The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-28
MOORE,s PATENT GRAIN DRILLS,

For Drilling Wheat Rye, Barley, &c sc.
EUNHEsE Machines operate well on all kinds OllAnd,
Il and are not injured BY coming In contact with
rocks, roots, &c; They VIII plant point rows a. n
over. They will with for two HORSES plant from
ten to twelve per day Of Wheat, Rye, Barley and
other small grain. They will save from two to three
pecks Of seed per acre. and yield from 20 TO % per
cent than the broadcast seeding, by distributing
the grain uniformly At any desired depth and leaving
ridge Of earth between therows. The roots Of the
young plant are protected during the winter by the
them, instead Of being thrown out and exposed ~ IN
broadcast Onthis account the STALK IL Stronrer "A
less subject to mildew, and is not SO liable ID jn-
s MY narrowing @ IN Ss sSSsSlly prevented
narrowing is not necessary in seeding with tbs NJ
chimes. as they complete the work al once N' A"Ac
This machine for convenience, simplieitv and
being $50 for Machine with g. and $50 for
s hose Il f--ts st --rTFN- ~ on0 "aAo
REcoSrStrHnArtoNa tit
! HocHISG TOWNSHIP, FAIRFELD CouNry. ov,.
This may certify that purchased ana 1o, ,.o,oo i1oo
son one Of Moores Patent Wheat Drills mi ..;.t
hesitation recommend 1t to all wheat "I.nouI
Of the most valuable improvements offered to the ~.
does the work better-takes ne-third lass
from 70 to 5O per cent Of labor in putting ont
will in my opinion give yield of 2b DER cent po-s
generally, and upon lands liable to freeze out Whsn
way Will give than
the yield. drilled some 70 acres lsst faIl Eor ..
neighbors allof whom concur with me In be oninion
that 1t has many decided advantages over ali oths,
modes ofPuttingout wheat drilled field for John
Arney, ESQ., who sowed another field in the Common
way and believe all who have examined tSs t,.o
helds give it as their opinion that the drilled fela viii
nearly If not quite double the broadcast IN the x;:I
Notwithstanding the field sown IN the common yv w,y
was the freshest and strongest ground -" Wy
In field Of mine OF fifteen acres had ,b-sa 80.
sown broadcast, two bushels of seed per ,cTa ~
balance oil tne held was drilled with one bushel of aeed
per acre-the drilled wheat was much the largest and
hen we came 70 harvest the thickeSt on the ground
ihis machine operates well on stumpy hilly or clod
dy ground which have fully tested and have no he
station In saying is much better than either the Pow
= Or hAilO"' JOSHUA CLARKE,
a FAmTIELD County, OHo.-Wo the under.ipnsi
hereby certify that we have used Moores Drill made
10y WRIGHT and SELRY, in seeding Wheat on our
arms the past year, and have no hesitation in sAVina
That It Is decidedly the best mode Of seeding Wheat;
weintend hereafter to seed all our Wheat with the
drill we tAke pleasure in Recommending it to ell
u farmers as valuable Improvement.
n Ihomas Duncan, Frederick Sites,
David Ewing, John Burnsbrorsv.
Q 'wy 10 looi Daniel Keller.
Il We are PERMITTED to refer to the following Who
}, the Machines
=, Emanuel Stutzman, Ch,rlel H.rtzlsr,
~ Joshua Clarke, Daniel Kutz :
" Christian Rngh, Jobn Arnsv1
NoAh heem, David Wilson,
George Ring, Andrew Shaw. ~
Samuel Kirkwood, Frederick Sites,
J DAhleI Dunkle, David Ewing,
Fairfield county, Ohio.
The subscribers have in their possession the paton
70 right OF the counties Of FAIRTIELD Ross and PIoK
AWAY, OF the State Of Ohio for the above Machines
% ana wohld respectfully announce that they pre-
pared to I'LL all orders with which they may be favor
ed either personally or by letter. from persons livnI
10 IN tnelr Counties The above Machines can be hal
In ChtIicothe, CireleUiHe and at their Shop in Lon
Of caster Address, WRIGHT 4 SEIBY.
Lancaster, Fairfield county, August 7, 1851 IA
= CautiOnI CautiOn!! CautiOn!I
All persons are warned against using or selling :,
others to be used,ahy machine infringing uponMoofe'
!" or Pennocks Patents, (Which own) many Of tn
|. with the manufacturer. The following letter hA
O been received from S. M. Pennock in relation to
Drill now being made by VIM. C. Kuqua.
kENNET SQUARE, February II, 1851.
q Messrs. Wright & Selby- Gents:-Your favor Q
the ilth inst, is this moment received. You ask
Ill we consider Shermdn's Drill an infringement upo
our Patent. We have never yet seen the Drill i
II question except model oft in the Patent Office, bu
h, from what we have seen, naddition to what
learn, it is our opinion that it does infringe upon
ve very important feature of our claim
We understand that Mr. SIS Agents in your Stat,
have told that opinion is that his machine does
infringe upon ours. Mr. S. and we have never hs
a any correspondence respecting his Drill; but we
not wonder at his making such statement as we cor
slider him quite capable Of any such business--h
having already defrauded out Of large amounts
money, and at one time come very nearly running vi
or Yours, &c. S. q NJ PENNOCk.