362 Agricultural Gazette of N.S. W. 



[Mc(j/ 2, 1908. 



to 20 acres is an aTera<re day's work. A case is recorded where a farmer, 

 wlioso sowiiio- was delayed, had ."00 acres drilled in twenty-four days with 

 a tliirtccn-lioe drill: the drill was kept moin;^ iii;^hl and day with relays 

 (if men and horses, the nrcessary li<_;hl at night l)eing t'urnislicd l)y means 

 of acetylene lamps attaclitMl to tlic diill. 



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In some few instances the seed is still sown l)roadcast, generally with 

 a machine fitted to a cart or dray, the wheels of which operate the 

 mechanism of the im])lement. Though this method is cheaper and more 

 expeditions than drilling (with a broadcasting machine up to 100 acres 



