Colonial Rotary Disc Ridger.
Under the auspices of the iiawke's Hay Farmers' Association. Lttl.. the Southland Implement and Kniiineemij: Company, of Invercargill and Chrisichurch. ca\f a trial of their wellknown Colonial Rotary Disc Kidiier
on .Mr Farmery's property near Hastings to-day. During the day there was a good attendance of agriculturists and others qualified to judge, and the general opinion was the machine was "all Ilia: the proprietors claimed for it. provided the ground was well
idled to receive it. The Disc Ridger had a trial m Oamaru recently, and experts present gave their unqualified approval of the machine, and this approval they backed bv the fact oi purchasing no less tli.> tie implements on the ground. It several advantages over other implement* for I rmir.- raised drills, and sowing main re and seed in one operation, inas-
much as the machine works equally well up or down hill and in the culti\"atton of all root crops, especially turnip*, it is far ahead oi anything now before farmers. The horses carry the weight of the pole only, so that, as there" is no neck weight. the iu.ulime ij «<;e \<j deal wiib JioIJoWS
I or uneven ground, and will form drills quite as well on hilly or uneven surfaces as on the plain. The draft is reduced to a minimum owing to the adoption of discs instead of mould boards, and these discs and covering rollers will not clog as they are provided with balance scrapers which keeps them clear. A nice seed ted is fo?med, as the discs before-mentioned turn the soil, damp soil to the top, and the machine can be geared to deposit manure to any depth whilst, by an arrangement, in the machinery, a small portion can be diffused with the soil at the very top of the drill so that the seed is buried in its midst. To sum up, the Company may be congratulated on the result of their trial, which should have the effect of introducing this special line to the agriculturists of Hawke's Ray, and there is no doubt the machine will find ready favor with those interested in the cultivation of root cropsj
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Hastings Standard, Volume VI, Issue 1650, 14 October 1901, Page 3
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362Colonial Rotary Disc Ridger. Hastings Standard, Volume VI, Issue 1650, 14 October 1901, Page 3
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