. Fertilisers and manures. he machine works will be gathered fromthe diagrams, Fig. 6, which show a section throughthe box ( «, S ft. or lo ft. 6 ins. long, which contains themanure. The manure is thrown over the lip of « bythe revolving spindle ;//, running the whole length ofthe box, and furnished with a series of radial armswhich dip in the manure and toss it over the lip. Asthe machine travels the bottom and side o of themanure box lift, being driven by the rack and pinionk and /, which are geared to the wheels of the machine :the side w of the box, however, remains spindle
. Fertilisers and manures. he machine works will be gathered fromthe diagrams, Fig. 6, which show a section throughthe box ( «, S ft. or lo ft. 6 ins. long, which contains themanure. The manure is thrown over the lip of « bythe revolving spindle ;//, running the whole length ofthe box, and furnished with a series of radial armswhich dip in the manure and toss it over the lip. Asthe machine travels the bottom and side o of themanure box lift, being driven by the rack and pinionk and /, which are geared to the wheels of the machine :the side w of the box, however, remains spindle is also geared to the wheels of the machine,and the rate at which it revolves, and therefore the rateat which manure is delivered, can be varied by changingthe gear wheels. After it is tipped over the lip of w,the manure falls through a closed channel and can bedelivered only a few inches from the ground, so as toavoid blowing. It will thus be .seen that this machinefulfils the great desideratum of havmg no parts working. ^—^
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