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Practical Opinions on the Effect 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 
Query 1 — Crushing Clods. 
Query 2 — Strong Lands. 
J. E. Denison, M.P., 
Ossin);tun, by Tuxfoid. 
Your clod-crusher is a very vjiluable imple- 
ment in preparing I'allow land in dry seasons. 
It reduces the size of the clods to such propor- 
tions that the first shower of rain makes them 
fall into mould; when, without your clod- 
crusher, it would have been impos>ible to get 
the land fit for any sort of spnng or summer 
cultivation. 
It is very valuable forantumn- 
sown wheat in the spring, even 
on strong land. I rolled one part 
of a field with your clod-crusher, 
and left part unrolled. The su- 
periority of the part rolled was 
very evident. 
John Parkinson, 
Ley Fields, Newark. 
It is superior to any other implement I 
have tried fur crushing clods on strong lands. 
it IS of very great use in pre- 
paring ihe land before and after 
sowing corn, and especially with 
reference to the growth of clover 
and gx-ass seeds sown therewith. 
J. W. Newstead, 
Dunham oa Trent, 
Newark. 
I have found it of ^reat benefit in breaking 
up my laud for spring-corn and lor turnip- 
land. I should not have got my strong land 
sufficiently fine for barley tliis spring without 
it: I really do not know what I should do 
without it. 
.\ very excellent implement 
for rolling wheats in the spring 
of the year, especially on clover- 
leys and seeds, which lie rather 
hollow, and very fiequenily lose 
)jlaut, if not pressed down after 
frost. 
RobKRT FaUIiKES 
Beckingham, 
Newark. 
I have had little occasion to use it for this 
purpose. 
I have used it with excellent 
effect upon land sow n with wheat 
after turniiis in the spring ; it is 
now my invariable practice. 
Samuei.. Abhott, 
Lowdham, 
near Nottingham. 
I cannot speak more highly of your cloil- 
crusher than it deserves. It is the most 
powerful and efficient pulverizer of land that 
I ever met with. 
It is also invaluable for rolling 
corn in the spring, when there is 
a danger of its losing root. 
W. W. Moody, 
South Leverton, 
near Retford. 
I have only had your crusher this season, 
and find it the best implement ever intro- 
duced iu our part of the country for these 
purposes. 
DERBY. LEICESTER, WARWICK, GLOUCESTER, 
C. R. COLVILLE, M.P., 
Duffield Hall, Derby. 
Most valuable. 
Good for rolling corn in the 
spring upon lands sown late in 
the year. 
John Wright, 
Romely, Chesterfield, 
Derbyshire. 
I have had long experience with your pa- 
tent clod-crusher, and have uuw ruduciid the 
strong land I occupy to good turnip culture; 
no season hitherto has prevented my having 
a good crop of turnips upon land where tur- 
nips were never attempted to be grown be- 
fore. It is the most valuable implement we 
possess. 
Ou strong land sown with 
wheat in the autumn, and on 
clover-ley before sowing, I have 
used the clod-crusher with very 
great advantage, also after sow- 
inir. I think it invaluable for 
rolling wheat in the sprhig of 
the year; it is also useful for 
land that has been fed on with 
sheep in a wet season before 
sowing with barley, and for roll- 
ing wheat in the spring ; it en- 
sures the growth of clover-seed. 
