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walking upon the laft outfide drill, having hold of the 

 horfes head with his hand as before, he will readily keep 

 the machine in fuch a direftion, as will ftrike the fucceed- 

 ing drill at fuch a diftance from the laft outfide one, or 

 that he walks upon, as the coulters are diftant from 

 each other. 



The perfon that attends the machine fliould put down 

 the lever H, foon enough at the end of the land, that the 

 cups or ladles may have time to fill, before he begins to 

 fow; and at the end of the land, he muft apply his right 

 hand to the middle of the rail between the handles, by 

 which he will keep the coulters in the ground, while he 

 is lifting up the lever H with his left hand, to prevent the 

 grain being fcattered upon the headland, while the ma- 

 chine is turning round; this he will do v/ith great eafe, 

 by continuing his right hand upon the rail between the 

 handles, and applying his left arm under the left handle, 

 in order to lift the coulters out of the ground, while the 

 machine is turning round. 



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If there be any difficulty in ufmg the machine, it con- 

 fifts in driving it ftraight. As to the perfon that attends 

 the machine, he cannot poflibly commit any errors, except 

 fuch as are wilful, particularly as he fees at one view the 

 whole procefs of the bufincfs, viz. that the coulters make 

 the drills of a proper depth; that the funnels continue 

 open to convey the grain or feed into the drills ; that the 

 rakes or harrows cover the grain fufficiently; and when 

 feed is wanting in the lower boxes B, which he cannot 

 avoid feeing, he readily fupplies them from the upper 

 boxeb A, by applying his hand, as the machine goes along, 



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