 

 by competent judges, to be a high-class ma- 

 chine. It combines the properties of a pair 

 of stones and the smooth-roller crushing mill, 

 and its advantages are consequently manifold. 

 It is suitable for grinding all kinds of graiu 

 into meal for feeding purposes, at the rate of 

 twelve bushels per hour, or it can bo adjusted 

 merely to break the grain. Price, £12 10^. 

 — A portable corn mill, invented, improved, 

 and manufactured by Messrs. Eansome and 

 Sons, is mounted on a strong, compact, 

 wooden frame, and is fitted with three- 

 feet best Erench burr-stones, ^Yith a flour- 

 dressing apparatus, for preparing flour for 

 household purposes, which can be thrown 

 out of gear w hen grinding barley, beans, peas, 

 &c. This machine is adapted to be driven by 

 steam, water, or horse-power; will produce, of 

 barley-meal, six bushels per hour, or of fine 



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