

THE DRILL PLOUGH. 



609 



in the lead brulfed or broken, as I believe is liable to occur in Mr. 



TuU's original naachine. 



Laftly it (hould be obferved, that the lefs expence in the conftruc- 

 tion, the lefs propenfity to be out of repair, and the greater eafe of 

 underftandino; the manao^ement of this machine, correfpond with its 

 greater finnplicity ; and will, I hope, faciUtate the ufe of the drill- 

 huibandry.' 



5 only 



Rev. 



Mr. Swanwick'*s Seed-Box. 



)f the 



Idle of 



when 



as in 



iiie by 



w 



hich 



;cou 



1. 



lough 



spur- 



': ma' 



before 



) 



f the 

 dsof 



:i 



.^tloflS 



;;heX- 



:iti 



are 

 in 



i 



As the dibbling of wheat, defcribed in Se6l. XVI 



IS 



ry 



flow and laborious method of depofiting the corn, and is yet comin 



1 am informed, more and more into fa(h 



fome 



the 



fufpe6l this muft be owing to the expence of procuring, and 

 difficulty of managing the drill-ploughs now in ufe, or to the greater 

 inaccuracy, with which they deliver the feed. I flatter myfelf there- 

 fore, that I am doing a benefit to fociety in endeavouring to fimplify 



this mac 



d to increafe its accuracy as much as pofTible 



d 



fhall therefore here defcribe another method of delivering the feed 

 from the feed-box, which was invented by Mr. Swanwick, an inge- 



cher of writing and arith 



o 



philofophy 



Derby 



d wh 



with fome branches of i 

 II not be averfe to fh 



the working models of the feed-bo 



Will 



or to 



give affiflance to any 



one. 



<:eding one. 



ho wifhes to conftruil either this drill mach 



the pre 



Mr. Swanwick's feed-box is forty-eight inches long within, is di- 

 vided into fix cells for the purpofe of fowin^ fix rows of feeds at the 

 fame time, like that above defcribed. And at the bottom of each 



Plate XII. for the feed to pafs 



cell is a hole i?, a, 



&c. Fig. I. 



4 I 



through 



N 



