IMPROVEMENT OF MACHINES FOR SOWING SEEDS AND MANURES
Year: 1885

page_text: DAVID JONES Warborne Lymington Hants Landowner & Farmer I do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for THE IMPROVEMENT OF MACHINES FOR
SOWING SEEDS AND MANURES to be as follows:-
In a Machine constructed according to my invention a cog wheel is fixed on a
shaft between two or more cylinders which cylinders form the rollers (the motive
power) of the machine, and from this cog wheel, by chain, to another cog wheel
on a circular shaft, in this shaft are hollows or small cups, which catch & take up
the seed and manure separately from seed and manure boxes over them The cups
are fixed upon fine, or sensitive, springs which springs allow the cups to descend
into the shaft the shaft continuing to revolve (in a socket) which carries the seed
and manure around until the cups come to openings in the sockets under which
openings are the coulters which have previously opened the ground to receive the
seed and manure, both seed and manure falling at the same moment into the land
The rollers closing the soil upon them, By this method mangel wurtzel and other
seeds and manures can be sown accurately at equal distances both longitudinally
and transversely, Two small wheels are adjustably fixed on the front part of the
machine to keep the correct distances, one wheel travelling back in the impress of
the other.

page_text: DAVID JONES, (Farmer & Landowner) Warborne Lymington Hants I do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR SOWING
SEEDS AND MANURES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
In a machine constructed according to my invention a cog wheel is fixed on a
shaft between two or more cylinders which cylinders form the rollers (the motive
power) of the machine From this cog wheel by chains to another cog wheel on
a circular shaft in this shaft are hollows, with small cups, which catch and take up
the seed and manure from seed and manure boxes over them, The cups are fixed
upon fine sensative springs which springs allow the cups to descend into the shaft
the shaft continuing to revolve carries the seed and manure around until the cups
come to an opening over the coulter which has previously opened the ground to
receive the seed and manure both seed and manure being thrown at the same
moment by the springs into the land, a small rake following, the rollers closing the
soil after the rake, By this method mangel wurtzel and other seeds and manure
can be dropped accurately at equal distances both longitudinally and transversely
into the land.
The small wheels are adjustably fixed on the front part of the machine to keep
the correct distance one wheel travelling back in the impress of the other.
1. The cups and hollows in the revolving shaft.
2. The long sensative springs which allow the cups to drop into the revolving
shaft.
3. The springs being continuous, they are always pressing against the bottom
opening of the seed and manure boxes, until the cups come around, so that there is
no spilling or shedding of either seed or manure.
4. This machine will sow mangel wurtzel seed which is a very difficult seed to
sow, being large & light (in weight) very well and most accurately.