634 Miscellaneous Implements Exhibited at Plymouth. 
Plymouth Meeting, is already capable of good work, and with a 
little more attention to detail from the inventor will become a 
very efficient machine. It will sow artificial manures of any 
kind, damp or dry, in almost any quantity, from one cwt. 
to two tons per acre, and will pass stones or other hard lumps, 
up to H inch diameter, without choking. The head of the 
spreader is reversible, having brushes on the opposite side when 
required to sow broadcast grass seeds or corn. This it does with 
great regularity. The intermittent stirrer, which is a plain 
sliding board in the back of the hopper, is a very important 
feature, as in sowing damp manures it gives just the right 
amount of motion to keep up a constant supply to the delivery 
holes, without turning it into a paste. The lower front board 
of the hopper, carrying the discharge holes, has a lateral alterna- 
ting motion given to it by a small crank with a three-inch throw. 
This board on the inner side has small iron pegs projecting in- 
wards, which move the manure in the hopper to prevent 
sticking. The size of the discharge holes is easily adjusted. 
The first motion is given by a chain from the main axle. 
The same stand (Art. 2798 to 2801) contains a distri- 
butor to attach to the back of a cart ; a machine to sow 
turnips, mangel, and manures ; a broadcast barrow for grass 
seeds; and lastly, an eight-foot grass seed sower, to sling on 
the shoulder and work by hand. These machines have con- 
siderable merit, but it is not necessary to say more, as the same 
general principle runs through all. The grass seed barrow on 
trial showed no undue tendency to separate the grass from the 
clover seeds, as is sometimes the case. 
Mr. John Ilnxtable, Castle Hill, South Molton — Chain 
Harrow (Art. 2832). Possesses malleable iron links of peculiar 
shape to cause the teeth to take a greater number of tracks ; 
the links have anti-locking joints to prevent tangling. 
Messrs. R. Hornsby cfc Sons, Limited., Grantham — "Hornsby ' 
Reaper (Art. 3143). This is a self-raker. The four rakes are 
driven by chain wheel direct from the axle of the driving wheel, 
which gives the slow speed required, and obviates the necessity 
for intermediate gearing, which was formerly used when the first 
motion was taken at a high speed and had to be reduced by this 
means. All the rakes are controllable, and deliver, or miss, at 
pleasure, depending on the use of a bell-crank lever worked by 
the foot of the driver. The rakes can also be made to" work 
automatically, as required. One lever puts both the clutches that 
drive the rakes, and the knife, respectively, in gear simultaneously. 
As far as could be judged in the Showyard, this appeared to 1"' 
an excellent machine. 
The " Hornsby Hoosier " (Art. 3145) is a Cpm and Sum 
