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generally extended, as there feems to be good reafbrt 

 to exped, I will venture to fay, new inventions of 

 .macl>ines for drilling will mod probably foon appear, 

 of a very fimple conftrudlion, and at a price fo mo- 

 derate as will rarely be an impediment to their ufe, 

 even among the lowed clafs of farmers. 



I have been for fome years pad a qonfiderable 

 fpeculator in this bufinefs, and have'ufed many in- 

 ventions for performing this mode of planting, 

 hoping to find the eafied, cheaped, and mod oeco- 

 nomical manner poflible. However, I am not able 

 to determine the precife manner of planting, fo as 

 to produce the mod beneficial crops for any feries 

 of years in fucceflion. I call that the mod bene- 

 ficial crop, which produces the greatcd nett gain 

 upon any given quantity of land, for any given 

 term of years. 



For this purpofe I have fowed this feafon ieveral 

 fields of wheat in drills of very different didances, 

 and in different modes. Some were fown in rows 

 of 18 inches didance with a hand-machine, with 

 iwhich at this didance a day-labourer fowed from 

 four to fix acres a day, which was completely co- 

 vered with one tine of the harrows. This fimple 

 machine was made by a country carpenter under my 

 diredlions, and cod only half 3 guinea. Other fields 



I have 



