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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRILL.-The wheels are high, with broad rims; the axle extends the full width of the drill and works in composition boxes. The box is large. The frame is strong, being thoroughly braced and put together with joint bolts and not with wooden pins. The tongue is stiff and long. The double-tree is attached back of both cross-pieces, and has plenty of room to vibrate, the single-trees being attached to rods extending through the frame pieces in front. The drag bars are our patent double-braced bars, very strong but not heavy, and are attached to the shovels in te usual mar ner, or by springs, at the option of the purchaser. The points of the shovels are sharp and made broad, to give both depth and width to the row of grain. The agitators are made substantial, and run upon a shaft extending through the box and driven by gearing, thoroughly protected from dirt and grit. The feed is gauged by a screw at the end of the box and can be set to sow any desired quantity to the acre. Our patent transverse slides are so arranged, that they entirely shut off the sowing when the shovels are raised, and start it again when they are let into the ground. The seat is firmly attached to the lower part of the frame and is an easy position for the driver.

With this explanation we will proceed to give some of the advantages of this drill:

1. It will sow all kinds of grain.

2. It will sow all kinds of grass seed.

3. It will not cut or break the grain.

4. It will sow any quantity to the acre, from 1 to 5 bushels.

5. It will sow correct when driving fast or slow.

6. The quantity is gauged without any change of gear.

7. The feed shaft is thrown out of gear in an instant.

8. It can easily be changed from double to single rank.

9. Can, in sowing, use any number of tubes required.

10. There is no weight upon the horse's neck.

11. The driver's seat is so attached that a man can ride and operate his drill perfectly without getting off to turn about, raise and lower the shovels, and see the operation of his drill as well as when walking.

12. The spring shovels will clear themselves from roots and stones or any obstructions that come in their way, thus avoiding the necessity of stopping to replace a broken pin at every little obstruction.

The foregoing, and many others which might be named, are advantages which the farmer should consider.

BRIGGS, IMPROVED CULTIVATOR.

This invention consists in a device exceedingly simple in arrangement and construction, by which cultivator shovels may be changed in position so as to work different distances from the main beam and be reversed at pleasure. In the above illustration the cultivator is arranged for hilling up, and by loosening the bolts G, passing through the joints F, you can adjust the

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width by moving the side beams either backwards or forwards, making it as narrow as a shovel plow, or wide enough to cultivate corn, hilling it up by going once in a row each way; the side beams are kept in position by the use of different rollers (H) placed between the beams. When adjusted and the bolts G turned down tight, it is as firm as any cultivator that is not adjustible. The side shovels retain their parallel position at whatever distance they may be

placed from the main beam. By removing the four outside bolts G, the side beams, post and shovels may be changed to opposite sides of the main beam, to work corn when it is small, without hilling it up; the outside shovel will then turn a furrow away from the hill, and the middle shovel will turn it back pulverized, and the weeds destroyed. Thus making a cultivator that can be so arranged as to do all the work in the different stages of the crop; doing the work of the fine-toothed cultivator in small corn, and the double shovel or three shovel in large corn, and the shovel plow among potatoes; and doing more than the two latter, as this cultivator can do all the work by going once in a row each way, saving one-half of the time and adding but little to the draft.

Manufactured by E. Briggs, Medina, Ohio.

L. RUNDELL'S HORSE PITCHFORK.

This is the simplest and most complete working bay-fork yet introduced to the farmer. Its simplicity and compactness render it more substantial than the complicated arrangements heretofore used for this purpose. It requires less room for operating, and can be worked with greater facility in all places. Manufactured by R. J. S. Rundell & Bro., Chicago, Ill.

HAMMON'S HORSE HOE AND CULTIVATOR,

Patened April 10, 1860, as adapted to corn, tobacco, cotton, nursery cultivations, and hilled crops generally.

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plate is used on the underside of the short beam, in connection with the standard at 1. And by the use of the grooved plate, the teeth are set to plow more or less soil to the plant, as the case requires.

In the third division there were 48 entries. The committee made no report, but the following are the awards:

Best portable flouring mill, Jos. Sed gebeer, Painesville
Best portable grist mill, Jos. Sedgebeer, Painesville
Best smut machine, A. J. Vandegrift...

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Best stock scale for general purpose, E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., St. Johnsville, Vt.......... 10 Best platform scales

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Best stump extractor, D. C. Smith, Adrian, Mich...
Best brick machine, J. W. Penfield, Willoughby....
Best drain tile machine, J. W. Penfield, Willoughby.
Best farm gate, Wm. C. Herder, Miami....
Best grindstone, Chas. W. Searns, Cleveland..
Best bee hive, Flanders & Field, Shelby, Ohio....
Best refrigerator, Baker & Keith, Walpool, Ind..
Best portable fence, Reuben Haynes, Oberlin....

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AWARDING COMMITTEE.-N. G. Harrington, J. C. Danks, David Kenfield, Albert Van Gorder.

CHAMPION NONPAREIL MILLS,

For grinding corn meal, corn cob and shuck, oats, mixed feed, spices, malt, bones, &c.

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The Nonpareil Mill for general grinding purposes-both for the farmer and mechanicfor grinding, crushing, and pulverizing purposes, being a powerful, durable, and simple mill, and not liable to get out of repair; enabling the farmer to do all his meal and feed grinding at home, thereby saving both time and toll in going to mill. This mill possesses some new and valuable features not found in any other. The teeth are Y shape, and so constructed that each tooth, as it pulverizes, forces the meal or other substances, towards the periphery and discharging edges, and does not depend upon the centrifugal force at all. The corn and cob crusher being separate from the grinding plates, is more substantial, durable, and effective; requiring less power than when cast on the plate; it also operates twice at each revolution. The journals have regular caps, and are on each side of the driving pully, the lower end, or supporting part, being cast, with the frame of the mill, in one entire piece, giving it great strength and durability; it is not liable to choke, runs in either direction, and can be instantly changed from grinding fine corn meal to cob and corn. The Nonpareil is adapted for fine grinding as well as for feed.

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We present a cut and a short description of MATTICE & PENFIELD'S DRAIN TILE MACHINE.

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This machine not only grinds the clay, and molds the tile, but places them upon the drying boards. 4, represents the die; 3, the tile; and 2, the drying boards, which are cut the length of three tiles, and placed upon the carriage, 1, the portion of which, under the machine, is covered with an endless belt, upon which these boards are placed, on the rear of the carriage, and are drawn under by the tiles as they issue from the die, and deposit themselves upon the boards. 7, 7, is a frame held together by the handles, across which small wires are stretched; 8, 8, for the purpose of cutting the tiles. This frame is movable, for the purpose of cutting the tiles where the end of the board occurs. 6 is the shaft which passes through the machine, upon which iron knives are fastened to grind the clay. To the lower ends eccentrics are fastened, that move the plunger in the clay box, to which the die, 4, is fastened. 5, is the lever by which the cut-off plate is driven over the clay box, after it is filled, to prevent the clay from pushing back up in the machine when the plunger

pushes it out. 9, is the yoke upon which the slide is fastened, driven by an eccentric on the shaft that moves the lever, the plunger throwing it back when making the plunge, where it remains, leaving the cavity open again. A, is the sweep. The machine makes a plunge at every turn of the shaft. Less than one-fourth of the time required to make a turn of the shaft, makes a plunge, which gives the man that cuts them ample time to do so, and set them in drying racks, which are placed upon the hand barrows for the purpose of moving them when dried to the kiln.

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