. Annual report. Agricultural education. 88 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. [J an. the machinery was admitted duty free; but, through an acci- dent on the railroad, it was still farther delayed, and did not reach Amherst till the 21st of May. Getting the machinery from the depot, setting it up, studying its construction and experimenting with it on the barn-floor in the midst of press- ing spring work, and the final preparation of the land, occu- pied some time, and it was not till the 24th of May we were able to plant the beet-seed. As I shall have to refer to these implements again, I annex drawings a
. Annual report. Agricultural education. 88 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. [J an. the machinery was admitted duty free; but, through an acci- dent on the railroad, it was still farther delayed, and did not reach Amherst till the 21st of May. Getting the machinery from the depot, setting it up, studying its construction and experimenting with it on the barn-floor in the midst of press- ing spring work, and the final preparation of the land, occu- pied some time, and it was not till the 24th of May we were able to plant the beet-seed. As I shall have to refer to these implements again, I annex drawings and descriptions :— Fig. 1. Side The Germania Beet-Planter. Fig. 2. Rear Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts Agricultural College; Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station; Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Annual report of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. Boston : [s. n. ]
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