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GRIFFITH, TURNER & CO., BALTIMORE, MD. 



CAHOON PATENT BROADCAST SEED SOWER. 



For Sowing Wheat, Oats, Hemp, Barley, Rye, Buckwheat, Crass Seed, Rice, etc. 



SPECIAL GATE FOR 



GRASS SEED. 



STRONGLY BUILT, 



f-ASTS FOR YEARS. 



PRICE, S3.50. 



Sows from four to eight acres per hour at an ordinary walking gait, throwing wheat about forty 

 feet wide. Warranted to give perfect satisfaction and save their cost in a very short time. 



The acknowledged superiority of these machines has already placed them m the front rank of 

 labor-saving implements. A saving of four-fifths of the labor and one-third of th e seed is effected by 

 their use, and a person entirely unused to sowing by hand can use this machine with perfect success. 



To Sow Thicker or Thinner without changing the Slide.— Having set the index to 

 sow the desired quantity per acre — taking the average of the field — the operator can easily sow a 

 little thicker upon those places w T here the soil is richer, by taking shorter steps and thus not going so fast, 

 and upon the proper spots of ground it can be sown thinner by taking longer steps, and consequently 

 passing more rapidly forward. 



About Sowing in the Wind. — Amy one familiar with the use of the machine can sow 7 satis- 

 factorily in a much stronger wind than will admit of sowing well by hand ; but as the ordinary work 

 of a day can easily be done with the Sower in tw T o or three hours, that time may be chosen early in 

 the morning or late in the even'ng — w T hen it is. usually calm, or nearly so. 



For Sowing in Standing Corn the machine will be found of the greatest utility— nothing 

 can ever equal it for this purpose — but it will not sow as wide as on fallow ground, in consequence of 

 the obstruction w 7 hich the corn offers to the seed. A broader lap is therefore required, by making 

 the passages near together. {See Directions.) 



The breadth of the cast will be according to the weight of the seed. The heavier the seed the 

 greater the distance to which it is thrown. The passages ordinarily should be as follows : 



The large gate is to be used when sowing grain, and the small gate in the larger one for grass 

 seed only. 



First close the slide or gate tight, then fix the lower edge of the index point against the scale of inches 

 on the slide for the different seeds as follows : 



For Wheat and Rye.— To sow two bushels to the acre, at 1 inch. To sow 7 one and a half 

 bushels to the acre, at % of an inch. 



For Barley.— To sow two bushels to the acre, at 1 inch. To sow one and one-eighth bushels 

 to the acre, at ^ of an inch. 



For Hemp. — To sow one bushel to the acre, at ]/ 2 of an inch. To sow one and a quarter 

 bushels to the acre, at s /s of an inch. 



For Oats. — To sow two bushels to the acre, at 1% inches. To sow one and a half bushels to 

 the acre, at \% inches. 



When ready to sow, first commence turning, and with the left hand raise the slide until the nib on 

 the slide comes against the index point. Be careful to walk and turn, as above directed. To close the 

 slide, do it with a quick pressure of the left ha.nd. 



To sow Wheat or Bye in standing com, two bushels to the acre, set the index at five-eighths of an 

 inch, and sow five or six rows at a time, according as they are wide or narrow. 



For Grass Seed. — To sow one peck of Grass Seed to the acre, raise the small gate of an 

 inch ; half a bushel, y$ of an inch. 



Wheat and Rye, 30 to 36 feet. 

 Barley, 27 to 33 feet. 

 Hemp, 27 to 30 feet. 



Oats, 21 to 25 feet. 



Clover, Millet, Hungarian Seed, 20 to 24 feet. 

 Timothy, 15 to IS feet. 



DIRECTIONS FOR GAIGIXG THE MACHTVE. 



ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY REPAIRED. 



