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AGRICULTURAL MAGAZINE,

| N621.9 SEPTEMBER, 1803.[VorL: 1X

DESCRIPTION OF MR. COOKE'S PATENT DRILL MACHINE FOR SOWING SEED OF EVERY KIND, AND AT A: VARIETY OF DISTANCES, ACCORDING YO THE JUDGMENT OF THE HUS» BANDMAN.

WITH A PLATE ANNEXED.

T will appear extraordinary to our readers that either from want of useful Curiosity in the public, or from contracted views of personal interest in the proprietor, the most ingenious invention for the improvement ot husbandry, has never been Sufticiently made known through the ordinary channels of pe- riodical imtormation. Considerivg every article of beneficial intelligence, is a Sort of public right, to which our readers are entitled in common with the u of our countrymen; we Shall endeavouxr as FREIN as pos8ible, to explain the str ueture of Mr. Cooke's drill, but the peculiarities attending its emp! 0y- ment, we Shall probably not be able minutely. to examine | within the limits of the present article. This drill EE NEM two different engines, the one is exclu- Sively for Sowing the land, the other för hoeing it at the differ ent periods from the FENG 3ER of the BOSO; to the approach | of the vegetable, to a State of maturescence. To the first; we | Shall entirely confine ourselves at this time in illustration of; | our plate: öf the other, we Shall give a plate and Similar de- SCription In the ensning number, and perhaps, in the third, we Shall make Some further observations on the practical use otboth, we having ourselves emploved them through an estent ot about 150.ac1es, The desceription of the Sowing machine is as follows: A. A. Shafts of the machine, appli ied to the axis of the wheels, So that the horse may go on the land, or in the furrow, without Setting a toot upon ihe land, either for the purpose of drillivg or Worse-hoeing. BEBT IPReESCHEES. C. C. Coulter beam, with holes or mortices for the coulters, at different distances.' D.D. Handles of the machine applied tothe coulter beam, also to the axis of thie wheels, by hooks and eyes or staples. E. E. Upper sced-box in partitions, covered by a lid, to Protect the grain or Seed, trom wind or rain. F.F. Lower sced-box in partitions. G.G. Slides between the upper and lower Seed-boxes, for regulating the quantity of Seed 50wn.

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