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BOAED OF AGRICULTURE. 



The Geemania Beet-Plantek. 



This machine weighs 1,350 pounds, is drawn by two horses, 

 and plants eight rows eighteen inches apart. The seed is put 

 into hoppers at the top and descends through apertures into 



The Beet-Cultivator. 



the body of the machine, where it is taken by little spoons and 

 deposited through a seed-box in the drill. The machine will 

 plant about twenty-five acres a day. 



The Beet-Cultivator. 



This machine cultivates five rows at each passage. Like 

 the planter, it is drawn by two horses. It consists chiefly 



The Beet-Cultivator. 



of five sets of hoes, or scuffle-hoes, suspended on a frame- 

 work between the hind wheels. The frame can be moved 



