Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-02-06
A REVOLUTION IN FARMING.
TORN PLANTED BY MACHINERY.

4 substitute for the allow and tedious process Of plant,
n ing corn hss long been a desiderstumi but until noe
duciop, though years aud much money have been spent
TO accomplish so great a piece of mechanism.
Some estimate of the importance Of an invention that
will materially facilitate the production Of this great staple
may be formed from the fact thst in 1856 near 600, 100000
bushels were raised in the United States, exceeding In
value all other grains, with the entire cotton crop in addi-
ton.
10 (sfer the ground 10 ~ploughed) by marking out the sur.
face 81 or 1 feet apart each way, and in the angles thus
formed a man drops I or S kernels and covers with a hoe
at an expense Of 81 to q Is per acre; but failure Of part
and sometimes the whole crop result, from the difficulty
of obtaining sufficient fo1ee at the proper time in the
spring to secure the planting at the most critical period.
Practical men understand ii" ereyrher Numerous de-
vices and macnines have been made, but failure has only
resulted. A plan perfect in enc respect was certain to
fail in another. SO as to render the whole worthless.
No machine until now has been made to me.t the sni.
verssl demand of the farming interests in HILL, chick or
angular planting, 90 as to enable him 10 cultivate with
plough and horseshoe the crop-both ways between the
rows. :.
of cultivating but in one direction.
The long wished for machine has been invented and
three Year,. unwearied efforts, pa,ien, investigation and
the application OF scientific and mechanical principles to
accomplish a desired object.
The device 10 entirely new, simple and beautiful, work.
iuc sutomically and yet so ingeniously and naturally ne
almost to appear the result of instinct.
What Whit,ey's gres. invention did for cotton this
greater invention Will do tor corn, VIZ augment the
quantity and diminish cost.
No description could conveys clear idea OF it's peculiar
and simple mechanism.
H;,5oy, any Coos. BAND, PULIIEs, CRANKs, SHAFTS,
s,,i.c.- LyyEss, or GEA1ISo of any kind. with a horse,
"a u norfsct manner he following described work, being
what Ia wanted by every farmer:
lat. Furrows out the ground any required depth.
Cd Drons the corn les many kernels as desired) in a
sn.ca of 4incbes diamster mathematically in the HILL
spn;ddist,nt in one tenth of a secopd.
I'd Covers the HILLS and presses the earth as you do
with a hoe.
9TH MARKS actually the position of each HILL.
5tb Deposits, if wanted, guano, Poudrette ashes, lime,
plaster. or other common fertilizers, exactly In tho HILL.
And 9Th. ALSO, sticks the pumpkin or squash seed In the
HILLS at the usual distances, as now done BY hand.
And ALL this at a cost Of Is cents an acre by single ms
chine, and 10 cents per acre BY a double one;-io acre.
being planted BY the nrst, ana ~ oy Tue seeo"u' III ohc
Ne are aware those statements look fanciful to that
large, stereotyped, old fogy GLASS, who are about a quarter
of a century In the rear ofthis progressive age, and whose
ideas revol,e in the old, slow coach train but we assure
all such a~ntiqua,ed gentlemen that every word 10 literal,
naked unauthorized truth, obvious. clear aud distinct to
the most obtuse intellect OF the dul!ess comprehension,
besides, being demonstrated BY actual use on an extensive
scale. - ,,.. ,,.,,. u..
hsre 70 magnificent Monopoly o., q great s'sP,1 ma,
chine, OF immense intrinsic value II must reaeh the large
In lie acquisition, but in Ito application The millions are to
De oiest IN te increased production OF grain' anu conse'
QuenLy cheap OTeHQ.