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well, but did not apply sufficient, and there were many lumps 
thrown out, so that the distribution was uneven. When 
finished it was cleaned out, but this work could not be done 
satisfactorily, as, when tipped up, the discs caught the ground 
and were liable to be bent or damaged unless the shafts were 
held at a particular height. 
Machine No. 154 (J. <k R. Wallace , Castle Douglas), also a 
rotary, was next tried with the same quantity of sulphate of 
ammonia and afterwards emptied and cleaned out. The dis- 
tribution by this machine was very good indeed and it covered 
a wide breadth, the same as had been noticed in the previous 
trial. No lumps were to be found, and the emptying and 
cleaning out were easily and rapidly done by one man, as the 
machine could be tipped up and stand by itself with the discs 
clear of the ground. 
Machine No. 305 ( John Wallace & Sons , Ltd., Glasgow), 
broadcast (with large roller in bottom of hopper which lets 
down for cleaning out) came next on the same test, but did 
very bad work and only sowed at intervals. The opinion 
formed was that this machine was capable of doing much 
better work if it had been more efficiently handled and set 
properly. The emptying and cleaning of this machine were 
rapid and easily done. 
Machine No. 925 ( Kuxmann & Co., Germany). Broadcast 
machine, with clever contrivance for cleaning knives (which 
push out the material) when at work. The manure had to 
be placed in a particular way in this hopper, so as to allow 
for the movement of distributors from one side of the machine 
to the other, and a layer of sand had first to b.e placed in the 
bottom of the hopper for the blades to be run upon to keep 
them from pasting on underside. 
This machine delivered the sulphate very irregularly and 
in blotches, and not at all evenly ; it was too wide to pass 
through a nine feet gateway and had transport arrangement 
to enable it to go through gates endways. It was very in- 
convenient for emptying and cleaning out, one wheel having 
to be propped up and turned round several times before the 
manure could be got out. It was also noticed that the manure 
lodged on the front side of the hopper and would not fall 
down to be distributed. 
Machine No. 1907 (R. <k J. Reeves A Son, Ltd., Westbury) 
was a rotary machine having a kind of propeller disc for 
distribution in a vertical position, with a chain of flat blades 
working under the bottom of the hopper about 1^ in. wide, 
and as they turned over the roller to deliver the manure to the 
discs, the blades brought .it out at regular intervals, and not 
continuously, so the discs delivex*ed it in puffs or blasts, not 
