. Fertilisers and manures. han the track of themachine. Machines of this type are cheap, light todrive, and handy, and are very convenient for sowinglarge acreages of grass land with lime or basic distribution is, however, not very uniform; if themanure is a mixture, the heavy particles are thrownfurther than the light, while the very lightest powdersare so beaten up into a dust that they float for a con-siderable distance, especially in a wind ; they arc thusunsuited for experimental purposes or any very exactwork. The question is often raised of how far very smallplots, a few yards
. Fertilisers and manures. han the track of themachine. Machines of this type are cheap, light todrive, and handy, and are very convenient for sowinglarge acreages of grass land with lime or basic distribution is, however, not very uniform; if themanure is a mixture, the heavy particles are thrownfurther than the light, while the very lightest powdersare so beaten up into a dust that they float for a con-siderable distance, especially in a wind ; they arc thusunsuited for experimental purposes or any very exactwork. The question is often raised of how far very smallplots, a few yards square, cultivated with all the careand attention given by a good gardener to his plants,or even pots, can be made to serve for experimentalwork on fertilisers, in place of the ordinary field plots of?jV acre or more. For demonstration purposes they dowell enough, but for investigation and local enquiry thevery care with which the cultivation is carried out preventthe variations induced by the manures in the constitution. (^ v-^-^ Pitch CliainWheel Roller Roller Fig. 8. Diagrammatic Section ol Manure Distributor—Endless ChainFeed Type.
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