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drilling any particular crop, was never before fo 

 pradicabk; as the feed may now be put in with the 

 utmoft degree of regularity, in both modes of cul- 

 ture, by the fame machine; confcquently, the feed 

 will be fown in both cafes with equal accuracy, with- 

 out which it is impoffible to make a juft decifion. 



As the broadcaft method of husbandry is by far 

 the mofl: generally pradtifed, and has long been 

 eonfidered the moft produdive, it: may appear 

 ftrange upon refledion, that no machine has hi- 

 therto been made for the purpofe of broadcafting 

 with certainty; when we find fo many ploughs 

 for drilling. 



The excellence of this machine confifts in fpread- 

 ing any given quantity of feed, over any given 

 number of acres, with a mathematical exadl^nefs, 

 which cannot be done by hand ; by which a great 

 faving may be made in feeding the ground, as well 

 as benefiting the expeded crop. 



There has always been a difficulty in fowing 

 turnip feed with any degree of exadnefs, both 

 from the minutenefs of the feed, and the fmallncfs 

 of the quantity required to be fown on an acre. 

 Here the machine has a manifefl: advantage, as it 

 may be fet to fow the Icaft quantity ever required 

 on an acre ; and with an accuracy the beft fecdf- 

 man can never attain to. 



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