1853 . 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
165 
SEYMOUR’S GRAIN DRILL. 
T HIS Machine has been manufactured several years by 
the inventor, also by others, and sold to many very intel¬ 
ligent grain growers in many parts of the United States, and 
it has thus far fully sustained the character claimed for it, 
namely: That it is better adapted to the purposes for which 
it is intended, and for which a Grain Drill is wanted, than any 
other which has been tested in our country, being convenient 
for sowing all grain and seed, from peas, corn and cotton, to 
grass seed, either broadcast or in drills] and fine fertilizers, 
such as Lime, Plaster, Salt, Ashes, Bone-Dust, Guano, Ac., 
may be mixed with the grain, if desired. These fertilizers 
may also be sown broadcast by this machine. 
The machinery is remarkably simple, permanent, and easi¬ 
ly kept in repair, and all the parts are so clearly presented to 
the view of the operator, that he can readily see if any thing 
is not correct; and the grain falls from the seed box to the 
tubes, (a space of several inches,) in full view, so that in pass¬ 
ing over the field, he may be constantly assured that the seed 
is deposited as is designed. The usual size is made with nine 
teeth, eight inches apart; but any other size, and teeth any 
other distance apart, can be made to order. The teeth are ail 
placed in one rank, unless ordered to be put in two ranks. It 
is believed by those who have made experiments, and given 
the subject their careful attention, that the evils caused hy 
lumps, stones, Ac., being thrown by the teeth in the hind rank 
into the furrows made by the teeth in the front rank, are, in 
most cases, far greater than the advantages gained. This fact 
has induced the inventor to construct his double-ranked drill 
so that all the teeth can be placed in one rank, at pleasure, thus 
obviating, in this drill, the objection to all other two-ranked 
drills. The price of the drill, with teeth in two ranks, is ten 
dollars higher than those with teeth in but one rank. Seve¬ 
ral hundred farmers have these drills in operation, to all of 
whom reference is given, to learn whether they sustain their 
character. 
The first premium has been awarded to this machine, at 
every fair of the New-York Stale Agricultural Society, since 
its first introduction in 1849, including the highest prize and 
diploma at the great trial of implements, made by this Society, 
at Geneva, in July, 1852. 
RECOMMENDATIONS. 
Mr. P. Seymwur —Dear Sir:—You ask for my opinion with 
regard to the Wheat Drill I purchased of you this fall. With¬ 
out specifying particulars, I would express my unqualified 
approbation of it over that of any other which I have seen in 
use. I am somewhat enthusiastic on the subject of drilling, 
believing it will soon be universally adopted by farmers, °I 
would not willingly disparage the patents of other individuals. 
With great respect, yours, Ac., CALVIN SPERRY. 
Mr. Seymour— -Sir:—With the Grain Drill which I pur¬ 
chased from you this season, my son, a lad 16 years of age, has 
put m about 50 acres of wheat for me, and with some of it 
about a bushel and a half per acre of ashes and hen dung 
was mixed, and all to my entire satisfaction, and I must say 
I prefer it to any I have ever seen IRA R. PECK. 
I have examined several certificates In the hands of Mr. 
Seymour, in favor of his Grain Drill, one of them from Ira 
R. Peek. I am personally acquainted with Mr. Peck. His 
statements can be fully relied on. The other certificates, I 
have no doubt, are from equally reliable sources. I have ) 
myself heard the drill highly spoken of, by farmers who have 
used it; and have also seen it in operation, and believe it to 
be at least one of the very best in use. I was present at the 
State Fair in September last, where the first premium was 
awarded to Mr. Seymour, for his drill. 1 have the confidence 
that any statement which Mr. Seymour would be likely to 
make in regard to the drill, would be strictly true. 
ISAAC W. MITCHELL, 
East Bloomfield, Feb. 5, 1850. Justice of the Peace. 
Mr. Seymour —Dear Sir:—The eleven-tooth drill you ex¬ 
hibited at the Ontario Counly Fair last fall, and sold to me, I 
have fairly tested, in putting in my spring crops, and find it 
works admirably, and answers my fullest expectations. I 
have drilled in 70 bushels of oats, and as much barley, and 
my buckwheat, which are now up, and all growing finely. 
Although the drill has eleven teeth, 1 do not think it any too 
large for a common team, and it is wide enough to put in 
three rows of corn at once. R. STEPHENS. 
Hopewell, July 5. 1852. 
Mr. Seymour —The drill I purchased of you last season, 
was used to sow about one hundred acres. It does its work 
correctly; is convenient, and easily managed; can be varied, 
by a single motion of the lever, to any quantity per acre ; per¬ 
forms equally well up or down hill, or on sideling land, and 
saved for me half a bushel of seed per acre. I do not con¬ 
sider the drill injured by use to the amount of fifty cents, and 
I would not be deprived of so valuable an implement for 
three times its cost. Richmond, Ontario co., 1851. 
PETER P. BARNARD. 
I fully concur in the above. PHILIP REED. 
0 s *Many other Testimonials as to the utility and great sa¬ 
ving by ihe use of these Machines, have been received, but 
the above are deemed sufficient. 
Seymour’s Broad-Cast Sowing Machine. 
This Machine is well known in Western N. Y., and is uni¬ 
versally acknowledged to be the best implement in our coun¬ 
try, for the purposes for which it is intended. It sows cor¬ 
rectly all kinds of grain, (and any desired quantity per acre,) 
from Peas to Grass Seed—including Wheat. Rye, Oats, Bar¬ 
ley, Buckwheat, Rice, Hemp, Flax, Clover and Timothy 
Seed. Also, Plaster, Lime, Salt. Ashes, Bone-Dust, Ac., Ac. 
It is capable of dusting every inch of ground on an acre of 
land with less than a half bushel of Plaster, and thirty or 
forty bushels of Lime may be thus evenly applied to the 
same amount of land, if desired. It sows ten feet wide , 
or may be made narrower to order. This machine has 
been much improved by substituting iron, in several im¬ 
portant parls, in the place of wood, making it a very durable 
article. It "has received the highest recommendations from 
hundreds of the best Farmers in our country, and eleven 
times has the highest premium been awarded to this machine 
by different Agricultural Societies, at so many annual Fairs 
of said Societies. 
OCr’AU orders promptly attended to. 
Those who would order any of these machines, are reques¬ 
ted to send their orders early, and give all the time possible, 
before they require them to be ready. Address 
C. SEYMOUR, Manufacturer, 
or P. SEYMOUR, Patentee, 
May 1, 1853. East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N. Y. 
