May 2, IPOS. J Af/ric/Ufurcd Gazette of N.S.W. 36^ 



per (lav can be sown), it is grailualiy giving place to the drill, the use 

 of which is now fairly general, as the amount of seed saved when tlie drill 

 is used, to say nothing of the increased yield, soon pays for its initial 



cost, which is from 

 £35 to '£40. The 

 amount of seed used 

 is ■?.() lb. to 45 lb. with 

 the drill, and 1 bushel 

 and over when broad- 

 easteiL 



In some cases the 

 crop ())■ pu't of it is 

 cut with a reaper and 

 binder, but in the- 

 majotity of instances 

 it is allowed to stand in the puhhck until perfectly ripe, when it is harvested 

 with a stripper or stripper har^■ester. 



Di'llmi 



Harvesting Machinery. 



The ■■ stripper "' is purely an Australian invention, and is a niaenine 

 drawn through the ripe standing crop by three or four liorses attached to 

 its side, which walk in the st>il)l)le of the liarvested portion. By means- 



stripper at work. 



