The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-10-30

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THE FARMERS ,FAvoRITE OR SUPE
RIoR GRAIN DRILL. machine
manufactured by Bickford & Huffman, now
being exhibited at our State Fair by Colone
I'll. P. Underhill, ca Sharp street, Balti.
more, Nd, is said to be one of the bes,
grain drills on the market. Believing such
to be the case ourselves, we desire in detail
to explain its merits to our farmers, and
we know of no better method of SO doing
than to publish the following, which
we have clipped from their catalogue !:
esThe farmers Favorite is q continuous
feed double distribution grain drill and its
fertilizer or guano attachment sows guano,
super-phosphates, bope dust, lime, ashes,
salt, plaster, or any fertilizer, dry or damp
in desired quantity per acre, never failing to
"Thls.attachmen was patented In 1866,
and again in 1858, and the superior perform
ance Of its work was so clearly and fully es-
tablished as to be Of Importance to the farm
ers of all localities where super-phosphates
are necessity for the rotation of crops ,
that an extension ofthe patent granted April
%, 1870, although practice at variance
With the general usage Of. the office, and
allowable only upon consideration Of the
most positive merits, verified by affidavit,
in this case among others Of two prominent
manufacturers Of eomHetipg Implements.
It is in principle exactly the same thing
which for the past fifteen years we have
been selling in all the southern states, and
it has during that tirae been almost
entirely without an earnest competitor for
favor.
The great simplicity, as we'll as durability,
together with its certainty of action with
guano and other fertilizers, either in dry
or damp condition, renders it the superior
Of anything ever offered to the public.
The immense advantages. apparent to
every farmer, to be derived fram The use
of the composts he can so easily procure
or make, are so palpably apparent as to
need no reiteration here the wood ashes,
air-sIacked lime, and deposits of the hem
cries and sheep-folds OF every locality,
you'd, If used each year, add twenty-five
per cent. to the produce of each locality,
and to certainty pay for the entire cost
Of all agricultural implements used, and
beside for nearly the entire labor required
to grow, harvest, and market the entire
crops, re
"a recent and valuable improvement
added to our drill is the tube shifter. 1t
is q model of mechanism, with which the
operator can relieve the drill of Jumps,
stubble, loose stone or surface manure,
without stopping the team or raising the
tubes, and permits the setting of the
tubes lodged, or in line, at will, without
stopping or affecting the drill in other re-
spects.
"Ihe back roller or tube elevator is ems
tirely new in principle, simple in design and
efectual in its operations, and the adyan-
tages combined in its arrangement are
found in no other device for this purpose,
being secured to us by letters patent. dated
December 18th, 1867. 1t operates at just
the proper moment, being certain to always
put the drill in gear with the tube down,
aud In elevating them to throw 1t out Of
gear, while the chains which suspend the
tubes are slack, and before they COM
mence to lift the tubes, thus giving certain
ty Of covering all the seeds distributed.
"The grain bottom is series of inclined
plains or bevels, so connected at the sides
as to form perfect tunnels over each feed OF
run !; no thistle balls or short straws can
bother or hinder the passage of grain; they
will be themselves passed through, if left ir
grain used for seed. ~
"The grain tubes or tunnels which con
duct the grain from the distributors to tht
ground, are Of our own designing, ant
while they combine all the good features O
the metal tunnels and the rubber conduc
tors, they avoid all the faults attached tt
either STYLE ,.s.s- --s.s
seThe top is made of metal, securely
riveted to the tubings which form the bot
! tom. &St@ftaa AaSe &ft@ tASs@
"The ground tubes are entirely new in pat
tern, being device patented February 1st
1870. Each tube is furnished with re
versible steel point, which when worn, i
easily reversed by the change of a rivet
thus afording double the amount of weal
| to the erdifary drill point.
| ''The distributors are each constructet
| with two runs or feeds, one upon eithe
face of the distributing wheel the ON
sowing wheat, rye. clean barley, and al
small grains in the best possible manner
/ with an even continuous discharge, who'll
and perfectly in the control of the operate
as to the quantity of seed used, and with
out possibility Of stooling or bupGhing th
grain the other run or feed, 6xpressl
4 calculated and designed for the sowing Q
oats, peas, beans, corn, unclean or bearde
barley and all coarse grains and it pei
forms the exact labor for which it was d.
signed, giving as much certainty of quaint
| ty sown, and performing the work equal
4 as satisfactorily and perfectly as in tn
seeding of wheat or rye, with no liablit
4 to crack or iniure the seed"
il The Farmers Favorite was awarded Il
highest award and only premium offere
I for grain drills at the New York state fieI
trial, at Utica, September, 1870. The fir
premium at the Elmira farmers club fie
trial, held April 6, 1871. Award mao
July 12th--the committee not KNOWN
which plat was sown by either drill, S
lected two different plats, as alike in L
work Of seeding, and entirely superior
the balance of work, both Of which we
sown by the Favorite. 1t has never TAX
a second position at field trial whe
!, operated. ~ ~ rs5-.s ,sy
Colonel Underhilli is now at our Sta
Fair, and attends the Favoritein person.
t will be pleased to explain its merits to
Y in want Of superior grain drill. Tho
/ who will not have an opportunity to /
v him during the Fair, should address h
A D.lt.