Messrs. Drummond's Agricultural Museum. 



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implements, but horses of an improved breed, and expert plough- 

 men to manage them. 



The building which contains the museum is new, large, and 

 appropriately arranged, both for exhibiting the articles and car- 

 rying on the nursery and seed business, as well as the sale of 

 implements. We cannot pretend to describe the building, or 

 enumerate the articles. Specimens appear to have been sent 

 from all quarters, both at home and abroad, including dried 

 plants, seeds, soil, manures, minerals, and geological collections. 

 Among the latter is a section of the strata passed through in 

 sinking a shaft to a coal mine ; the whole being executed to a 

 scale, and every stratum filled in with specimens of actual mine- 

 rals. This is effected by means of a shallow box, 6 or 8 feet in 

 length, and 6 in. in breadth, and about 2 in. deep. The minerals 

 are filled in, each stratum being separated by a thin slip of 

 board, and, when completed, the box is set on end. The speci- 

 mens of different varieties of wheat, oats, and barley are nume- 

 rous and extremely interesting, as are boxes of different soils. 

 We were much surprised at the number of implements, and we 

 marked a few in Messrs. Drummond's printed catalogue, of which 

 they have kindly sent us the following sketches and details. 



Articles noted by Mr. London hi the Agricidtural Museum of Messrs. Drum' 

 mond at Stir ling.. 



A handle of the length 



Fig. 59. Sucker Extirpator. 



Gooseberry Sucker Extirpator. {Jig. 59.) 

 and shape of a spade handle is 

 inserted into the hose, and the im- 

 plement is found exceedingly use- 

 ful in wrenching off suckers from 

 gooseberries or other shrubs. 



Dibble for Mangold Wurzel. {fig. 60.) First used at Deanston. 

 Mr. Smith caused them to be 

 made with the shoulder, to 

 prevent his people from put- 

 ting the seed too deep. The 



person Using it Walks in the Fig. 60. Dibber for Mangold Wurzel. 



middle betwixt two drills with one in each hand; another fol- 

 lows putting in the 

 seed. 



Loudon's Ham- 

 mer and Hatchet 

 {fig. 61.), used for 

 pruning, and also 

 for driving or draw- 

 ing nails, in the 



Case OI Wail trees. Fig. 61. Loudon's Hammer and Hatchet. 



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