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GRIFFITH, TURNER & CO., BALTIMORE, MD. 



CAHOON PATENT BROADCAST SEED SOWER, 



FOR SOWING WHEAT, OATS, HEHP, BARLEY, RYE, BUCKWHEAT, 

 GRASS SEED, RICE, ETC. 



STRONGLY BUILT, 



LASTS FOR YEARS. 



Price, I4.00. 



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 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 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 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 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 usualy calm, or nearly so. 



For Sowing in Standing Corn the machine will be found of the greatest utility— nothmg 

 can ever equal it for this purpose — but it 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 nearer together. {See Directions). 



The breadth of the cast will be accordmg 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 itidex 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 i inch. To sow one and a half bushels to the acre, at 

 K 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 HEflP.- To sow one bushel to the acre, at >^ of an inch. To sow one and a quarter bushels to the acre, at Yi of 



an inch. 



FOR OATS.— To sow two bushels to the acre, at i^^ 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 zt-alk 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, two bushels to the acre, set the index at five-eights 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 ^^'i of an inch ; half a bushel, 

 14 of an inch. 



ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY REPAIRED. 



