An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles encyclopdiaofa01loud Year: 1831 quently performed by hand. Broadcast sowing by machinery draw
An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles encyclopdiaofa01loud Year: 1831 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 the soil is uniform in surface, in moisture, and in richness. 2577. Cuggi?is's dibbling-machine (fig. 286.) was invented in 1827, and appears very ingeniously contrived. The Me- chanism is to be worked by the foot of the operator. The machine runs on wheels, and there are two conical dibbling irons, one larger than the other. These are ranged in a line with the delivering funnel of the drill, and at such distances apart as may be considered proper for dis- charging the seeds. A hopper {a) contains the seed, and such earthy materials as bone dust, or other manure in powder, as may be found necessary to deposit with the seed. There is a funnel (ft) through which the seeds and manure are passed ; and the conical dibbling iron (c) is worked by a handle (d). This dib- bling iron and its handle are con- nected by two levers, of which the «-sdfe^ lower (e) hangs to the axle of the ~~ principal running wheel, and has at its front extremity a small cone (/), intended as a marker. There is an upper lever (») which works the axle {h) of the cylinder, within C c 2
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