Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-10-09
18th :
Y r A R 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 Il FrSt-class Drill should see IL before
buying any Of the other Drills offered by
Agents.
Ii has two gum feeders, working I'm such
manner that il will not choke, break the
grains, nor feed i'm an irregular manner.
1t has gum springs that allow IL To SOW
over all distractions, without stopping or
breaking, putting in the grains close up to
the obstruction.
1t sows readily Wheat, Rye, Oats, Grass
Seed, and all kinds Of Fertilizers.
Ii can be thrown in and out of gear with
out stopping the team.
1t can be regulated I'm an instant TO sow
greater or less quantity, even whilst the
Drill is in motion.
Ii sows up hill, down hill, or side hill,
with the same regularity and precision.
1t has surveyor, which show exactly
the amount sOwn. When the Drill has
the hose hoisted, the surveyor does not
turn.
The Drill has been greatly improved I'm
the past few years, and the many hundred
farmers who have bought and used the
Drill say it is PERFECT.
Among the different styles made 10 suit
all counties, the Manufacturers are build
ing this year in addition to their regular
Drill one with shafts like a cart, SO that
three horses may be worked abreast-thus
suiting farmers having sandy and Yield
ing soil, or very hilly ground. The
ILLOUGHBY
is one of the lightest draft as well as the
RES'r npIIJ
in the market, and we invite farmers I'm
want of a Drill to call and satisfy then,-
selves OH this point.
CORRUGATED RUBBER ROLLERS
which form forced feed una ,iaIed by anv
in use, and which has now stool the test
of years.
The corrugatiOn of these rollers has be. n
an Improvement over the first built. amt
by means Of a slide and regulators the dow
OF seed is constant and regular.
There can be no choking for the reason
that II Is positive force feed, and all the
white caps, straws, or any foroign.sub-
stance that should chance To be Ia the
wheat, Is fed through without stoppaye.
In this way the "skips," which are so
frequent In fields of drilled wheat, are en-
tirely avoided, ami there will be found n
regularity In the grain over the field, and
that, too, without the necessity OF being
constantly watched 10 see IL the feeding Is
all right.
THE GUANO ATTACHMENT,
patented by j. b. Crowell, which Is con-
coded by practical farmers 10 be the best
yet introduced to their O :ce.
The great difficulty encountered I'm sow
Ing some kinds OF gliano Is, that the apita-
ton of the mass In the hOppcrs renders IL
sticky, and 1t will not, In consequence
feed downward.
BY the use OF Croweli's Guano Attacb-
ment this Is overcome, and as experience
has proven.
ALL KINDS OF FERTILIZERS
In use can be sown, without even MIXING
with any substance to render IL less sticky.
Its simplicity is one Of its great points.
THE GRASS SEED SOLVER
Is attached to the rear Of the hopper. and
has zinc bottom, which IL perforated
for the grass seed TO pass through. A
light wooden slide, with indcntatioils cut
trnhsyersely, agitatcs the seed which
should be clean to SOW with regularity.
The grass sccder can also be attached.
forward Of the hopper, or ir IL IL specially
ordered can be left of entirely, In which
latter case there isa deduction Of five dol
lars from the list OF price.
.frl THE SURVEYOR
measures correctly the number OF acres
sown, or parts Of an acre down 10 six
tecnths. In making the turns at the ends
ofthe field, the holster puts the working
parts out OF gear, and IN consequence the
surveyor does not move I'm the least. and
can, therefore, be relied upon to measure
correctly.
ZIGZAG ARRANGEMENT.
The Zigzag Arrangement, has recently
been adopted, will be put on only where
specially ordered, for which five dollars
viii be charged In addition to the regular
price.
The change can be made from n zigza0
to straight line; or vice versa, in \ mo.
ment, without even hoisting the shoyels.
without removing bolt. is simple In
its construction, aud will not easily ret
out Of repair.
The entire machine IL 80 well balanced
that the horses necks do not become gall
Ell. ihisis accomplished by the manner
IN which the hopper is set upon the frame.
TIE ADVANTAGES or THE