Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-07-08

Look uceU before you Buy !
The
Willoughby Gum-Spring Drill
Not Icqualcd by any in Use
FOR SOWING GRAIN
FOR SOWING FERTILIZERS
EOR SOWING GRASS SEEDS.

The Wiloughby Drill has been greatly Improv-
ed for this year. Farmers in want ola tirstclass
Drill should il before buying any Of the other
Drills offered by Agents.
IL has two gum feeders, working In such man
ney that it will not choke, break the grains, nor
feed In On irregular manner.
IL has rum springs that How il TO sow over all
distractions, without stoPpage or breaking, put
ting in the grains close up to the obstruction.
Ii sows readily, Wheat, Rye, Oats, GSGss-Secd,
and all kinds of Fertilizers
II can be thrown in and oct OF gear without
stopping the team.
i, can be regulated in an instant 10 SOW q great
er or less quantity, even whilst the Drill is in mo-
ton.
II .ows up hill, down hill, or side hill, with the
same regularity and precision.
IL has a surveyor, which shows exactly the n
mount sOwnI When the Drill has the hose hoist
ed, the surveyor does not turn.
The Drill has been greatly improved in the past
wear, and the many hundred farmers who have
bought and used the Drill say it is PERFECT:
Among the different styles made TO suit all
counties, the Manufacturers are building this year
in addition TO their regular Drill one with Shafts
like a cart, so that three horses may be worked
aJreost-th suitng farmers having sandy and
yie ding soil, or very billy ground. The
WILLOUGNBY
Il one of the lightest draft as well as the
BEST DRILL
in the market, and we invite farmers in want Of
DrII to call and satisfy themselves on this poInI.
CoRRUGATED RGBBER ROLLERs
which form n forced feed, unequaled BY any In
use and which has now stood the test of years.
The corrugation of these rollers has been an i'm
provemept over the first built, and by means
Of a slide and regulators the Aow Of seed is con
slant and regular.
There can be no choking, for the reason that it
is positive force feed and all the " Dhiie caps,
straws, or my foreign substance that should
chance to be in the wheat, is fed through without
In this way tho "skips," which are so frequent
in fields OF drilled wheat, entirely avoided, md
there will DO found regularity in the grain over
the field, aud that, too, without the necessity Of
being constantly watched to see if the feeding is
all right.
The GunnO Attachment,
patented by J. B. Crowel, which Is conceded by
practical farmers TO be the best yet introduced 10
their notice.
kinds Of guano is, that tho agitation Of the mass
in the hoppers renders it sticky, and it will not, in
consequence. feed downward.
BY the use Of Crowelrs Guano Attachment III is
Is overcome, and as experience has proven,
ALLKINDs OFFERTILlZERs
in use can be sown, withouteven mixing with any
substance 20 render il less sticky.
It's simplicity is one ofiis great points.
TIE GRASS SEED 5OvyER
10 attached 10 the rear Of the hopper, and has
zinc bottom which is perforated for the grass seed
10 pass through. a light wooden slide, with in
definitions cut trGnsversely, ngitates the seed
which should be clean % sow with regularity.
The grass seeder can also be attached forward
Of the hopper, or il il is specially ordered can be
left off entirely in which latter there is de-
ductiOn Of five dollars from the list price.
THE SURVEYOR
measure. correctly the number OF acres sown, or
parts OF an acre down 20 sixteenths. In making
the turns at the ends Of the field the holster puts
the working parts out Of gear, and in consequence
the surveyor does not move in the least, and can,
therefore, be relied upon TO measure correctly.
ZIGZAG ARRANGEMENT
The Zgzag Arrangement, has recently been a.
dopted, will be put on only where specially order
ed, for which five dollars viii be charged in addi-
tion 10 the regular price.
The change can be made from zigZag 90 a
straight line, or vice rersa, 10 moment, without
even hosting the shOvels, withou. removing a
bolt. i, is simple in It's construction, and will not
easily get out Of repair.
The entire machine is 90 rel Jalaaced that the
horses necks do no become CALLED. This IL ac-
complished by the manner in which the hopper il
Get upon the frame.
THE ADVANTAGES
Of the