Report of the Judges. 



245 



Jf'fff. ff9. 

 by hinging a bar from the rear end 



required distance. A drawer vibrates at each motion of the slide, 

 which regulates the egress of the seed. Two projecting pins 

 in the downward channel play up and down and prevent clogging. 



~j^ J ^^^^MBmm^^y'-^-'^^ Ine description above 

 ' ^/-<«^^ given, in connection with 

 the drawing, Fig. 119, will, 

 we trust, give a tolerable 

 idea of the implement when 

 adjusted for planting seed. 

 When the boxes and 

 planting machinery are de- 

 tached it is converted into 

 a horse hoe or cultivator, 

 of each mould-board to 

 which cultivator teeth are attached; these arms are expansible 

 to any required width b}' means of a pair of wrought iron arcs, 

 one of M^hich is attached to the middle of each bar; they are per- 

 forated with holes, and can therefore be used to set the arms at 

 any angle by thrusting a pin through these holes. 



Fig;. 120 shows the machine when used as a cultivator. When 

 used as a ditcher, the cov- 

 erers seen behind in Fig. 

 119 are reversed and hinged 

 to the rear of the mould- 

 boards by means of slots in 

 the sides and screw bolts 

 they may be raised higher 

 as the ditch deepens. It 

 really did excellent work 

 as a ditcher, and by passing backward and forward a few times a 

 single horse would cut out a very neat ditch with very little 

 labor and great neatness of execution. We deemed its work 

 much better than Routt's in all respects. 



JSTo. 4, 



Fig. 720. 



Class VIII — A Machine for Excavating Ditches for Under- 

 draining. 



There was only a single entry in this class, which was made bj'- 

 E. Heath,. of Fowlerville, N. Y. 



We have mislaid our notes of the weight and price of this 

 machine, or we neglected to procure them. Some idea of the 

 machine will l)c ol)tained 1)V an examination of the annexed 



