cultivator, &c., which he was to show at Exeter. Mr. 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
nevenly cut, so that it was difficult to estimate the depth. | 
The weights Wwe ascertained in places Legere chosen, 
Smith's windlass and grubber bought in 1858, and |,,q their incompatibility vith t the measured depths is unex- 
worked by an 8 horse poneer double cylinder engine | plained. The back draught the same in this case as in 
by Roby, of Lincoln, had been long in use on the farm ; | Howard's. he speed w. ia ordin nary rate in all three cases, | 
an Howard sent his 3 or 5-tined cultivator from | ^bout 24 or 3 miles an 
1 ford. The dynamometers were tested and verified | ©, Fowler's T.tined Cultivator, with 6-inch tines, moving | 
immediately pr to their employme: land | 6 feet in width :— i^ rb HON Ner 
was throughout in perfectly good order for ork— | Weight 
th Draught | 8 
ough very hard below m bs the bg yin Depth. Speed. | Back Rope. Hope g | е рег 
had penetrated further s which f ard. 
the 15. 170, and 19% ns. ми EH 
readings of the o e e :— Inches. Ban? cwt. cwt. lbs, 
DRAWN PLOUGH. 1 4 81 487 
c H Bel bibe |. X 3 x d 
car IE EU EMEE 
i | e т oug! o al 
Empty and drawn across the stubble., d ше зак уыз adt g ше ^5 — A ue a [^^ ees when Met 
speed was slowes! i 14 lbs. per уа 
ТРЕ, ЕР incheswide) И 5 it uneven 5, Jess. speed was great, and the eart th. albe 
эф ч» f 12 сагане leo ЕНДА АВР Y xs 
» 7 » » 1 үн Wei, Ue 
pe" E 1 4% Draught Д 
z 91 10 L3 73 Depth. Speed. Back Rope. Rope. v od por 
: n ҮҮ, | | 
Miles per 
Dr pok of Plough deprived of Мойаюата. Inches, How. | ent. cwt. lbs 
Draught. 6 5+ 36 vs 
— -€-— en. cwt. 8 Ба)" 562 
—: 5 $ inches wi 
» 
эль саа шай 
nt day the tool going the same depth, when 
[Jonn 13, 1868, 
970 yards in advance of grubber, taking in the drag of 27. 270 yar 
of De y ы —À dan. at l4 and Fi ed «d 
indicatin: nga of 4 ewt, engine an. n 
all casi iudeed, be read in many instan e 
EX d is hot al additional work for the е ne to o pe dus 
ра al round, The ollowing re 
Aene as fake. around the engine sip d ings 
aida anchor, "350 yarda dein aud tbe heavy дупмщошв Eos 
ro The engine then walked as 
one, à es dre 
| heavy p vimine r 
rope ; the light dynamometer тед 
the horse 
of t ed 
dra 
d 14 ewt. ich was the w, 
ses did. From шш rampe H ewt., the daecertained drauglip 
eu avy 2r мп 
а А ане мш ; occasion n—when the heavy dynamometer 
was not in—and the strain all round was not ascertained, thi 
yes тош the anchor w: 8 ewt. с ап = with thea йе 
1 клону corr loses 54 ith the 
he rope w: mperiecty Ant the i 
Bedford, June 2, ап attem 
‚ subsequi 
ir à va 
- phe —— фойе aie) Mrs going гуу slowly amiet m n enin work was found to have HE Ahe 3. Fan cultivator, worked з with Ои 
ас; the depths aetu XEF жеге ascertained "by & Shuttleworth's 10 horse-power double cylinder 
measu eot о ue on the draught is note-| D. Fowle's 4-furrow Plough, with digging breasts, vi engine, to s i the ^ namometer when a 
worthy abo А. des rtion of draught due to the mere | 40 inches in widtb. ` Nos die lime "of work. The ] was har % i; 
rt g p "oe p pr | ene Weight ved "n aut Lh namometer was 
TEAM PLOUGH AND GRUBBER drawn empty across foldand | Depth. Speed. k ё m an ordin elli S 
ra ue the от being а dry, friable, к soil, grubbed = vs omnem | Ropo. eder Пар i де eh Se кыс рч 
ves us piscis it T Miles per d quite impossible to read the instrument when 
abo" o: түш iar p-fo ). Ру Inches. Heur ewt. cwt, lbs the tool was working, often with only ts tine at work, 
De 3 tined » 0e 3todewt , Tor A a 25 432 but throwing out masses of yaa A or 10 inches 
mey " € » AS pies u m че thick, and d ped Т bs 0 lbs. apiece—the 
(Over зи los. E X М index varied from + 
Howard’ eo. — Sj owt. draught Another reading on the return journey when near the| Taking it йл pé ek Чай side of the Me 
mith's А ru 1to Hi ewt. 8 surrounded by са ре, ie., next the win ы where ; 
Fowler's C E SR E ? I 3i | 43 | 80 Фә had been previously ploughed, the draught appr: ШАК 
Fowler's "n 25 » | Апа with anchor being moved in addition :— Re ане ше en o io ne diy e wd ede 
engine rom ewt. ; in the one case thi 
III. STEAM CULTIVATORS AT WORK. a | s | : | 2 | эңе аз 100 рез M and the drag кор 610 9H 
in 
Weight of In the above case the rope was балаа тош the plough. the drag 0. e one ө ратро o AA эд 
Depth. [earth moved| Draught. 9 24 ? The dynamometer behind the tool when approachín 
per Yard. 9 to 10 I | engine read 2} cwt. at starting when the pm E ire 
Я LE t ro was 
X "Rieder" 3-tined. 5 к б. зө о огу 2+ nie in ше ot fanow, wh of the foret 
i е 3E doles Ps hf and r 3+ewt, towai n the 
x 286 1: Жс ^x E gh, with four mould-boards turning 40 inches e таа its fu ll len gth, T60 0 EM puis w EAR T 
LEN, CART: ouble sna ock slack gear apparatus were 
i E cy fà 478 ?1 "E Weight rked as usual, the result being thatthe Leni эр КӨн — 
„и here enses the атараг ће back торе varied from Ф owt кш зенин Ws | T zr AR н ТАА ина onnen cing di 
^ e „Ж. кА = rawn from the engine commencing 
А д 3 was barely 1 cwt. 
DLE I rr dE E iuc ct ME 
out, for the. Due was close оп bein- finished, about 6 or8 Hour. ра е ек Again, from tho first snatch-block to windlass, with 
Bp in width г — соге to the side where Fowler's 62 E ? 28 449 а with 6 мб иран ending иа 760, thg T 
е alo эш кз ar к, finishing its кб ог "the feld, the ga ? 81} 493 was 434- Hai NR. the slack gear, but with break hard on— 
СНЕ belog kin ax near то nother пре i m 23 o With the slack gear as usual; but the е Es 
possible. The weight of earth moved is abril am ОР Борк. Suits торо drawn out around а hardly so wollen —— 
rtained, the incompatibility between m оой depth 9 тог! 8 acre piece— by h horse-draught from 0t Ve o lst Along the samo Батон сы (ups Dig 
WO and earth moved із unexplained. ожага" s cultivator was D 110 yards off; 1 LA evi wi od Naso. Моск fectly carri. э by — aont) draught 5c 
the 3-tined tool, moving à yard width at a time, with 6inch | 180 yards further; 2 to 8 cwt. snatchblock, 150 yards | Vanago «^r апа enough of break as usu aliy 
ро T. manage 5 
end of 88 yards hblock, 4 &- botween Without slack gear and without bre ak, the rope E 
Weight of 3d snatchblocks, се s ono Bs o 2 ewt. wit “break” de the ної way Chougk peter porters) pu" 
art ied; 4 озб. with '' break" so hard as to keep the Tope of Again—along the same furrow— igi. MUR 
Depth. | moved per | Drought. eris я cwt, with по "break" a all. The por Sege s pee » 
€ ol from 20 to уан ith break and slack gear as ш — 
уа gain: Smith's cultivato about 5 es deep from With slack gear or БЕ цо nob ear ried) 3 ; 
А 168, ёё, the st to the 2d eustehiblook ачы о басе i м чй 6 200 yards | "1th slack gear witho eak e. carried 
B. Smiths tined Grabber G 5 474 12 long, ein m e g v9 eginning with 75 yards up to 275 yards better but not well) .. lta 
6 from w. =, А. the го; ullin, 
б 0 n у io к "v аа rope pulling it beginning with 470 and за. poa el дь ©ошшнале ев of TE trials а. 
he dynam 2 5 inimediately before tti b sufficiently we escri to be understood. The. 
Smith's Pine: "x 30 inches wide at a time—it had | 10 cwt.. rising to 11 cwt: x vegeta Bood al б 
at end 
4} inch points on. The bottom of the work was іп fu urrows| The dy m Bde ter Реб. 200 E from windlass—i, € TANE: ROMA UA aiiis. um 
THE FOLLOWING р үү, алб К а en ATUS. 
L ED TO IN MR. М 4 L Е ' Стїїв.] 
Acres, 
No. Soil. Days at $ : 
Depth. уз at |Removals | Coals Cost of 
Grubbed. work. No. per ton. Address, 
Wages. | Repairs. f 
HE 
7 & £ s. d. 
T J. Brebner, Prince Consort/s Norfolk fum. 
z ; саб $ S. M. Plummer. Newbury 
ar wlan Ё Do Berners, Keythorpe 
SEI Кенг = P., Newark - 
1 0 0|1710 0 |d. paneas Машара 
onds, 
0 0|38 0 0 |F. Dodd, Henle; 
з $ : : 0.0 e Jui Bishop Stortford 
man, indon 
pA 19.0 15 0 S. Allen, Rochford 
S x кей 1525 e PA “Arnot, Carshalto 
M. Richardson, H dstone 
* 
013 6* ? W. Sadler, Ferrygate Р 
34 8 6[ i М. н. 
Dragged. } Removes not reckoned 
1217 0| 815 0 |J. Wallace, АЛ. f 
13 511| 416 9 |E. Marjoribanks, c— Р 
0 |1510 0 jJ. ee Dr er 
25 14 79* 218 9 |W. " 
"x ve of tribér e 
16 15 Us H.& +. нав Heytesbury 
: * Including 
ui = 0| 1 100 A. Huxtable, Blandford 
0| 50 о (с. Old Montrose, N.B. 
т 8 ? = W. Watts, Orlin; е 
16 8| 0 0 6 |J. Elliot, Таг vert Mains 
