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at all evenly, and with too many lumps. The emptying and 
cleaning of this machine were not satisfactory. 
Machine No. 1955 {Alex. Jack & Sons , Maybole) was a 
rotary machine with forced feed. This machine did very 
good work and covered a wide breadth distributing the sulphate 
of ammonia evenly ; the same as it had been noticed to do on 
the first test — but there were small lumps to be seen in several 
places. The emptying and cleaning out were satisfactory, but 
the shafts had to be held in one position during the operation, 
or damage might be done to the discs. 
Machine No. 3401 {James Coultas, Grantham). This 
implement is a broadcast sower the full width of the machine. 
It is so constructed that the hopper winds up as it moves along 
and brings the manure into contact with a revolving rake, 
which kicks the manure over at the back of the machine. At 
each time of filling, the hopper has to be wound down by hand. 
The capacity of the machine is about 2% cwt. When the 
machine started on its plot with sulphate it travelled some 
distance before it began to sow any manure, and, after 
commencing, it distributed it very unevenly and in patches ; 
this was noticed on its first test. It also sowed the sulphate 
with small lumps. The emptying and cleaning out were 
easily performed ; but the great drawback to this machine was 
the necessity of winding down the hopper when it had to be 
refilled. 
After this test the Judges decided that machine No. 305 had 
not gone through the last trial satisfactorily, so it was struck 
out. They also decided that, as the superphosphate used on 
the first day was in a too fine and dry condition, they would 
test the six machines remaining in with superphosphate in 
a more damp state, similar to the ordinary condition of 26 per 
cent, soluble superphosphate — to be sown at the rate of 6 cwt. 
per acre, in order to judge as to the clogging of the machines 
and also to take note of the state the machines were in after 
having gone through this trial. They did not consider it 
necessary to test the machines with basic slag, as the super- 
phosphate used on the first trial was dry and powdery. 
Machine No. 118 {Teasdale Bros., Ltd.), sowed the >3 cwt. 
of superphosphate on the half-acre plot and did its work 
satisfactorily so far as distribution went. It, however, got rid 
of the manure too quickly, so that it could not complete the 
plot. Had it sown it at the right thickness, the machine would 
have shown more signs of clogging, as it has a stirrer moving 
backward and forward at bottom of hopper. 
Machine No. 154 {J. &■ R. Wallace, Castle Douglas). This 
machine again sowed the superphosphate very evenly and 
without lumps, and did not show signs of pasting or clogging. 
