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various drills was upon ground very imperfectly plowed, and upoi? 

 which neither harrows or cultivators had much effect ; consequent 

 ly the drills were in action upon a soil in w^hich no farmer would 

 permit grain to be deposited. 



The field was visited for examination on the 13th of August, 

 being twenty days after the trial of the drills, when, in no instance 

 could a perfect drill or row of grain be discovered -, in fact, two 

 thirds or more of all the seed drilled by each machine had per- 

 ished. The failure in this respect is not attributable to the drill 

 machines, but to the imperfectly tilled ground, and a continued 

 drought from the day of seeding until the 20th of August. 



