Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-08-14
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What &GUANO DRILL

W HILL " UUAWU unlll
rs now offered TO the Farmers of Montgom
Il cry County as a PERFEcT WORKING and RE
LIABLE machine botli for drilling in wheat anC
guano DeBurg Spper-Phosphatc, &c.
\ The fixtures for distributing thesguano II
r the drills, made prepiotis 10 last gear, were moi
4 nicely enough adjusted to work in the guanc
regularly without attention, and occasionally
gave some trouble; but the defects have been
fully corrected, and the Drills nude and 1rorhea
last scas0R, operated both in Wheat and Guano,
correctly and rcliably1 They are now WAR
| RANTED and GUARANTEED TO do their
work satisfactorily, efficiently and reliably,
4 and no money asked TIL tried and proven, and
then not required to be kept unless they work
as represented.
Pcnnoclls Drills possess many advantages
over a rival Drill now before the public and
8iodes1y claiming to be "the only reliable Grain
and Guano Drill, for besides being as now
made eguaily reliable, il has hedecidcd advan
taee in lightness Of traftand placing no weight
on the horses necks g. Greater simplicity In
construction being more easily understood and
attended to. 3. The construction of the drill
ing tubes ensures their being better kept in the
ground. 4. Complete protection of the guano
in windy weather. 8. Facility for changing
of guage Of quantity to be sown, both Of grain
and guano 6. The position of the guano box.
it being behind the wheat box. is more conye-
nient for filing up. I. The steel points to the
drilling tubes, being reversible are equal to
two entire sets Of steel points 8. The grass
seed sowing attachment decidedly best. And
last If not least, the advantage of some 5$25,
difference in price. 3it
So great was the satisfaction given by this
Drill last season, that at last advices Messrs.
Pennocks had received orders for tic consi,,g
season, for nearly 5000.
1t is no longer question with Farmers as TO
the advantages of drlIing-esnecially where
guano is used. Almost every farmer will drill
in his seed this season, if he can he supplied
with drill. Many farmers who bought one
last year buy another this, and in one instance
Mr.. SAMUEL o. YOUNG, thoroughly practical
and reliable farmer, who bought one OF Pen
nocks last year, has already bought and had
delivered two more Of the same, and this after
having witnessed the workings of several 9th
er New York drills near him.
annex letter from A. ca TRuNDLE, ESQ.
recently of near Poolesville, but now owning
the extensive farm bought of Gen Rusk, near
Leesburg, Va No one is better qualified to
judge of the relative merits of agricultural i'm
plements than Mr.. T. In this case, as will be
seen, he is perfectly dis-interested, having
bought and used both kinds Of the Drills in
order that he might decide for himself which
was best--what he says is worthy of all credit,
and worth the more rs he is real practical
farmer and looks thoroughly into everything
OF interest connected with his occupation.
. Exeter, - Loudon TO-, Va, J5u 20 81.
Mr.. J. 7 HiGGNs, Dear Sir. r reply to
your enquiries respecting ihe working Of the
Sea---kennoeks Wheat and Cuan0 Drills
iaHght q 'oSiiast iaiiit, fHve to snY lat one
was puieAa-sa for my father, ar lioratio
Trnudle, one for my aunt Mrs. Yoang. and
the other for myself. I learned that my faith
or and Mrs. Young both worked ver and
quite to their satisfaction. 0fmy own speak
from actual practical observation Of It's work,
when say that il fed out both the Wheat and
Guano evenly, regularly and reliably--the wheat
according the guage mark--the Guano Mt fist
too freely, but by little attention to weigh
ing 1t and comparing its feeding with the land
measure the exact allowance to be made was
5000 ascertained, after which il required little
OF no attention besides the filling Of tbs boxes
with the Wheat and Guano.
Having heard that the Guano feeding appa-
ra.us of Pcnnock's Drill the year before last
was not wholly reliable especially where the
Guano was damp, and although assured by YOU
that the defect would be completely remedied
1
one Of Bickford 4 Hoifnan's New York Drills
started Pennock $ and this side by side and
worked them so through my entire seeding
this also worked well both the Grain and Gu
ano. Indeed ! could find no fault with ti,e
working of the grain and guano apparatus In
either drill. t.- Jan.
1t is but justice 10 Pennock s. to say however
that II worked with much the lightest draft.
should say one-third less. In drilling corn
land, PeRnocll's Drill tubes kept their places
much better in the ground; the Tubes Of both
Drills on coming in contact with the corn
stumps would hop out of the ground PEN
nocks, on account of their weight and shape
or both combined always dropped la immedi-
ately, whereas the others would frequently
skip or jiggle along several feet before entering
1.-The same was the case in.thc roneh parts Of
fallow land. | observed when the wind blew
high that the funnel arrangements in the New
ork Drill sutiereda good portonof the guano
to be blown away-whereas in Pennocks the
Guano was completely protected from the wind
until it reached the ground. The working ma
chinery in Pennoek' S is most simple and ON this
account requires less attention than the other
With respect to the advantages of the two
processes OF putting in Wheat and Guano, my
experience with the present crop determines
me greatly l-iavor of drilling. ! drilled in
100 acres, with u bushels wheat and 175 lbs.
guano to the acre, intending 10 drill in my
whole crop, but fearing should be too late, j
set the shovel plows TO work at the end of the
field, and they put in 80 acres, when they met
tue drills. On the so, sowed over Z bushels
wheat to the acre, and $50 lbs guano. The
result isa fine crop on all the drilled land, and
a light one on the broad casted, certainly not
half perhaps but little over 4 as much. am
satisfied that have made 1000 bushels more