Agricultural Patents for the year 1861. 
491 
1628. John Fowler, jun., of Leeds, Improvements in machinery for plottfjhmg 
or tilling land by steam j'oiver. Application dated 25tb June; \>\o- 
visional protection, 9th August ; notice, 15th October ; patent sealed 
loth December. 
1GS8. John Simonton, of Belfast, Improved traction-engine and apparatus 
for cultivating land. Application dated 3rd July; provisional pro- 
tection, 2nd August. 
1724. Louis A. Keiley, of Kensington, and W. A. O'Doherty, of Swan-lanc, 
Upper Thames-street, Improvements in apjmratns for facilitating the 
jrrocess ff grass edge cutting, &c. Application dated 6th July. 
1731. Eichard Hornsby, jun., of Grantham, Improvements in machinery for 
washing, wringing, and churning. Apj^lication dated 8th July ; 
provisional protection, 26th July; notice, 6th August; patent sealed 
16th October. 
1735. Alfred Priest and William Woolnough, jun., of Kingston-on-Thames, 
Improvements in machinery for drilling and hoeing land. Applica- 
tion dated 9th July ; provisional protection, 2ud August ; notice, 
12th November ; patent sealed 26th December. 
1742. Eichard Hornsbj', jun., of Grantham, Imprdvements in thrashing- 
machines. Application dated 9th July; provisional protection, 26th 
July ; notice, 6th August ; patent sealed 17th October. 
1744. Thomas T. Chellingworth, of Buckingham-street, Adelphi, and Jonathan 
Thurlow, of Lambeth, Improvements in traction-engines. Applica- 
tion dated lOtli July; notice, 19th November; patent sealed 31st 
December. 
1752. Thomas Eeeves, jun., of Bratton Westbury, Wilts, Improvements in 
apparatus for applying salt or other mate^'ial to the roots of weeds. 
Application dated 11th July; notice, 19th November; patent sealed 
31st December. 
1767. Thomas Smith and George Taylor, of Ipswich, Imjprovements in horse- 
rakes and cultivators, and in wheels for the same and other carriages. 
Application dated 13th July ; provisional protection, 2nd August ; 
notice, 12th November. 
1786. John Goucher, of Worksop, Notts, Improvements in staching corn and 
other crops. Application dated 16th July. 
1857. William M'Intyre Cranston, of King William-street, City, Im2^rove- 
mcnts in grass-mowing machines. A commimication from iSTew York. 
Application dated 24th July; notice, 6th August; protection on 
specification, 6th August ; patent sealed 26th September. 
1898. William Henry Ash, of London, Canada West, Improvements in reaping 
and mowing machines. Application dated 30th July; provisional 
protection, 9th August ; notice, 13th August. 
1937. Francis Eichmond and Henry Chandler, of Salford, and William 
B. Richie, of Belfast, An improved sackholder. Application dated 
5th August, provisional protection, 4th October ; notice, lOtli 
December. 
1970. John Gedge (Gedge and Son, patent agents), 11, Wellington-street, 
Strand, Improved apparatus for heating or thrashing grain. Appli- 
cation dated 8th August ; provisional protection, 23rd August. 
1971. John and WiUiam Coldwell, of Shetficld, Improvements in the manu- 
fa.cture of sheep-shears. Application dated 8th August; i^rovisional 
protection, 23rd August. 
