THE GENESEE FAKMEE. 



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SEYMOTJK'S IMPBOVJSD PATENT 



GRAIN DRILL. 



TliP simples!, best, and most durable Drill, 



EVEK. OFPKR.ED TO THE PUBLIC. 



[Patented bt Prar.poNT Seymour, East Bloomi-ielp, 

 N. T., September, 1819, and lb55. 



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EACH year more and more lully proves the great value 

 ' of drilling. We point with ci>n(iilence to every nel^h- 

 borho >d where wheat has been drilled, in CDuflrniation of 

 this fact. 



Drills, of different kinds and of different merits, have 

 been in use for many years, and we triumphantly point to 

 the notorious fact that, wherever they have been intro- 

 duced, there their value 15 so well established that the 

 ;-racticeot drilling becomes almost if not entirely universal. 



Our Drdl has been in use many years, in several States and in 

 Canada, and is now used in more than half the States in the 

 Union, and dealers in agricultural implements send them to/o/-- 

 eign coxintrie» when the best Drill in America is ordered. 



This Drill embodies in itself all the valuable qualities of all the 

 Drills in use, and it possesses several not found in any other. 

 Hence wcl.-iim ihat it is the CUEAPE.ST as well as the BEST 

 GRAIN DRILL IN THE WORLD. In proof of this strong 

 assertion, we give the following : 



Extract from the Report of the Hon. B. P. JonNSON. Secretary of 

 the N. Y. State Ag. Society, who was the Agent of the State of 

 N ew York appointed to attend the E.xhibltion of the Industry 

 of all Nations, held in London: 



'•There were various Drill Machines, very perfect in their con- 

 struction and management, yet too complicated and expensive 

 tor introduction into this country. They do not possess any ma- 

 terial advantages over our own Drills, which are afforded at one- 

 third the price of the best English Drills." 



Extract of a letter from Mr. Bre\vek, of Oneida county : 

 "Mr. Setmoitr — /)^ar mr: — \ inquired of the Hon. B. P. 

 JoHN'soN. Secretary of the N. T. State Ag. Soeietv, where I could 

 get the best Grain Drill, and he directed me to you. You will 

 therefore please send me one," &c. 



Extract from the Report of the Committee appointed by the Ag- 

 ricultural Society of Westchester county, N. Y., to visit the 

 State l<air, held in New York city, In 1804:— 

 "Of Gr.iin Drills, there were several on exhibition; but, in the 

 opinion of your Committee, Seymour's was far sui)erior to the 

 °''>^''«- HENRY KEELER, Chairman." 



The following is from the pen of Sanfokd Howard, Esq., Editor 

 of the Boston Cultivator : 

 "The writer, by serving on committees, and otherwise, has had 

 opportunities of examining various kinds of Drills. One of th" 

 best IS made by P. SEVMOirp., of East Bloomfleld, Ontario county, 

 u ;. . V;- H^f^Y Keelek, of South Salem, N. Y., savs, in tlie 

 . <^04"i''y,^®°"''"^^°-"' ^^^"^ ^^ " 'las used one on rough land, and 

 IS satisfied it will work well on any land that a Goddes (or hin^e) 

 Harrow will. He further says: "I have turned out stones^as 

 large as two men could lift, without injuring the Drill in the least.''' 



This Machine is ear>able of sowing all coarse grain and all fine 

 seed commonly sown by farmers, from corn and peas down to the 

 smallest seed, .such as clover, timothy, and other grass seeds 

 either broadcast or in drills: and, while it is the best diiU for 

 wheat, rye, oats, barley, &c., it is just the thing to drill in fine drv 

 fertilizers before putting in the seed, or these fertilizers may be 

 mixed with the seed, and all deposited in the ground together. 



Its reputation has been in advance of all other Drills, for the 

 last six years, in the State of New York, and it has six times taken 

 the tlrst prize bestowed on Grain Drills, by the Agriculturpl Soci- 

 ety of this State, including the highest prize and diploma at the 

 great trial of implements made by that -Society, at Geneva, in 1«.52 

 It 18 one of the most simple in its construction and machinery as 

 well as the most convenient and durable of all Drills, and, without 

 disparaging others, it is believed to be better adapted to the vari- 

 ous purposes for which such a machine is wanted, than any other 

 implement known in America ; and its value is greatly increased 

 trom the fact that it is converted into a Broadcast Sowin" Ma- 

 chme, merely by removing the drill teeth and connecting kibes, 

 which can easily be done in five minutes. 



A recent improvement, which j)revents the shrinking and 

 swelling of the wood from affecting the correctness of its opera- 

 tion, also adds much to its value. 



The machinery is remarkably simple, permanent, and easily 

 keptm repair, and all the parts are s:> clearly presenfpd to the 

 Tiew of the operator, that he can readily see it anything is not 

 correct. The grain tails from the seed-box to the tubes, (a space 

 of several inches,) in full view, so that in passing over a field he 

 may be constantly assured that the seed is deposited as designed. 



DOUBLE RANKED DRILL. 



The teeth are all placed in one rank, unless ordered to be put 

 in two ranks. It i» believed by those who liave made experi- 

 ments and given the subject their careful attention, that the evils 

 caused by lumps, stones, etc., being thrown by the teeth in the 

 hind rank into the furrows made by the teeth in the front rank, 

 are, in most ca.ses. far greater tlian the advantjges gained. Still,' 

 on prairie land, and other similar land, where tliere are no lumps, 

 but where weeds, gra.ss, stubble, etc., are plowed in, and not 

 turned under deep enough to clear ihe drill points, it may be an 

 object to place the teeth in two ranks. These considerations have 

 induced the inventor to construct his double-ranked Drill so that 

 the teeth can all be placed in one rank atpleasur?, thvn oftviatiiii} 

 in thin Drill the objection to all other two ranked Drills. The 

 price of the Drill with teeth in two ranks is five dollars higher 

 than th(N-e with teeth in but one rank. They ore usually made 

 with nine teeth eight inehe.« apart, sowing just "six feet wide. The 

 wheels are high, and the draught so liglit for a team that those 

 with only seven teeth are now seldom ordered, while there is an 

 increasing demand for those with eleven teeth ; and a still larger 

 size, with thirteen teeth, is now being called for by prairie farm- 

 ers, and those who have large and level farms. 



If required to sow plaster or any other fertilizer, a •'Feeder" 

 should be added, for these are verv apt to be damp, and if slightly 

 damp the "feeder" is useful. AUhough the Drill is capable o"f 

 sowing grass seed broad-cast, yet. if required to sow grass seed 

 ^ishile (frilUvg any other seed or grain (or while sowing any other 

 seed or grain l)road-cast.) a light' broad-cast " Seeder" is added, 

 with which any seed, from wheat to the smallest seed, can be 

 sown in front of the drill teeth, and is slightly covered by them. 

 Clover and timothy mixed are as readily sown with this as either 

 alone. 



DRILL WITH GUANO ATTACHMENT. 



This Drill, with Seymour's Guano Attachment, is another form 

 of the same Drill, with a double box, and is expressly intended to 

 meet the wants of those who wi.sh to drill fine fertiiizers into the 

 ground with the grain, but prefer tf> keep such fertilizers in sepa- 

 rate compartments till discharged from the box, when both seed 

 and fertilizers will pass together through the same drill tubes into 

 the ground. 



ONE HORSE DRILL, FOR DRILLING AMONG STAND- 

 ING CORN. 



Still another form of this Drill is constructed for one horse, and 

 is completely adapted to working hfdween the rows of siunding 

 corn, yet it will work on any other land as well as among com • 

 and though light enough for one horse, a light pole or tongue is 

 readily attached, that two may be used if desired. It is made 

 with six teeth eight inches apart, making it just right for workin» 

 between the rows of corn four feet or four feet and three or four 

 indies apart. Though this is thought to be the most desirable 

 size, it may be made any other size," to order. (Corn three feet 

 four inches to three feet eight inches apart, would require one 

 with only five teeth.) It sows six rows of wheat (or any other 

 grain or seed, not excepting heet or carrot seed,) eightinches 

 apart. Or, if any wish to try the experiment, the conducting 

 tubes may be removed, and the seed allowed to fall hron^-ccmt 

 upon the ground in front of the drill teeth, and the teeth will 

 effectually serve as a harrow or cultivator to cover the seed, it 

 will sow within fmir inches of the standing com. 



By examining Ihe following list, the purchaser can determine 

 which he will order : — 



Drill with fi teeth, for drilling among com, *,i^ 



Drill \>itti 9 teeth, '. '. '_ " 90 



Drill with 9 teeth and " Feeder,'" \\\\ gp 



Drill with 9 teeth and '' Grass Seeder," lO.^ 



Drill with 9 teeth, ' Grass Seeder," and " Feeder," ...'.'....'. ill 



Drill with 11 teeth, '. lOO 



Drill with 11 teeth and "Feeder,"....- '.!!!.!!!. 106 



Drill with 1 1 teeth and " Grass Seeder," !!.*!!!.'!!!. \VS 



Diii! with 1 1 teeth. " Grass Seeder," and "Feeder,''. !!!..!!! 121 



Drill with "Guano Attachment," (9 teeth,) ."!!.'..!. 110 



Drill with "Guano Attachment" and "Grass Seede'rj'"' (g'teVth,) 125 



Printed directions for using accompany each Machine. Thoae 

 who wish any other information, will please address 



C. H. SEYMOUR, 



August, 1868.— It East Bloomfleld, Ontario Co., N. Y. 



