THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. [Max 98, r2» os 
FOWLER’S PATENT STEAM PLOUGH 
.SEEN AT WORK. 
LEV SS Peele SCRI HE E IEEE 
A STANDARD SET OF FOWLER'S STEAM-PLOUGHING TACKLE, 
UPON THE MOST APPROVED PRINCIPLE, | 
CAN BE SEEN IN OPERATION THIS DAY AND MONDAY, 30th INST, | 
ON TH 
ESTA TE OF M. T. BASS, ESQ, M. P., NAPSBURY, NEAR ST. ALBANS, HERTS. | 
— ese — — ; 
FOWLER'S ENGINE WINDLASS, AND WATER CART. 2 
$ hs £z" Illustrated Catalogues will be ready shortly. 
The following TESTIMONIALS have been handed to Jonx Fowrrn by some of the parties using his Steam Plough and Cultivator:— 
— ploughed itu the end of December about 70 acres | could not hav ében done so well by horses; the Wheat is look- 
a March 31, 1859. . a in a most aent uxor Most of the work was deep well, a; o up sider that land by steam has 
e 
— Lodge Farm, Chipping Norton, ing w i h ag there 
« —I am pom to T you a most favourable advantages omg that t ploughed by ni itis worked for 
a in, 
Dear S 
report of 8 Steam emos sent to Mr. Langsto E so in my experience of such soils, his being a greater tilth for the grain to d 
been daily for the las e weeks without s “slightest st | str strong land on a yellow clay, which was brought to the top | root crops much dar I fin across the 
accident or breakag nd, pe more than peces ourexpec-| to increase the depth in cultivation. On the lighter land of | plough d by steam my horse sinks is fü 3 dere ss deer in the 
z : | r. Marriage’s farm, = ndi when ploughing for Wheat | soil than upon that ploughed by animal eg pono vae for 9 
; M | DE : m 
e, 
tations. We have ploughed with it the most varied and uneven 
Mr. 
field upon the estate, and have found Ai work perfect. | about 6 inches deep, w eatedly got well over an acre in the | of the good condition in which 
The grubbing with plough heads and shares effects an ex- | hour without, any particular effort bein adi speed. | after the plough. ay are at li liberty to use my name to 
— ac eor A is hs arr i by removing the turn | Univers oa, satis snd Tam ^ mA es y the quality of the work | I have stated in this if it * a 8 service in ug 
-«—— pl me s € either 8 — — = | ES X am phis ed that with your recent improve- 
* e for : x- | m , wh apur the engine and windlass self moving from, | „John Fowler, Jun 
Soliant meen which is easily attached t to san: end ef 3 your | field to feld, o the value of which I am fully convinced, and | (No. 4. ), 
plough beams, and this titutes mple and effectua di other iterations which experience has suggested, the “Kinnersley, Reigate, April 4, 185. 
cultivator, with this — . that it will work | tackle is now such as must well e ciel the purpose of every | Dear gir, — In reply to your letter of the cups, 
o dge and furrow and in the roug land wit large occupier to possess, being simple, durable, 9 — me to state my o opium of you scien te h, beg tos ay 
clogging. The above isthe testimony of my own experience, | managed. “Iam, &c. E. W. Bro n 51 
A - e ^ Kp! > = Hi had every reason to be leased wi 2 
and during the time mentioned I have given exclusive atten- John Fowler, Jun. land | during the x month of N November 1 
— à hi — of the plough, but it has been likewise (No. 11.) December in last year, when Foa pouah, turn 11 5 
hes 3 m 8 = — caer — xz d e Wickham Market, May 94,1859. aer es of m my hes vb clay f — Hapo de page it A —— 
A large ps ear Sir, —In answer to your inquiry as to my experience manner ne satisfactory 
tera et and li I feel i suro that i ir addition hal 'eviden «t ie ould | with the Steam Plough and Appa purchased of nie for | ney’s agent, Mr. Brooks, to bring the ft eare 
Tong list — wil uL Rem to tha nitte i bi 2 | Mr. Lyne Stephens last year, I beg to state that a very large ex dia A after the harvest, when he shall heva zc 
$3: remain tir; yours traly, En Me | tent o s and has been the neigh it at a depth greater than is | my far iM plough if he likes to und dertake © 
« 3 approved in the nei ete — — M be your: urs tru , 
Mr. John Fowler, AFM 28, OoPRISL" fort the present, mast sin a OF Oti v poin 0 m John nov Jun." 
(No. 2.) etin d tate - were beside other ps s) Te 
“London, April 13, 1859 sit is ly cheaper orse ar, and when he cost ear Chel Mash s, 
Dear Sir, —In reply 2 — don, — the Vork- price of the plough, &c., is brought within the poor of the "My dear a oyton Hall, sem Salvator x. has 
ing — value of the Steam Plo pplied me | tenant of a moderate-sized occupation, nothing e — —— its em field to my entire satisfaction. Tho land was 
with in November last, I beg to inform son m hat Tis I have every y | general use; Mee A I threshing by the same power; of | soon after harvest, and had not been j moved since. (eie 
= reason to be fully satisfied wit h it. The farm in East t Lothian | this I entertai est doubt. The compari ison ti between | fer was driv ven across oss the stetches and comple ere OS 
on which it has been used is very badly t, and not at | Your plough and Salt of of Woolston, — — in some of the ground fro 8 inches deep, e ial pulveris res 
all adapted for culture, many of de fields "Delg angular, | newspapers, is perfectly 2 Before purchasing of de 1| | the 1 previous N leaving ing it in a f vi 
and of sup shape ; ; still it is a fact that with the | went ge € a party of ed gentiemen to — - r. Smith's | I a ced the work could me m been dog 2 47 
option She cornered pieces and some ofthe shorter lands, at work near Lynn; I advi: o do the and then | even ven with large auum unt of horse la as the e 
P whole ground that has been plo pene since I received the judge which of the two is the 2 M — marl, and the treading of the horses mod ould to a Im, m 
has been so by it. The result has been that o "Ee — „Kc. (Signed) CORNELIUS WELTON. | have counterbalanced the benefit of the Canisry, Irn. 
a farm of 320 acres I have not required d tls winter to “ John Fowler, Jun." —.— e “J. i 
keep more than six horses, and yet I believe — sprin oak Edo T 
is as well forward as it could be ‘under any circumstan: ton qu. * AE . $i Oe 
ever favourable. I may mention that T bave cited 5 vie “t Navestock, Essex, May 14, 1859. sfo April 6 18. 
ting apparatus to your subsoiling plough frame ; I find this | that I have sucesedeh In dining am nappy to inform you Loreisham Lodge, ein l gp qui iud 
cultivator of great value in g the soil for root t crops, that m drawing my Draining Ploug th | Sir,— A feel it is only due to You on my fito, 
and in autunm I expect it found of still Ade 18 | your tackle, thr my strong marl land 26 inches ae em and | — time your Steam Plough was ab Y ping the dung 
eariiying stubble and foul land. On the whole I zs walt MM ew T RN Re NEC he a — gees mryo e in and vil S 
eased wi r Plov that eet apart onl; good dep 
200 NS » a pisca 1 her) iks x 2 M — any one who have just completed 14 acres, and I have no ode but that we 4 ands p a practical feat plos e 1 hafaotory but een we 
exact state in which it is likely to come — the | shall soon be able to do 6 to 7 acres per day a s distance. | results will evi ig K — bod 
be prepared to pay 7, for the experience Hm ne . med must 4 | I am much pleased with your Steam Plough, andis by taking — remark tome des e ier Yh te por yo and. a brs 
working out. But lieve your Plough is As mp Ie = y the breasts, I scarified 40 acres for my Mangel 10 inches dee will make holding either a Ben ward Mans 
inthat state which x requires to be, ins "or der 1 the — | IE — — for the first first time over —— be sufficien 10 
may adopt and employ it on bis land w rith pro rofit, and I have | your Steare Pi 2 E 3 oo thie fn (No. 7.) e 
Denan no hesitation in giving my recommendation in its plish hed and d profitabi Lem —.— — vation — dily ad- Hilton, Burton iy done UY 5. id 
avour. “Tam, &c. i» Morton.” » x now be readily ad- jon that pioua sible e 
** P.S.—The farm I ought — add is all —. e, and when I M — M DES — men 1 am, &c. COLLINSON HALL. |g «c PL — t opinio than it is blo eck wit 
possession shortly before I purchased your Plough, Pisos pg") formerly drawn my Draining Plough with Steam Plough jing of the horses isa decided ty steam eig 
any of the work * done. N 1 13 id, „ 18 to 20 in. IA ed — am ce d se with | i 35 the treading o» sort when done hors, 
one. Now, as E sai 181 is well for- | their services in future by the steady draft o — whilst there is nothing of the to that done by » 
ward ; A ed certainly could not have been the case but for the Qu. 8) is in every other respect quite eque my friends. p 
‘ this was the — j opinion open à 
“John Fowler, Jun." E 8 ittywood, near Penkridge, April 8, 1850. | ploughing acro: 1111 soll, oe ne p 6 o bio 
: (No. 3.) i d Twy to eR EC letter of the 29th March, I field of different sorts of a mes ben $^ 
> “Esher, April 14, 1859. grea pleasure in 2 the efficient working even some rocky parts, and i much lighter, e paps 
“DearS nigh eae Um * — ‘Steam Plough upon my feum, In the sutum i of J 1038 1l inches, and leaves the land m „W. 5 
— e d manager of the c E — — by Wicet od pas by it = acre, 8 inches deep, in 1 rt for by horses.—I am, &c., yours 3» : am 
JE y I may infor —— Toot crops, and am convinced’ the work |” «Jobn Smith, Coven.” E. 
For further particulars apply to JOHN FOWLER, Jun., 28, Cornhill, London, E.C. 
