SEYMOUR 8 GRAIN DRILL. 



SEYMOUR'S GRAIN DRILL. 



In the engraving above, we present another Drill 

 claiming public favor. It is nianufactiircd by the 

 inventor, P. Seymour, Esq., of East Bloomfield, On- 

 tario county, N. Y. It is not our business to praise 

 one drill to the disparagement of others. We place 

 before our readers the various drills and other farm 

 implements that we have reason to believe are valu- 

 able, thereby giving all an opportunity, as far as pos- 

 sible, of reading and judging for themselves. Our 

 correspondents have always freely given the results 

 of their experience, and will continue to do so, and 

 thus OHr readers have the benefit of the opinions of dis- 

 interested and practical men — experience not gained 

 in the machine shop, but in the field, under various 

 circumstances, on rough and smooth, hilly and level, 

 stony and clear land. 



It is generally conceded among the best farmers, 

 we believe, that by drilling wheat and other crops, 

 two desirable objects are gained — a saving of seed, 

 and a better crop; and the necessities of farmers de- 

 mand, and the genius of our mechanics will supply, 

 implements well adapted to the work. 



The first premium for a Grain Drill capable of 

 depositing fine manures with the grain was awarded 

 to Seymour's Drill, at the last State Fair at Syracuse 

 and at the last Michigan State Fair. Our esteemed 

 correspondent Calvim Spf.rry, has given his opinion 

 of this Drill in the February number. 



The person attending Seymour's Drill can readily 

 see whether any of the teeth fail to deliver the grain 

 regularly, as they are in plain sight. It sows wheat, 

 oats, barley, corn, beans, peas, k.c., and is also capa- 

 ble of sowing fine manures with grain, such as plas- 

 ter, lime, and ashes. It can be changed, in a few 

 minutes, from a drill to a broad-cast sower — an 

 additional advantage. For further information we 

 refer to our advertising pages. 



TuE spirit of the Agricultural Press is abroad in 

 the land. Wherever the cheap little monthly finds 

 its way, it engenders thought and high expectations 

 — and the mechanic's hammer falls to the tune of 

 awakened ideap, and the plowman no longer "whis- 

 tles from the want of thought," but he sings, "There's 

 a good time coming, boys."— />r. Kennicoll. 



QtriNCES ON THORN, &c. 



Messrs. Editors : — It may be of benefit to some of 

 your readers, upon new farms, to know that they can 

 raise good quinces upon the slock of the common 

 thorn, in three years. My plan is, to take up a good 

 thrifty thorn, from the field or some open spot, about 

 an inch or so in diameter ; set it out where I want 

 it to stand, and graft quince into as many Jmbs as 

 convenient ; and they do well, growing about is much 

 the first season as tliough the bush had not been 

 removed. 



I also succeed much better in raising cabbages by 

 planting the seeds in the hills where they are to re- 

 main, scattering a good pinch of seeds in each hill, 

 where I let them stand until large enough to trans- 

 plant, when at various times I thin out and give 

 plants to my neighbors, say from two to ten plants 

 from each hill, until there are but two of the very 

 best plants remaining in each, which I let stand until 

 tliey are large enough to be out of the way of cut 

 worms, Sic, when the smallest remaining one is 

 removed from each hill. The time for planting corn 

 is about the right time for planting cabbage in this 

 way. J. H. Andrus. — AlmonU Mich., 1850. 



Simple Fastismng for an Ox-cart. — Messrs. 

 Editors: — I would like to describe a very simple 

 fastening for an ox-cart, but none the less useful for 

 being simple. We here give it the name of sward, 

 although I consider it much more useful, as well as 

 less dangerous, than most articles of that name. It 

 consists merely of a hit of good timber one and a half 

 by two inches, four feet in length, put through the 

 tongue of the cart, and made fast by a small holt 

 passing through a mortice in the front sill, out side 

 of the end board. If the sill is not of sufficient width 

 to admit of a mortice, a staple driven in it will answer 

 the same i)urposo. One of tlie greatest advantages 

 to be derived from this fastening, consists in having 

 several holes in the sward, so that the cart may be 

 fastened in any position desired. I think that any 

 one accustomed to drawing manure in a cart, will see 

 the advantage of having it so fastened that it will 

 not fall upon the tongue when it is not half unloaded 

 to the great annoyance of the team. Wii.i.et Keese. 

 — Peru, JV. Y., 1850. 



