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seed evenly upon the whole space between the wheels. Behind, 

 and operated by cogs on the wheels, working by two shafts that 

 extend several feet behind the driver, is a cylindrical han'ow% the 

 teeth of which plunge in the earth and work it fine. This machine 

 took the first prize at the recent exhibition of the American Insti- 

 tute. 



Mr. Wm. S. Carpenter said he had seen the operation of the 

 machine, and that it works admirably, whether on old land or on 

 a fresh turned sod. He saw it operate in a field where turnips 

 were growing, after potatoes had been dug. It dug the turnips 

 very rapidly, and left the surface in fine condition. 



REPORT ox fell's SULKY COTTON PLANTER. 



The committee designated to report on the above-named imple- 

 ment stated that the machine consists of a two-wheeled cultivator, 

 or gang plow, having a seat for the driver and four small plows so 

 ari'anged that two furrow slices on each side are turned toward the 

 drill or row of cotton. The machine is drawn by two horses or 

 mules, and plants one row at a through. A small steel-mounted 

 tooth in the middle of the implement opens the channel for the 

 reception of the seed, which is dropped close behind the tooth in 

 the bottom before the mellow earth falls back into the channel. 

 An iron cover attached to the rear of this tooth buries the seed 

 with mellow soil. The seed is forced out of the distributing orifice 

 by means of a distributor similar to the pod of a carpenter's auger, 

 which is made to revolve in the issue, like an auger turning back- 

 ward, while the pod is still in the hole. The cotton seed is thus 

 forced downward through the bottom of the seed box, in uniform 

 quantities, just as the chips that an auger makes, are worked out of 

 the hole which an auger bores. Judging from such an examination 

 as the committee were able to make without a trial in the field, 

 this combined seed planter and cultivator will be found a valuable 

 implement for cotton growers. The committee see no reason why 

 such a machine should not operate in a most satisfactory manner 

 on prairie soil, or where the laud is free from stones and roots and 

 stumps and other obstructions. 



MOWING MACHINE KNIFE GRINDER. 



Grinding the sections or knives of mowers and reapers Ls a job 

 that caimot be performed satisfactorily on an ordinary grindstone, 

 ■while the cutter bar is held in the hands. To obviate the diffi- 

 culties heretofore encountered, Messrs. Richardson <fe Co., Auburn, 



