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obtained a medal, and has this peculiarity : — -In all other drills 

 the coulters, which distribute the manure or seed, hang from the 

 carriage. In this drill the carriage rests upon the coulters, which 

 are like the irons of skates ; it may be said, indeed, to run on 

 four pairs of skates. Hence this drill's power of penetrating 

 hard ground, and of giving a firm bed to the wheat-seed in soft 

 ground. Each drill coulter, however, preserves its independence 

 as when suspended. This self-adjustment is required by the 

 inequality of tilled ground, and is thus obtained ; each pair of 

 coulters is fixed to the end of a balance beam, these again to 

 others, and they to a central one. Thus each coulter^ in well- 

 poised rank, gives its independent share of support. 



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Hence this drill is simpler in management than any other, for, 

 resting on its own base like a plough, it is also guided from 



improvement of a simple method of regulating it so as to work on the sides of hills. 

 There is also a slide for the regulation of the feed of the manure, with an index to 

 show the quantity delivered. Price 42Z. This drill did its work remarkably well ; 

 and we considered it entitled to a Medal. 



A four-rowed turnip drill on the flat, embracing the improvements of the general- 

 purpose drill, was also put to a severe test with other drills; but, upon the whole, we 

 considered it to do its work a shade better than those brought against it, and we awarded 

 to it a Medal. 



A hand-barrow drill — the construction and excellent workmanship exhibited in the 

 implement merited the unqualified approbation of the jury — tlistributing grass-seeds 

 broadcast in an excellent manner, by means of two compartments in the same box, that 

 the quantities of each may be regulated as desired, the clover and rye grass being 

 mixed in their transit to the ground. We considered it a very useful implement, 

 and recommended it as worthy of a Medal. 



Messrs. Ransomes and May, of Ipswich, exhibited a very well constructed drop 

 drill, which did its work very well, and of a very different construction from any of 

 the other drop drills : and, for the ingenuity of contrivance and excellence of work- 

 manship, we awarded it a Medal. 



Mr. Busby, of Mewton-le- Willows, near Bedale, exhibited a drill which he called a 

 ribbini^ drill, which is well constructed, very simple, and strong, and does its work 

 extremely well, making a broader seam to lay the corn or seed in, which js considered 

 by many, and especially by foreigners, as a great advantage. Price 14/. To which 

 we awarded a Medal. 



Messrs. Hensman and Son, Woburn, Bedfordshire, exhibited a self-adjusting steerage 

 corn-drill. This drill varies from the generality of drills, as it is drawn from the 

 centre by whippletrees instead of shafts ; and tlie drill-man behind can steer or direct 

 the drill with the greatest nicety. The corn-box of the drill is entirely self-acting, and 

 delivers the seed equally well going either up or down hill. It is also capable of 

 horse-hoeing, by attaching hoes to the levers, instead of the coulter shares. This 

 implement works very well ; and the price from 18/. to 20/. We awarded it a Medal. 



M. Claes, of Belgium, exhibited a nine-rowed, very simple, well-made Belgian 

 drill. It did its work extremely well. The coulters made a broader seam to receive 

 the corn than the generality of English drills ; and the harrow which is attached to the 



