. Blakelee's industrial cyclopedia, a simple practical guide ... A ready reference and reservoir of useful information. More than two hundred illustrations. with loose dirtfrom the hoe, the sun and wind very soon dries up the soil and prevents germi-nation ; or if sprouted, dries up the grain and destroys it, as before stated. One year, when planting a live acre field in dry weather, I abandoned the hoewhen about half way through and took the hand planter for the purpose ofsaving time, and finished the field; the result was that the last planted came upseveral days earlier than the former, and
. Blakelee's industrial cyclopedia, a simple practical guide ... A ready reference and reservoir of useful information. More than two hundred illustrations. with loose dirtfrom the hoe, the sun and wind very soon dries up the soil and prevents germi-nation ; or if sprouted, dries up the grain and destroys it, as before stated. One year, when planting a live acre field in dry weather, I abandoned the hoewhen about half way through and took the hand planter for the purpose ofsaving time, and finished the field; the result was that the last planted came upseveral days earlier than the former, and kept ahead all the season, and so dis-tinctly that the dividing row could be seen at fifty rods distance, and the yield ofthe two and a half acres put in with the hoe was at least one hundred bushelsless than the same amount of land put in with the planter, and the soil was thesame. Now the whole of this difference was owing to the circumstance mentionedabove. While that which was deposited in damp, close soil, sprouted immedi-ately, that with a light coating of dry earth over it came on very slowly, andmade a sickly growth during the whole CHEAP AND HANDY BARN TRUCK. Barn Trucko--A very handy truck for moving barrels of grain, vegetablesetc., may be made by framing together two pieces of three by three scantlingand three strips of planks, so as to form a platform three feet long and two feetwide, and resting the same upon four piano casters. The illustration shows thetruck without board platform ; one may be put in if so desired. How to Save Timothy Seed.—Timothy designed for seed should beallowed to stand until fully ripe before gathering, and then cut in the morningor evening while a little moist with dew, to prevent loss by shelling. In placeswhere the cradle cannot be handily used, cut with the sickle ; never use thescythe if it is possible to get along without it. The grass should be bound in as large bundles as can be easily handled, andbound tight, for the p
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