1851 
THE CULTIVATOR 
189 
Wm. Oroasdale’s Patent Seed Drill and Broadcast Sower. 
Figure A shows the Plow and 
Drill complete. No. 1 is the Seed 
Chest —No. 2 is the Driving Wheel — 
No. 3 is an Iron Rod to stop the plant¬ 
ing by raising the wheel clear of the 
ground—the Rod being made to hook 
on the lower round of the plow for 
this purpose. 
Figure B shows the Drill without 
the Seed Chest—the opening to lei 
out the seed is closed by four small 
shutters moving on hinges—No. 1 is 
opened for Turneps , tfc .—No. 2 for 
Peas, §c. —No. 3 for Wheat, Rye , tfc. 
No. 4 Corn . 
Figure C is the Drill turned up so 
as to show the under side whence 
the seed is let drop. No. 1 is the 
Cylinder ; No. 2 the Driving Wheel. 
No. 3 is the Spreader for broadcast sowing, which 
may be taken out or moved back when you wish 
to plant in drills. A different spreader’ will be 
furnished when narrower drills are required. 
T HE manifold advantages of drilling-in wheat 
over the usual method of sowing broadcast , 
are now universally conceded by the informed 
practical farmer, and it has long been a desidera¬ 
tum to find a simple, convenient and effective ap¬ 
paratus for drilling, at a price which would place 
it within the reach of all. This drill is offered to 
the agricultural community with the confident 
belief that it will fully meet this want. Adapted 
in its construction, not only for drilling-in wheat, 
&c., but also for planting corn and other seeds, and so arrangedas to be attached to the com¬ 
mon furrowing plow, and to perform perfectly its work while the indispensable process of 
plowing is going on, without any additional labor, it must be apparent that it has great ad¬ 
vantages over any other seeding machine yet invented. 
It is affirmed by those who have used this Drill, that one and a half bushels of wheat to the'* 
acre put in with it, are fully equal to two bushels sown broad cast, m the usual way : first, 
because of the exact regularity with which the seed is deposited in the ground, and secondly, 
being all covered at uniform depth, the seed is protected from the birds, and from the effects 
of freezing and thawing weather of the winter; and thirdly, the seed being properly covered, 
every blade will have good root and the crop be belter prepared to withstand drouth. 
Thus any farmer who sows only twenty acres of wheat will save in seed alone, the first 
year, by the use of this Drill, its entire cost, besides having his crop | 
put in better than it can possibly be done by hand, and with less labor. 
Corn may be planted with these Drills in hills of one, two, or four 
feet apart at the first striking out, thus saving the cross furrowing, 
and also the labor of dropping. Drills can also be made to order, to 
plant corn in hills at any distance apart that may be required. 
These Drills are now set to sow one and a half bushels of wheat, 
weighing 60 lb. to the bushel, to the acre, in furrows ten inches wide. 
It will also sow wheat broadcast, perfectly, by attaching the spreader 
directly under the wheat cavities. Full directions for changing the 
quantity per acre, with other information, may be found on the inside 
of the lid. 
By actual experiment it has been found best not to plant deeper 
than three inches. 
Manufactured and for Sale by JOHN G. BRENNER, 41 Market 
street, Philadelphia, aud WM. H. CARR, No. 5 Commerce street, 
Philadelphia. 
RECOMMENDATIONS. 
Hartsville, July 22, 1850. 
Mr. Wm. H. Carr. —Dear Sir: You ask my opinion of William 
Croasdale’s Patent Seed Drill; last fall I used the first or second one 
that was made, to put in my wheat, and do not hesitate to say, that ! 
consider it superior to any Drill that I have ever seen, combining 
more advantages. It works to perfection, is not liable to get out of 
order, being simple in construction, and being so well adapted to so 
many kinds of seeds, think it must to a very great extent take the 
place of all others. 
The low price is also an important consideration, as it brings it 
within the means of every farmer, but I would prefer it to any that I 
have seen, costing five times as much, or more. Respectfully yours, 
GEORGE BROWN. 
We the subscribers, having used William Croasdale’s Patent Seed 
Drill, or seen it used, and seen the wheat planted with it in its various 
stages from the planting to its maturity, do unhesitatingly recommend 
it as the best and most economical, combining more advantages than 
any Drilling machine we have seen. Its adaptation to so many va¬ 
rious kinds of seed, Wheat, Rye, Corn, Broom Corn, Turnip Seeds, 
&c. &c., the certainty of distributing the exact quantity required 
either in drills or scattered over the furrow, the saving in labor 
and seed, its fitness for any land where a plow can be used for plow- 
ing-in, and the low price of the article, (which will be saved in seed 
alone in the planting of 20 acres,) bringing it within the means of all, 
are important considerations, and certainly give it a decided advan¬ 
tage over the large Drills, or any that we have seen in use. 
JOHN ENGART, Warminster township, July 24, 1850. 
JAMES WALLACE, Warwick. July 24, 1850. 
WM. H. LONG, Warminster township, July 24, 1850. 
ROBERT B. FORTEN, Warminster township, July 24, 1850. 
THOS. W. F FORTEN, Warminster township, July 24, 1850. 
CHARLES BIRD. Hartsville, July 24. 1850. 
JOSEPH CARR, JOSEPH CARR, Jr.. JOHN DUNLAP, AN¬ 
DREW CRAVEN, HIRAM A. CARR,THOMAS BIRD.SAMUEL 
CRAVEN, JOHN B. RAMSEY, JOSEPH HART, Warminster 
township, July 25, 1850. 
Newtown, November 21,1S50. 
I certify that I used Croasdale’s Patent Seed Drill in putting in a 
portion of my wheat, in September last. The who at drilled in was 
one bushel and a half per acre ; the adjoining land was sown broad¬ 
cast at the rate of two bushels an acre. The drilled wheat came up 
quite as thick and much more vigorous than that sown broad-cast, 
and I think is larger at the present time. I am perfectly satisfied 
with the operations of this drill. It scatters the seed most satisfactori¬ 
ly over the furrow, and saves the labor of harrowing the ground. 
From the appearance of the wheat, I now regret that I had not put 
my whole crop in with the Seed Drill. PHINEAS JENKS. 
P. S.—This DRILL can also be adapted to the sowing of Guano. 
Price $12 50. Philadelphia, May 1—It. 
DAIRY SALT. 
T HE attention of Dairymen is particularly called to a very supe¬ 
rior article of STEAM REFINED ROCK SALT, prepared 
expressly for the Dairy at the City Steam Mills, Albany. 
The salt now offered is a pure article, free from specks, white as 
snow and sparkling as crystal. There is no excuse for a deficiency 
of cleanliness, and the difference in the price of a pure, clean article, 
is of little consequence, and scarely felt. Butter known to be made 
with this salt, commands a better price and will sell much more 
readily in this market. For sale by the bushel, or in bags of one 
peck each, by C. N. BEMENT, 
March 1—3t. 11 Hudson street, Albany, 
Tlie American Live Stock Insurance Company, 
At Vincennes , Indiana. 
C 1HARTER unlimited. Granted January 2, 1850. O^Capital 
) $50,000 !<=0 For the Insurance of HORSES , MULES, 
PRIZE BULLS. SHEEP AND CATTLE , of every description, 
against the combined risks of Fire, Water. Accidents arid Disease. 
Losses paid in 30 days after proof of death. 
Directors. —Joseph G. Bowman, Hiram Decker, M. D., Isaac 
Moss, George D. Hay, John Wise, Alvin W. Tracy, Hon. Abner T 
Ellis, Abm. Smith, Hon Thomas Bishop. Joseph G. Bowman, Pre~ 
sident. B. S. Whitney, Secretary. Wm. Burtch, Trasvrer. 
Aug. 1, 1S50—lyr. B. P. JOHNSON, Agent, Albany. 
Devon Stock for Sale. 
T WO fine Devon Cows, 3 and 6 years old; also a fine yearling 
Bull and Heifer. 
The subscriber offers the above for sale, of pure blood, and bred 
from the best stock in the country. FRANCIS W. COWLES. 
Farmington, Conn. Nov. 23, 1850. Dec. 1—Gt. 
DEVON BULL. 
F OR sale, a full bred Devon Bull, 3 years old ill July last, bred by 
II. N. Washbon. Otseso county, from the celebrated stock of 
Mr Patterson, Baltimore. 
Price $100. 
Smyrna, Chenango Co. 
A choice animal, and a good stock getter, 
J. W. COLLINS. 
N. Y. April 1.—2t 
