DRILL FOR SOWING PEAS. 21 



Defcription of the Engraving of Mr. Robert Green *j Hand- Very economical 

 Drill, for fowing Peas, Beam, Sfc. PJate II. pe«/°' ^"""'"^ 



Fig. 5. a a, The wheels placed upon a wooden axis b, which 

 is fquare at each end, but round in the centre. The fquare 

 ends of the axle have holes throughout them, at different diC- 

 tances in order to depofit the feed at nearer or more diftant in- 

 tervals, as may be wanted. 



c, The box in which the feed is placed : the axis b is cylin- 

 drical, and has holes made therein proper (o receive the feeds, 

 which by the revolution of the axis are carried forwards, and 

 fall through an iron tube into the ground opened for them by 

 the (hare d. When depofited in the ground, they are covered, 

 or the earth drawn over them by two iron pins or fcrapers 

 e, fixed on each fide of the tube, and extending fome inches 

 behind it. 



//, The handles of the drill-machine, by which it is pufhed 

 forwards. 



Fig. 4. Shows an enlarged view of the interior of the feed- 

 box c, above mentioned, and holes for the feeds placed in a 

 fpiral Ime, in order to drop the feeds more regularly. 



g, Is a fmall brufli within the box, which rubs againft the 

 cylinder, to keep the holes clear to receive the feeds. 



Fig. 5, Is a fe6tion of the machine, where a is part of 

 the feed-box j b, the round part of the axle, which delivers 

 the feed. 



d. The (hare which opens the earth, 



h. The tube through which the feed falls, 



i, The mouth of the tube, and one of the fins which draws 

 together the foil, and covers the feed. 



k. Is a fmall door, to be opened occafionally, if the roller or 

 tube are out of order,- 



l, A ftrong flat board, to which the iron work is fcrewed. 



Fig. 6, Shows an enlarged plan of the iron work, when 

 the machine is reverfed. 



d. Is the fhare, 



if The hole from which the feed is dropped. 



e e. The two fins, or fcrapers, which collect the earth and 

 Dover the feed, 



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