Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-10-02
18th
Y r. A II I!
Look Well Before
You Buy.
Willoughby Gum Spring Drill
is not Equalled by any in Use
FOR SOWING GRAIN
FOR SOWING FERTILIZERS
FOR SOWING GRASS SEEDS.


The WillOughby Drill has been greatly
improved for this year. Farmers i'm want
of a First-class Drill should see IL before
buying any of the other Drills offered BY
Agents.
Ii has two gum feeders, workingi I'm such
a manner that it will not choke, break the
grains, nor feed I'm AN irregular manner.
Ii has gum springs that allow IL To SOW
over all distractions, without stopping or
breaking, putting in the grains close up 10
the obstruction.
Ii sows readily Wheat Rye, Oats, Grass
Seed, and all kinds of Fertilizers.
1t can be thrown In and out Of gear with
out stopping the team.
lt can be regulated in an instant To SOW
greater or less quantity, even whilst the
Drill Is In motion.
1t sows up hill, down hill, or side hill,
with the same regularity aud precision.
It has a surveyor, which show exactly
the amount sown. When the Drill has
the hose hoistcd, the surveyor does not
turn.
The Drill has been greatly improved In
the past few years, and the many hundred
farmers who have bought and used the
Drill say IL Is PERFECT.
Among the different styles male TO suit
all counties, the Manufacturers are build
ing this year I'm addition 10 their regular
Drill one with shafts like a cart, so that
three horses may be worked abrcast--thus
suiting farmers having sandy and yield
ing soil or very billy ground. The
WILL0UGHB
is one of the lightest draft rs well as the
BEST DRILL
in the market, aud we invite farmers I'm
want of a Drill to call and satisfy them
selves on this point.
CORRUGATED RUBBER ROLLERS
which form a forced feed ,unqualed by any
In use, and which has now stood the test
Of years.
The corrugation of these rollers has been
an improvement over the first built, and
by means of slide and regulators the How
of seed Is constant and regular.
There can be no choking for the reason
that it Is positive force feed, and all tho
"whitc caps" straws, or any foreign sub
stance that should chance to be In the
wheat, is fed through without stoppagc.
In this way the "skips," which are 80
frequent In fields of drilled wheat, are ell
tirely avoided, and there will be found
regularity In the grain over the field, aud
that, too, without the necessity Of being
constantly watched to see II the feeding Is
all right.
THE GUANO ATTACHMENT.
patented by j. Is. Crowell, which il con-
ceded by practical farmers to be the best
yet introduced to their notice.
The great difficulty encountered I'm SOW
ing some kinds Of guano Is, that the agita-
ton Of the mass In the hoppers renders Il
sticky, ana IL VIII not, In consequence
feed downward.
BY the use Of Crowell's Guano Attach
ment this Is overcome, aud as experience
has proven.
ALL KINDS OF FERTILIZERS
I'm use can be sown, without even mixing
with any substance to render Il less sticky.
Its simplicity Is one Of it, great points.
TIE GRASS SEED SOwER
Is attached to the rear Of the upper, aud
has Zinc bottom, which Is perforated
for the grass seed TO pass through. A
light wooden slide, with lamentations cut
transversely, agitates the seed which
should be clean TO SOW with regularity.
The grass seeder can also be attached.
forward Of the hopper, or IL IL IL specially
ordered can be left of entirely, I'm wlish
latter ease there Is a deduction OF five dol
lars from the list Of price.
THE SURVEYOR
measures correctly the number OF acres
sown, or parts OF an acre down 10 sIx-
teeDths. In making the turns nj the ends
ofthe field, the holster puts the working
parts out Of gear, aud In consequence the
surveyor does not move ia the least. and
can, therefore, be relied upon to measure
correctly.
ZIGZAG ARRANGEMENT.
The Zigzag Arrangement, has recently
been adopted, will be put OH only wber.
specially ordered, for which five dollars
will be charged ia addition to tho regular
price.
The change can DC made from n ziezas
to straight line; or vice versa. IA n mo-
ment, without even hosting the shoycIs.
without removing a bolt. IL IL simple Ia
Its construction, and will not easily get
out Of repair.
The entire machine IL 20 well balanced
that the horses necks do not become gall
ell. Thisis accomplished by the manner
In which the hopperi Is set upon the frame.
THE ADVANTAGES OF THE
DRILL