. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. quently performed by hand. Broadcast sowing by machinery drawn by horses or cattle,however, may be advantageously adopted on farms of the largest size, and where thesoil is uniform in surface, in moisture, and in richness. 2577. Coggings dibbling-machine (Jig. 286.) was invented in 1827, and appears veryingeniously contrived. The Me-chanism is to be
. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. quently performed by hand. Broadcast sowing by machinery drawn by horses or cattle,however, may be advantageously adopted on farms of the largest size, and where thesoil is uniform in surface, in moisture, and in richness. 2577. Coggings dibbling-machine (Jig. 286.) was invented in 1827, and appears veryingeniously contrived. The Me-chanism is to be worked by the footof the operator. The machine runson wheels, and there are two conicaldibbling irons, one larger than theother. These are ranged in a linewith the delivering funnel of thedrill, and at such distances apart asmay be considered proper for dis-charging the seeds. A hopper (a)contains the seed, and such earthymaterials as bone dust, or othermanure in powder, as may be foundnecessary to deposit with the is a funnel (b) through whichthe seeds and manure are passed ;and the conical dibbling iron (c) isworked by a handle (d). This dib-bling iron and its handle are con-nected by two levers, of which the ^T3lower (e) hang
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