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Heport on the Implements 
the furrow previously made by tlie steel-coulter attached to the 
machine. The furrow is then closed by the " coverers," and 
the potatoes left at one uniform depth, which can be regulated 
at will, and the distance apart can be varied. The driver can 
from his seat control the machine thoroughly. 
The Judges did not try this machine, as they considered 
that they could not do so properly unless the land had been 
previously thoroughly pulverised. They tried it on the grass to 
drop the potatoes, and this it did with regularity and without 
injury to the sets, and it appeai-ed as if it would, with laud 
Fig. 20, — AsjnnvaWs Potato Planter. 
thoroughly prepared, do what was claimed for it. There can 
be little question that an implement which shall by one opera- 
tion thoroughly and efficiently strike out the furrow, plant the 
potato, and cover it, would very considerably reduce the labour, 
and be much used in the districts (every day increasing) where 
large quantities of potatoes are grown. 
Messrs. Thos. Wood & Son, of Chester, exhibited (Art. 2871) 
a Stable Loose-Box, converted into stalls, consisting of pillar 
to slide into grooves, division doors, and two manger sets. This 
is an arrangement of fittings whereby a stable can be used 
either as a loose-box or two-stall stable. The footing of the 
pillar moves along in a groove, and is then fixed in position 
by an iron plate. It is easily and quickly converted, and 
seemed very firm. 
