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each set of cups in the cyUnderS;, and which strikes the handle of 

 each cup as it delivers the corn^, which is then shaken completely 

 out. This drill has also a swing lever to move the coulters to 

 either side when drilling land which is not levels and so constructed 

 as to be easily transformed to different sizes. 



Mr. Jeago's (of Peasinghall) well-known Suffolk drill was much 

 admired ; and a droj) drill, by Mr. Grounsell^ of Louth, received a 

 silver medal from the Society for the novelty and value of the prin- 

 ciple involved. This drill has an inner w^heel attached to the 

 main wheel of the implement, which, at stated intervals, acts upon a 

 crank, which withdraws a slide from each cup, on the principle of 

 a shot-belt, and deposits the manure at given distances, thereby 

 greatly economising artificial manures, such as bones. This 

 machine is evidently capable of much improvement, but it may be 

 expected to engage the attention of mechanics, as the object to be 

 attained is extremely desirable. When moved by hfind it appeared 

 to deposit the manure very regularly at a foot distant, but pro- 

 bably the more rapid pace of a horse w^ould have let it down in a 

 more continuous stream . This may, however, be in a great measure 

 obviated by increasing the diameter of the inner ^vheel . A press- 

 roller, by Hart, of Wantage, appeared well adapted to light lands 

 not apt to clog. Its iron frame, and the manner in which it was 

 attached to the shafts, was neat, strong, and cheaply constructed. 



A corn dressing-machine, by Mr. T. Salter, of Hallingbury, 

 Essex, w^as commended by the judges, and the Society's silver 

 medal was awarded to it. This machine receives the corn in an 

 inclined wire cylinder, through which it is driven by an iron 

 revohing rod armed with short knives, which entirely supersede 

 the use of the common barley-chopper, breaking the beard or tail 

 off barley or oats, and separating the dirt and seeds from the 

 chaff. It is then delivered into the sieves attached, through which 

 the blowers drive a very considerable force of wind. The whole 

 may be w^orked by two men, one to turn the wheel and the other 

 to serve the hopper. 



A new^ly- invented machine, called a " Scorcher,'' invented by 

 Messrs. Jones and Draper, of Chorlbury, for burning straw 



