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MACHINES AND IMPLEMENTS.

On the South Side : Areas N. 0. 1 ; P. Q. R. 1 to 27.

® x ecuting any drainage that may he required above thesv P t th ° f 4 feet > at loss t1ian half the cost of . thc P resent

ystem, and without disturbing the surface soil. _

„ I he following engraving shows the machine jnst as it isntushing the drain. When commencing work, the ploughto one end of the field, and the capstan is moored‘ tae other; the wire rope being run off the drum ot thesii'n 1411 an<1 attached to the plough (either singly mAuow draining or soft soils, or returned round a singleeave when greater power is required), as shown in the

cut. The plug and coulter are then dropped into a holeprepared for them, and the pipes threaded on a rope areattached to the back of the plug, the hole being slopedoff backwards to allow them to enter easily. 'The horsesare attached to the horse levers of the capstan, and bywalking in a circular course, wind the wire rope on tothe drum, and pull the plough forward with the pipesattached. When the required length of drain is com-pleted (which may be any length under 225 yards), theplough is run into another hole, and the rope on which

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Fowler’s Improved Draining Plough and Windlass.

Ward^ ^ re s * ruri g) being unhooked, is pulled out back-?°hveni an ^ ^ <brain is complete. As it would be in-in pieces^V? ^ ave ^ ie pip e ' ro pe ' m one length, it is made0ile ron^ °* ^ fcet each, and, by a simple contrivance, ashot occu Cnters > fciie ether is attached to the end. It doestittle of ri } ore than one quarter of an hour from theae eiiva Cv m * n & 0ne d ™ 11 to commencing another. Theis said the clay pipes are laid cannot, it

botto^ k ® equalled by any hand work; and from theis somet* ein ^ undisturbed, they are not liable to sink, aslining 1IIles case even ^ lG best-executed hand-

tiles^ red!? ^y°. Cess > not only is the cost of burying theThickness C ,i ln man y cases 50 per cent., but frfnn theany season^c neatness °f the operation it can be done at° r inters • year, without injury to any short crop

Su rface s ^ ln f . w ith the common farm operations, theUnfl ^vher fk untouched, except at the headlands;p*ed i n u? ^he hedges are low, the capstan can often be0v els are iP nex * In undulating or flat lands, the

11 P and [in , 0r a bfll insured, by working the coulterthe worm " ^ ln body of the plough, by means ofTati’s eve i ^ 01,in 'Wheel , shown in the cut, the plough-Jhe Plouo-k bein S guided by a try-sight balanced onheld. ® * ail( I a cross staff erected at the end of theSev |

^'ough n ,. 0 ^! 1686 Ploughs are now in constant work, andJhe presL, l ea gths of the drains have been opened inlll stanee i.^ . ^ ar g® numbers of agriculturists, in no*Tli e quanU t,PiS Pee . n l®’ 1 ’ 11 ! incorrectly laid.

Var y with a * 1 ? ° P ^ ra i n ®ge that can be done per day will"4ien the , ach particular field, but in common clay land,an d 7,000 f.*? • ,^ oes not exceed 3 feet, between 6,000^"Kuiion wrftr- 111 com pl ete <l with four horses in the‘ r °m two ' )ut when the depth exceeds 3 feet,

'lhantitv ee ^ or f ies will not do more than half that

*?hch mov e .X~ er ® ' s possible, this draining would betlt y of work il 011 ® in summer, as twice the quan-

° l, h an<\ .u nia y be done by having two teams of horsesP r opoiti on ° otaer expenses would not he increased in

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} A Fry, Temple Gate Implement Factory,jj . Bristol —Designers and Manufacturers.

»&**«*** cart > adapted for harvest and winterSo as to i- * le al’al’fo are adjusted with bent iron stays,the tion' 6ep ^ le body low and the wood shafts straight;delivery ^ a Pparatus is also adapted for rapid and easy

29 Ells, — , 3 & 6 Tottenham Court Hoad —Inventor.Wheelbarrow on an improved principle.

30 Carpenter, W., Banbury-Anti-attrition thrashing-machine.

-Inventor.

31 Sawney, William, Beverley —Inventor.Winnowing-machine.

Iron model bridge.

32 Bendall, James, Woodbridge —Manufacturer.Patent self-adjusting cultivator, for skimming, cleaning,

pulverizing, or snbsoiling land, with a double-action leveron the axle, and crescent plate, to regulate its depth;improved key mortice, for prongs; new arrangement ofshares, and new mode of regulating front wheels.

Patent crushing-machine, for corn, beans, peas, barley,& c.

33 Blackball, James, 22 Upper Gray Street, Edinburgh

—Inventor.

Model of high-pressure boiler, for steaming bones formanure; with additional tanks for retting flax; also forsteaming straw, turnips, and other food for cattle.

Specimen of steamed bone-manure, prepared at Black -faulds, Linlithgowshire; containing, for its preservation,5 per cent, of salt and 5 per cent, of gypsum.

The process of steaming bones, and afterwards dis-solving them in sulphuric acid, is intended to supersedethe usual method of crushing them by expensive ma-chinery,

34 Beart, 11., Godmanchester , near Huntingdon —Inventor.Patent land cultivator or scarifier, having traction

wheels, to prevent the implement, when paring hard land,from moving out of the line of the draught of the horses.

35 Marshall, Lieut.-Col. William, Ncwfield Cottage,

Craigellachie, Scotland —Inventor.

Cereal seed-planting and simultaneously-operating ma-chine, constructed to show the advantage of thin seeding.

36 Windits, T., F.S.A., Stamford Hill —Inventor.

(J. Rendall, Maker, Stamford Hill.)

Two centripetal barrows.

37 Burrell, Charles, Thctford, Norfolk —Designer

and Manufacturer.

A six-horse power portable steam-engine, adapted fordriving a thrashing-machine, saw-mill, &c. It has an