McCormick MF Drill question

[Errin OH]

I have a 13/7 MF drill. On the back the dial shows the seetings for wheat, oats, barley, and a few others. But states for anything else to consult the book. A book I do not have.

I would like to know the settings for soybeans if someone has a book and would be willing to share.

 

[495man]

I have a manual for our MF-13-7. My book is 1 003 507 R1 and dated 10-26-45

Drill is on steel with wooden box, single disk openers.

The table in the book shows Wheat, Oats and Barley with the notch setting and sprocket count.

The text lists flax, buckwheat, rye and corn, no mention of soybeans.

 

[Fritz Maurer]

I don't know what this dial thing is you're talking about, but if you have a McCormick double run feed drill, set it up as follows: Place cover on right side of cup, see that reducer is in left side of cup, transmission output shaft sprocket with 8 teeth, will put down the following quantities: Notch number 10, 90 quarts per acre. 9, 84 quarts. 8,77 quarts. 7, 71 quarts. 6, 64 quarts. 5, 57 quarts. 4, 51 quarts. 3, 45 quarts. 2, 39 quarts. 1, 33 quarts. Double these quantities if a 16 tooth sprocket is used. 32 quarts is 1 bushel.

 

[Errin OH]

There are two, one on each side (R&L)

It reads;

Something about slow speed and ??? (have not deciphered it.

Ouarts per acre Millet (top)
Pecks per acre Wheat Flax (middle)
Pecks per acre Barley - Oats - Rice (bottom)

For other seeds see table in instruction book

 

[Fritz Maurer]

All the information I gave you is N/A. I thought you had a McCormick-Deering drill. Here is how you can calibrate it without a manual. Measure the circumference of the wheels. Then calculate how many feet you have to pull a 13 hole drill (width in feet) to equal 1 acre. Jack the drill up, put a tarp under it, and a small amount of beans in the hopper. If you have split feed cups, you will want the side with the larger flutes. If you have adjustable fluted feeds, no preliminary setup is required. Turn the wheel until the number of revolutions equals however many feet you have determined the drill must travel to equal 1 acre. Pull the tarp from under the drill and weigh the beans that came out of the drill. This weight is pounds per acre. If the drill has a split feed shaft, and you're only turning 1 wheel, the pounds per acre will be HALF of what it should be. Do not worry about slow speed sprockets and stuff like that. Just see what it's putting down the way it's currently set up. Then adjust it accordingly until you get the rate you want.

 

[Leroy]

There is some comfusion here on just what you have. There was the McCormick model MF that is the same as a model M except it has a fertilizer box. and then some get the MF designation mixed up with MF for Massey Ferguson that is a newer model. The seed chart for the soybeans is supposed to be inside the box lid for as well the popular seeds, the non popular you have to go to the book for. That picture does not look like a McCormick MF drill. I do have 3 operators manuals here and used a McCormick for years but it left 25 years ago so do not remember all details.