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The
WiIloughby Gum-Spring Drill
Not EcGuolcd by amy in Use
FOR SOWING GRAIN
FOR SOWING FERTILIZERS
FOR SOWING GRASS SEEDS.

The Willouehby Drill has been greatly improv-
Cd for this year. Farmers in want ola First-class
Drill should see il before buying any OF the other
Drills offered by Agents.
1t has two gum feeders, working in such man
ner that it will not choke, break the grains, nor
feed in an irregular manner.
1t has gum springs that Allow It 10 sow over all
distractions, without stoppagc or breaking, put
ting in the grains close up TO the obstruction.
1t sows readily. FAeo', Rye, oats, Gca's-Seed,
and all kinds of Fertilizers.
IL can he thrown i'll and out Of gear without
stopping the team.
IL can be regulated in an Instant 10 SOW a great
err or lcss quantity even whilst the Drill is in mo-
ton.
1t sows up hill down hill. or side hill, with the
same regularity and precision.
IL has Il surveyor, which shows exactly The a.
mount sown. When the Drill has the hose hoist
ed, the surveyor docs 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 90 suit all
counties, the Manufacturers are building this year
in addition 10 their regular Drill, with Shafts
like cart so that three horses may be worked
aJrcdst-thus cutting farmers having sandy and
yie lding soil, or very billy ground. The
WILLOUGIEIY
Is one Of tue liehtest draft as we'll as the
BEST DRILL
in the market and we invite farmers iu want of o
Drill to call aud satisfy themselves on this point
CORRUGATED RCBBER ROLLERS
which form forced feed, unequa!ed by any in
use, and Itch has now stood the test of years.
The corrugation of these rollers has been an i'm
provemeut over the first built and BY means
of slide and regulators the flow Of seed IL con
slant and regular.
There can be no choking. for the reason that it
is positive forcc feed, and all the" 'oifc caps"
straws or any foreign Substance that should
chance to be in the wheat, is fed through without
stoppagc.
in fields of drilled wheat, entirely avoided, and
there will be found regularity in the grain over
the field, and that, too, without the necessity Of
being constantly watched to see if the feeding is
all right.
The GBan0 Attachment,
patented by ]. p. Crowoll, which is conceded BY
practical farmers 10 be the beet ct introduced to
thrjr notice.
Tho great difficulty encountered in sowing Some
kinds Of guanc Is, that the agitation Of the mass
in the hoppcrs rendors il sticky, and it will not, in
consequence, feed downward.
Bv the use Of Crowers Guano Attachment this
Is overcome, and as experience has proven,
ALLKIYDS OF FERTILIZERS
in use can be sowu. wiihoutcvcn mixing with any
substance to render it less sticky.
Its simplicity is one OF It's great points.
THE GEeASs SEED S0TyEB
is attached to the rear Of the hopper, ard has
zinc bottom which IL perforated for the grass seed
10 pass through. A light wooden slide, with in
drntaiions cut transverscIy, agitatcs the seed
which should BE- clean - sow with regularity.
The grass seed can also be attached, forward
Of the hopper, or Il IL is specially ordered can Zoe
left OF entirely. IN which latter case there is de-
ductiou Of five dollars from the list price.
TIE SURVEYOR
measures 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.
ZIGZ4G ARRANGEMENT.
The ZiEzag Arrangement, has recently been a
doptcd, will be put on only where specially order
ed, for which Eve dollars will be charged in addi-
;ion to the regular price.
The change can be made from a zigzag % n
straight line, or rice UcrsG. in a moment, without
even hosting the shovels, without removing a
bolt Ii is simple in its construction, and will not
easily get out Of repair.
The entire machine is 50 ,-eN balanced that the
horses necks do no, become CALLED. This is ac-
complished by the manner in which the hopper is
set upon the frame.
THE GES