at the Northampt07i Meeting, 1847. 



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of the Stewards, so nearly even, as would fully have justified the 

 Judges in awarding the prize either to Mr. Garrett or to Mr. 

 Hornsby. 



Messrs. Garrett and Son were awarded prizes for the same de- 

 scription of drill at Liverpool, Derby, and Southampton. The 

 most recent improvement in its construction consists of the appli- 

 cation of Stratton's patent hollow wrought-iron for the cells or 

 side-frame of the drill instead of cast iron, whereby much 

 greater strength is obtained without occupying so much space, 

 whilst it allows the wheels to come nearer the drill-box : in addi- 

 tion to which a dial-plate is affixed with a regulating screw, by 

 means of which the gear-wheels can be more easily regulated for 

 the delivery of grain. It is fitted with double-actioned levers for 

 depositing corn and manure, either together or through separate 

 conductors, burying the manure at any required depth below the 

 surface, and placing as much soil above it as necessary before the 

 seed is deposited. Price 46/. 125. 



Mr. Hornsby's drill has received 4 prizes from the Society. 

 It is fitted as a 10-coulter seed and manure drill, and ll-coulter 

 corn and seed drill. The alterations made in this machine since 

 last year, when it obtained the premium, are — that the manure 

 barrel and stirrer turn either way, whilst the shape of the manure- 

 box is altered and improved. Price 53Z. ; if fitted with fore- 

 carriage and an improved steerage, 4/. \0s. extra. 



Drill-presser. — Mr. Hornsby's drill-presser is a good imple- 

 ment, and fully entitled him to the prize : it has received the 

 Society's premiums twice before ; and is a two-row drill-presser, 

 with coulters to conduct the seed and manure to the ground. 

 The same alterations have been made in the manure-box since its 

 last exhibition as that described in the drill for general purposes. 

 Price 16Z. \0s. 



Turnip Drill on the I^lat.—The prize was awarded to the 

 Messrs. Garrett for a four-row lever-drill for turnips or mangold- 

 wurzel. The drill had before received a Society's prize at Cam- 

 bridge. This drill is also adapted for drilling beans, peas, and 

 carrots with manure at any intervals apart, which is an addition to 

 the implement exhibited last year. The same additions as re- 

 gards the cill and regulating screw have been made as those de- 

 scribed in the general-purpose drill manufactured by the same 

 exhibitors. Price 261. lOs. 



Turnip Drill on the Ridge. — Messrs. Garrett likewise obtained 

 this prize >for a patent two-rowed lever-drill of the same descrip- 

 tion as that which obtained the prize in 1842, with the alterations 

 as before described in the drills for general purposes and that on 

 the flat. Price 23Z. 55. 



The Judges remark that Mr. Hornsby's two-ridge turnip- drill 



