. The American farmer's instructor, or, practical agriculturist : comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm; together with a variety of information which will be found important to the farmer. Agriculture. IMPLEMENTS, &c. OF THE FARM. 439 seeds of a round or oval shajje. The wheel by which it is im- pelled, serves the double purpose of covering and pressing the earth to the seed; thereby, as in the case of the corn planter, causing a much more rapid vegetation. Merchanfs Drill Barrow is an implement of peculiar sim- plicity
. The American farmer's instructor, or, practical agriculturist : comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm; together with a variety of information which will be found important to the farmer. Agriculture. IMPLEMENTS, &c. OF THE FARM. 439 seeds of a round or oval shajje. The wheel by which it is im- pelled, serves the double purpose of covering and pressing the earth to the seed; thereby, as in the case of the corn planter, causing a much more rapid vegetation. Merchanfs Drill Barrow is an implement of peculiar sim- plicity and cheapness, and will be found to be very economical and useful in the sowing of turnips, onions, radishes, beans, beets, and similar seeds by manual power; and by multiplying the wheels, or rather by uniting several machines for horse power, it may be used in field culture for sugar-beet, ruta-baga, wheat, &. Willis' Seed Sower. TVillis^ latest Improved Seed Sower, invented the last sea- son; one of the most perfect machines ever introduced for the purpose. In using this machine, the farmer may be certain that his seed is put into the ground, and at the same time in the best possible manner. There has been a great difficulty in machines for sowing garden seeds; they are very apt to clog up, and the farmer might go over an acre of land and not sow a single seed; but not so with this; it is so constructed that it cannot possibly clog. In using this power, the farmer can save one half of his seed, and do the work at less than one quarter the expense of the common way of sowing his seeds, and have it done in a much better manner; it opens the furrow, drops the seed, covers it over and rolls them down. It will sow al- most any kind of garden seeds; say ruta-baga, mangel-wurtzel, turnips, carrots, beets, parsneps, onions, &c. It is highly re- commended by a great number of persons who have used it. The Clover Box is exceedingly simple in its construction, easily made, a
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