DOBBIE'S BROADCAST SEEDSOWER.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 969, 28 May 1879, Page 2

DOBBIE'S BROADCAST SEEDSOWER.

Several months since, Messrs. Hassell, Son, and Co., received and disposed of a large consignment of Dobbie's patent broadcast seed-sower, and it will be remembered that at the time a public trial was held, and the machine found to actadmirably. Many of the farmers in this district obtained these seed-sowers, and we have learned that the machines have given every satisfaction. But it would seem that after the shipment was forwarded to New Zealand, Messrs. Dobbie discovered several improvements, the additions having the desired effect of removing the few defects which were previously noticeable in the machine. Chief amongst these improvements is one by which the even distribution of the seed is effected, while another takes the direction of reducing the size of the original machine to one third, without affecting in any manner its capacity to distribute the seed the full width. As described by several of the South Australian papers, " the improvements consist in doing away with the necessity for a leather belt by using a pair of be vel cog-wheels. The result of this is that the machine is reduced in size to such an ! extent that it occupies little more than ! one-third of the room of the old pattern. It also prevents the possibility of slipping, to which the leather belt was liable. The effect of reducing the size of the machine is that it gives it a much stronger and more compact appearance. As will be observed by an advertisement elsewhere, Mr. A. W. Dobbie is now on a visit to Oai|jPu, for the purpose of introducing the- improvements that his firm have effected, and to increase the sale of these handy and effective seed sowers. In order that those who have already purchased machines may become possessed of the new improvements, Mr. Dobbie intends, free of cost, to make all the latest additions to all the seed sowers already sold by the agents, and invitations to the owners are being sent out to forward their machines to Oamaru for the purpose of having the necessary alterations effected, Mi\ Dobbie having brought all the necessary parts with him from Adelaide, where, we learn, the imported machines have come into great favor, no less than 2CO having been sold for the presont season before Mr. Dobbie left. So that farmers and others interested may have an opportunity of witnessing the improved sower at work, a public trial lias been arranged to take place on Mr. Turnbull's farm, close to the Deborah railway station, next Tuesday afternoon, and farmers would do well to attend. Mr. Dobbie will be present to superintend the trial and to give all necessary information.