64 GRIFFITH, TURNER & CO., BALTIMORE, MD. 



CAHOON PATENT BROADCAST SEED SOWER. 



For Sowing Wheat, Oats, Hemp, 

 Barley, Rye, Buckwheat, Grass Seed, Rice, etc. 



SPECIAL GATE 



FOR GRASS SEED. 



PRICE, $3,50. 



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 in the front rank of 

 labor-saving implements. A saving of four-fifths of the labor and one-third of the 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 withont changing- the slide.— Having set the index to sow the de- 

 sired quantity per acre — taking the average of the field — the operator can easily sow a little thicker 

 upon those places where 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 1 in the Wind. — Any one familiar with the use of the machine can sow satisfac- 

 torily 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 two or three hours, that time may be chosen early 

 in the morning or late in the evening, when 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 will not sow as wide as on fallow ground in consequence of the 

 obstruction which 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 : 

 Wheat and Rye, 30 to 36 feet Oats, 21 to 25 feet. 



Barley, 27 to 33 feet. Clover, Millet, Hungarian Seed, 20 to 24 feet. 



Hemp, 27 to 30 feet. Timothy, 15 to 18 feet. 



Directions for Gauging the Machine. 



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 one and a half bushels 

 to the acre, at % of an inch. 



For Barley — To sow two bushels to the acre, at i 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 % an inch. To sow one and a quarter bushels 

 to the acre, at % 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 1% inches. 



When read}* 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 hand. 



To sow Wheat or Rye in standing corn, t~wo bushels to the acre, set the index at 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 Y% of an inch; 

 half a bushel, }i of an inch. 



ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY REPAIRED. 



