1 74 Trials of Artificial and Farmyard Manure Distributors. 
Capacity of hopper. 
Width of distribution. 
Mechanical construction. 
Draft. 
Price. 
The trials were carried out on Mr. Stephen Fairbairn’s 
High Weetslade Farm, Annitsford, near Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
The plots were measured and staked out half an acre each and 
the soil was in a perfect state for the tests, having been well 
worked down so that all the points of distribution, &c., would 
be plainly visible. 
The first test which the machines were put through was to 
sow at the rate of 6 cwts. per acre of superphosphate. The 
superphosphate was in very good condition and not as pasty as 
it would be in the ordinary course of sowing for a crop in 
the spring, the weather having been very dry for some period 
previously and during the trials. The whole of the machines 
entered got rid of the superphosphate without clogging to any 
great extent owing to the manure being in such a friable state. 
During this test it was noticed and commented upon that 
nearly every one of the machines that sowed the same width 
as the hopper, distributed the manure in lines across the full 
width of the machine, leaving bare spaces between. The 
rotary machines, however, made a more even distribution. 
The Judges decided after this test that there were only 
seven machines that had any likelihood of complying with the 
points set out for them to judge by, and the following were 
those left in. 
No. in 
Catalogue 
118 Teasdale Bros., Ltd., Darlington. The “ Teasdale.” 
154 J. & R. Wallace, Castle Douglas. 
305 John Wallace & Sons, Ltd., Glasgow. “Victor.” 
925 Kuxmann & Co., Germany. “Westphalia.” 
1907 R. & J. Reeves & Son, Ltd., Westbury. “ Cyclone.” 
1955 Alex Jack & Sons, Maybole. The “Empire.” 
3401 Jas. Coultas, Grantham. 
The next test these seven machines were put through was 
to sow at the rate of 1 cwt. of sulphate of ammonia to the acre, 
on half acre plots. The sulphate of ammonia had been passed 
through a half inch screen and was in the usual state when 
applied to the land. After sowing the manure each machine 
was emptied and cleaned out to test the point of “ emptying 
and cleaning out.” 
Machine No. 118 ( Teasdale Bros ., Ltd ., Darlington), a rotary 
one, was the first tested. It distributed the sulphate fairly 
