Agricultural Patents for the year 1863. 
575 
911. J. Wightman and C. Dening, of Chard, Somerset, agricultural imple- 
ment-makers, Improvements in horse-rakes. Application dated 10th 
April ; provisional protection, 1st May, 18G3. 
2838. W. J. Williams, of No. 51, Dorset-street, Salisbury-square, Middlesex, 
Improvements in the construction of field-rakes for agricultural pur- 
poses. (A communication in part from U. S. America.) Applica- 
tion dated 27th October, 1862; notice, 24th February; patent 
sealed, 21st April, 1863. 
Clod-Crusher. 
2364. Joseph and Benjamin Harrison, of Otley, Yorkshire, farmers, Improve- 
mcnts in clod-crushers. Application dated 26th August ; provisional 
protection, 19th September, 1862; patent sealed, 20th February, 
1863. 
Seed and Manure Drills, Distributors, &c. 
1359. John Heard, of Crediton, Devon, Improvements in apparatus for dis- 
tributing manure. Application dated 30th May ; provisional pro- 
tection, 3rd July, 1863. 
1G9S. Thomas Preece, of Leominster, Herefordshire, implement-maker, An 
improved corn and seed-drill. Application dated 8th July ; pro- 
visional protection, 6th November ; notice, 17th November, 1863. 
929. Robert Reeves, of Bratton, Wilt", Improvements in the manufacture of 
liquid-manure drills. Application dated 13th April ; provisional 
protection, 1st May; notice, 9t.\ June; patent sealed, 21st July, 
1863. 
359. Henry and John Smith, of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, implement- 
makers, Improvements in drills or machines for depositing seed and 
manure. Application dated 9th February ; provisional protection, 
20th February, 1863. 
2S61. John Walmsley, of the town of Berlin, province of Canada, farmer, 
Improvements in machinery for pmlverizing and cleaning the soil, 
and scattering seed, guano, bone-dust, and other substances thereon. 
Application dated 14th November; provisional protection, 27th 
November, 1863. 
Miscellaneous Implements for Combined Operations. 
1370. Charles Belcher, of Little Coxwell, Berks, farmer, Improvements in 
cutting and transplanting turf and in apparatus to be employed 
therein, which apparatus is also applicable to the extraction of weeds, 
and to the planting of seeds, roots, sets, or plants. Application dated 
1st June ; provisional protection, 12th June ; notice, 13th October, 
1863. 
3223. John Green, of Newtown Farm, in the parish of St. Martin, Wor- 
cestershire, agriculturist, Improvements in the construction of harrows, 
cultivators, and ploughs. Application dated 21st December, 1863. 
1473. Robert Hughes, of Worcester, road surveyor, An improved implement 
or apparatus for scraping and sweeping turnpike and other highways, 
carriage-drives, and footwalks, or other places requiring to be so 
cleaned. Application dated 12th June ; provisional protection, 3rd 
July ; notice, 20th October; patent sealed, 8th December, 1863. 
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